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The 27th anniversary of the CPDM was celebrated in Misaje with over 3000 people in attendance.  At about 3 pm, the Misaje Market Square where the celebration took place was jammed to capacity. There was jubilation and fanfare when Dr. Fuh Calistus Gentry Secretary of State for Mines, Industries and Technological Development showed up at the ceremonial ground. Welcoming militants and sympathizers, Donga Mantung IV Section President, Sammy Mbgatta announced that the party was growing stronger and stronger in Misaje. Contrary to rumours, he told militants that the party is waxing strong and reiterated that “ there is no trouble in Misaje CPDM ”. He also used the opportunity to frown at propagators of clannish politics which helps to tear people apart and not unite them. “ My strongest fight is to win in both the council and legislative, I do not care who is the MP or the mayor ”. He called on the population to be vigilant not to fall prey to political pretender...

Hon SN Tamfu the true born soldier/ hero Hon. Samuel Ngeh Tamfu one of the most cherished Anglophone career politician is no more. Former CPDM MP for Nkambe and Politburo member passed died at the Yaounde Reference Hospital last, March 28, 2012 . News of his passing away has set many wondering whether his vision of the Far North West Region will not disappear as well. Those who looked to him as a role model say he was  " great leader whose dream to foster development efforts and advocate for a one and indivisible Cameroon will continue to inspire many youths”. A school of thought holds that Hon. Tamfu's greatness as a  politician could be seen through the lense of the ruling CPDM when 1996, he used the standing orders of the National Assembly to rescue the Biya Regime from collapsing. To a majority of the people of Donga Mantung Division and Northwest Region at large, Hon. Tamfu savoir faire in politics commands a lot of respect. To this historians hold that H istory c...

Tons of volumes of books were recently handed to some Inspectors of Basic Education in the North West Region. Before handing the books to beneficiaries, North West Regional Delegate for Basic Education warned that any mismanagement will not be tolerated. She expressed thanks and appreciations to the Minister of Basic Education for the timely support. The books she said will reinforce school libraries in the region. It should be recalled that the distribution exercise took place at the regional delegation in Bamenda where stakeholders were also empowered on data collection. During the seminar on data collection, Fon Susan told participants that workshop is part of a national strategy to procure data that match field realities. Since at the back of almost every anecdote is the indispensable weight of not only a person of integrity, but also the good fortune of finding an excellent educationist who love to redress situations for a better future. At this point in time that the world po...

Mangoh Jones Tanko with sach round the waist No incident has ever confirmed the popular saying by Thomas Sowel in which he stated that “There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse”. The political skirmishes within the SDF in Nkambe between Hon. Awudu Mbaya, MP and Mangoh Jones Tanko, the mayor, both self-proclaimed political kings have resurfaced again. Like in 2007, sources say negotiations and maneuvers are underway to outsmart Mangoh Jones from the position of mayor. Like volcano, whether it is ignorance, lack of intelligence or incapability, Hon. Awudu Mbaya exploded during a Press briefing in Nkambe telling Mangoh Jones Tanko that he has only 5-6 months at the helm of the council. The cracks and internal wrangling in the SDF party is again paving way for observers to notice that the two self-proclaimed political giants never had any genuine reconciliation.   It was during that Press Conference that Hon. Awudu Mbaya who reminiscent of a political king and...

The CEO of Moghamo Express, a travel Agency based in Bamenda has received an award as the Best Travel Agency for providing the most appropriate services in the sector. While receiving the award from Cameroon Post International, the CEO of Moghamo Express   Doh Wilfred aka Chief said he was delighted people have been watching at contribution towards nation building. He said the award he received at the Catholic Hall is dedicated to the costumers of Moghamo Express and staff because without them he would have not achieved anything. Doh Wilfred also expressed gratitude to the Publisher/Editor of Cameroon Post International for doing great things that stimulate growth in society. To, the CEO of Moghamo Express the award is an added impetus that will motivate him to even do more because people are watching at him. Moghamo Express it should be noted is one of the rare travel agencies in Cameroon that has demystified the huddles of people moving to rural areas. For the past years, the ...

Sofa Stanislaus looking to sky as the limit The mayor of Tubah Council is not a man to pigeon-hole with when it comes to development. While the population is counting blessings of several developmental projects realized by the council under Mayor Meji Stanislaus Sofa, Council staff and workers hailed him for the constant salary pay out promising to be assiduous in their work. All these praises were corroborated by Cameroon Post International in its Annual Award for Excellence. Mayor Sofa as an exemplary icon in the 86 year history of Tubah Council received another acolyte for transforming lives in Tubah. Mayor Sofa has done a lot in Tubah that caught the admiration of Cameroon Post International especially when it comes to the fight against poverty. Since behind every great man is a great woman, Mayor Sofa’s family is part of the many successes recorded at the level of the council. The Tubah council created since 1926 has been and shall continue to be on the move despite some b...

