The Bamenda
III sub divisional Council has handed over some relief items to internally
displaced persons IDPs based within the municipality as a result of the of the
ongoing Anglophone crisis.
The Mayor of
the Municipality presented the relief items to the IDPs on Thursday December 13
with a call for the beneficiaries to remain optimistic and comfortable in
Bamenda III. According to Fongu Cletus Tanwie, the items made up of
medications, clothes and shoes, food items like oils, salt, beans, rice, came
from the Council and the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Front SDF
John Fru Ndi. “The items you will receive came from the SDF National Chairman
initially intended for refugees in Nigeria but as you know, the party could not
get permission and so the items were redirected to internally displaced
persons.” He said
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| Mayor Fongu handing over items |
Madam Chenwi
Mary Magdalene Vice Regional Chairperson who represented the party at the event
appreciated the council authorities for handing over the items in time and with
much addition from the council. “I am happy to see the beneficiaries happily
receiving these items. I think it was a good decision for the party to hand
these items to IDPs because it was important to look in the house first before
going out but also I think those who refuse to give the party permission to go
to Nigeria did not do well. It is not in everything that we think political.
Cameroonians suffering deserve our support.”
Speaking
prior to the handing over of the items, the Deputy Mayor encouraged the IDPs to
be comforted by the fact that they “are better than those who have died.” While
wondering for how long the council can give these items, Koti Joseph encouraged
the IDPs to hold on to God because he is the one who has kept them till now.
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| Group picture with beneficiaries |
Mayor Fongu
Cletus has linked the gesture to the Christmas season and end of year
festivities which normally calls for a spirit of sharing with one another
especially the needy.
The
medications have been handed over to the Nkwen Health Center from where the
IDPs in need can benefit from them free of charge.
It is not
the first time the Council is making such gestures. The Mayor says “we have
been visiting some in their host houses and communities and ensuring that those
who have babies without birth certificates acquire the document within the
shortest possible time from the council.