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Jude Waindim Secretary General Bamenda
City Council addresses students
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Over 400
students selected from across the city of Bamenda have come to the end of a one
month holiday work session with the Bamenda City Council BCC. The closeout event
to officially bid farewell to the students held Thursday August 31, 2017 in the
premises of the City Council during which the Secretary General to the BCC
indicated that the institution has spent over FCFA15M to organise this year’s
work session. The over 400students each backed home the sum FCFA30000
representing FCFA11.6m from the total amount while the rest went for
organisation.
Addressing the students for the
BCC, Jude Waindim encouraged them about going to school saying “Education is
your life. Without education you will not be able to stand and talk in public.
I call on all of you our dear boys and girls to be to be of good example.” To
those who were selected he added “remain good so that next year we shall have
you.”
The SG encouraged the students to
make good use of the money. “Make good use of that money. Let that money not go
for tramol. Take that money to your parents and buy an exercise book.” He
insisted.
During their stay with the city
council, some of the students told the Guardian Post they hard to engaged in
the cleaning of the city amongst other things.
“I am very inspired by what the
Secretary General of the city council told us. I will use this money to get my
school needs and I pray that schools should begin because my parents have not
started preparations because they fear that schools may not go again.” One of
the beneficiaries told the Guardian Post.
Hear another “I am very grateful
for the government delegate who thought it was necessary to support us this
way. My wish is that many more young people could be included and the amount
increased. I am not saying that this one is small but because of the importance
of this money to me, I think that the more the money the money good it will do
to me and my family. “
Observers at the event ground
praised the city council for taking the challenge despite the difficult
socio-economic crisis rocking the city for engaging such a costly venture for
the interest of the children.
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