Vincent Nji Ndumu: Gov't Delegate to the Bda City Council in the middle The extraordinary session of the Bamenda City Council of March 14, 2012 has finally confirmed that the city council is being managed as if it is a private entity. The long-simmering and divisive communication breakdown between members of the City Council board and the Government Delegate boiled again after a second attempt to redefine the roles and responsibilities of both the deliberative and executive organs in order to put an end to the overdosed absolute powers of Vincent Nji Ndumu as Government Delegate.    Njouonwet Joseph Bertrand Manshe, the SDO for Mezam was very clear that if his role as supervisory authority had been taken into consideration, the numerous management lapses would not have been recorded. The discretion of Government Delegate to the Bamenda City, Vincent Nji Ndumu to approve multimillion development projects without any green card from the city board is ‘’very dangerou...

Former Statesman, Shey Jones Yembe has been appointed as the Board chairman of the Douala Port Authority. Also catapulted was Oyono Emmanuel, the General Manager of Mateur who hence forth is the General Manager of the Douala Port Authority. Shey Jones and Emmanuel Oyono were appointed by a Presidential Decree on Monday 26, 2012. The two personalities will be installed into their new functions today March 28 in Douala. It should be noted that the Douala Port Authority has been the gateway to prison to many statesmen of late. Former Board chair Eduord Ekoto and Siyam Siwe all made their doom when at the Douala Port Authority. However, it is hoped that She Jones and Emmanuel Oyono will serve Cameroonians just as good as Fai Yengo and co without leaving behind any regrets.

Ta Nformi savouring mabuh display There was glee and trumpet blast at the Binshua Fon’s palace on Monday March 26 and March 27, 2012 when Ta Nformi Gerard Ngala stormed the Binshua palace to pay homage to late Fon Tangiri Clement. Ta Nformi Gerard Ngala was triumphantly accompanied to the Binshua palace palencia by the masquerades as well as an excited population of over 5000 people. The animation was in totality a sign of the maturity and jam-packed of fanfare as the masquerades majestically demonstrated the rich cultural heritage of the (Wi) Mbum people. It was another unique occasion for the people of Binshua to see the yung dynamic man who has been leaving no stone unturned in fostering development efforts on Mbum land. Those who have never seen him before but have always heard, could be heard and seen expressing the merriment at the top of their voices. The Binshua trip was part of an eventual event schedule that took the Nkambe Central Parliamentary aspirant ...

Njila Isaiah Tata (Shufai Njilangotong) the new impetus and clean politician  Njila Isaiah Tata aka Shufai Njilangotong a multifaceted elite of Donga Mantung Division has said that good governance should be the cornerstone in politics. The traditionalist, a village head, writer-musician and  astute administrator made the statement in relation to the political tension and intrigues taking the minds of some politicians ahead of the 2012 parliamentary and legislative elections as well as the reorganization of the basic organs of the CPDM. It should be boted that he is also good politician who has quite often decried the politics of acrimony, blackmail and hatred that characterizes politics in Donga Mantung Division in the North West Region because some people have transformed the game of politics into a sinkhole for character assassination. Njila Isaiah Tata who by the Mbum tradition was enthroned village head for Fuh in Ndu as per costume and tradition had t...

 Anye Bih Judith, President of AziCCUL  The Board chair lady of the Azire Cooperative Credit Union has declared that the continuous violation of the credit union laws has become a currency within the movement. Anye Bih Judith Tabifor made the statement today March 17 while addressing the 43rd General Assembly of the Azire Cooperative Credit Union in Bamenda. She frowned at what she described as continous violation of the foundamental laws of the credit union which has made some of them holding illegal positions. She also accused the press of dissiminating false information on the CamCCUL/Credit Union crisis. According to Anye Bih Judith, being at the helm of the credit union is not a professional job, it is volontary and it becomes very suspicious when people manipulate by-laws to sit-tight. "The bylaws were manipulated in 2008 and that change make some of us illegal Presidents at the head of credit unions". She also emphasized that the mandate of five years is not re...

 Ni John Fru NDI attending Azire Credit Union AGM as a member  Ni John Fru Ndi, SDF National chairman has castigated the politicizing of the CamCCUL/Credit Union crisis by some Northwest elite. Ni John Fru Ndi pointed accusing fingers at Mr Paul Nji Atanga, Minister of Special Duties at the Presidency, Dr. Fuh Calistus Gentry, Secretary of State for Mines, Industries and Technological Development as well as Musa Shey Nfor, the actual President of the Cameroon Cooperative Credit Union League-CamCCUL for politicizing the stalemate within the credit union movement which sprang up from the manipulation of the constitution. Ni John Fru Ndi, it should be noted made the statement today March 17, 2012 at the Bamenda Congress Hall where over 3.000 members of the Azire Cooperative Credit Union gathered to take stock of 2011 and project for 2012. Being a member of the Azire Credit Cooperative Union, Fru Ndi said he was surprise to read from newspapers that he was involved in the skir...

Cameroon under President Paul Biya is bedeviled by regular draft-in of army to suppress election-result proclamation dissent like in many other instances. The 2011 polls despite a “Biya crushing win of circa 80 percent”, army presence and intimidation on the streets soared. This clearly infers that though proclaimed in Biya’s favour, this result is not his.    Thus it ought to warrant only a blind, dump and deaf to think that good governance particularly elections conduct is improving here. Yet opposition member of parliament PC Fonso embarrassed Cameroonians and the international community in part of his March 6, 2012 address to parliament: “There were some organizational lapses which although did not impact so much on the outcome of the polls, raised concerns on the ability of ELECAM to play its full role”   Fellow Cameroonians and friends of Cameroon, indeed it is history now that courtesy ELECAM/Supreme Court, Biya scored 77.98% and the rest of presidential asp...

HRH Fon Teche, NOWEFU President Elect   Fon Teche Nyei of Ngyen-muwa has been elected to lead the 50 man powerful executive of the North West Fons Union-NOWEFU in the North West Region of Cameroon. While on the other hand, Fon Zofoa Ibrahim of Babungo, commonly known as “Obama Obabungo” was elected Secretary General. Also elected was the fon of Mbatu who will take care of the treasury. The new executive is expected to set the pace for a better collaboration between the administration and the union, elite and the union as well as reconcile all the fons.  Observers say the elections were in favour of a group of traditional rulers’ common known as the Kaduna mafia. However, the out-gone President of NOWEFU whose mandate has been described as adamant in his speech said the creation of the University of Bamenda , the Higher Teachers Training College and upgrading/ tarring of some patches of the ring road were the major achievements. Yet, those who were present at the d...

  Men wearing women high heel shoes There euphoria was total and  thrilling as men on women high heel shoes stole show at women day celebration in Bamenda. This action according to what we gathered was in a bid to show solidarity for women in Cameroon and to mobilize men to ending violence against women, A Common Future organization mobilized men in the North West Region of Cameroon last March 08, 2012, which was the International Day for the women to walk a km on women's high-heeled shoes at Commercial Avenue, Bamenda.              A Common Future's immediate action was in urging men to take time off last March 08, 2012 to walk a mile in women's shoes to feel the pinch of gender-based violence. And those who marched felt it: ‘Now I really see what women pass through’, says Derick Chuo, President of the Bamenda Roller Skaters Association and participant at the event. ‘I can now respect my mother, I n...

Ako Council Chamber under Construction Emimi Emmanuel Ekwe is on his second mandate as CPDM mayor for Ako Council in Donga Mantung Division. Assessing his contribution towards alleviating poverty in his Municipality, Emimi Emmanuel Ekwe said while others are still waiting for giant projects to kick-start in their areas Ako has been transformed into a construction site. He cited the construction of the Ako Council Chamber, the lone storey building in the municipality and the construction of the Ako Border Market which mark the departure of the municipality already been a construction site. The construction of the council chamber estimated at over 120 million FCFA and market sheds at the border market which FEICOM has already set aside 180 million FCFA for the first phase is expected to change lives in the municipality. The CPDM mayor of Ako is gradually confirming his position as a political heavy weight. Emimi Emmanuel substantiated his leading role when he lobbied and obtained f...

Courtesy of The Washington Times The leader of a secessionist-minded movement from the western African nation of Cameroon is in Washington to drum up support for yet another state on the crowded continent.   “I am here to seek the help of African ambassadors and others in a just cause,” Fongum Gorji-Dinka said in a recent interview. He and Cameroonians who live in the United States have made the case for a new state of Ambazonia on moral and legal grounds. They argue that the inhabitants of the breakaway region, a German colony until Kaiser Wilhelm II’s empire was defeated in World War I, became a British colony while the larger portion of the German territories went to France and became the current state of Cameroon . “We were passed around like a football by the international community until we decided that enough is enough,” said Edwin Ngang, who has long acted in the United States as a self-appointed spokesman for independence by the territory known, if at all, outside...