By Bakah Derick
According to
Biya, having built democratic institutions, Cameroon should now move into other
development aspects like tackling second generation projects, industrialization
…. Felix said His likes and himself (
Biya ) should come out of selves treachery and realize that Cameroon will
explode anytime from now because of lack of democracy, good governance : ELECAM
by all stretch of imagination is not a democratic institution - it is created
by Biya “ the natural presidential candidate” for CPDM, yet throughout his over
three decades at Etoudi(Cameroon’s presidency) , Biya never won any genuine
elections ! . ELECAM’s top personnel are CPDM militants (who brandish
after-appointment into ELECAM resignation letters from CPDM - they directly
and/or indirectly rig elections for CPDM. What passes today as Cameroon
constitution is not a democratic document it is pro ruling party."
It was an
outstanding show of Love for Late Bati Rose Lailam, 1st Deputy Mayor to the
Bamenda III sub divisional Council Friday January 23, 2015 as thousands rallied
at the Holy Family Catholic Medical Center Akum, then All Saints Parish Church
Bayelle and her Ntamulung residence to accompany the late municipal authority
to her final resting place.
Did Prof.
Elizabeth Tamajong resign or she was dismissed from the SDF post of SG?
2015 2nd
place winner of the Guiness Mt Cameroon Race of Hope in february announced the
eventual creation of a Foundation in his home town – Nkambe Donga Mantung
Division of the Northwest Region of Cameroon. Talking to hilltopvoices on
arrival in Bamenda from Buea Southwest Region of the Country Wednesday February
18, 2015, Mbacha Eric said he has been participating in the race for 15years.
To the athlete, he is not getting younger and so there is need to begin laying
the foundation for the future.
Four
youngsters lost their lives early Friday
27th February 2015 morning in an accident along Cow street in Bamenda. The
youngsters died after the bike carrying them ran under a stationed trailer at
about 3:30am. Witnesses say two died on the spot while two others died on their
way to the hospital. The cause of the accident has not been established but
many have been quick in Bamenda to attribute the accident to high speeding and
the recklessness of bike riders. Others have equally been questioning the
parking of the trailer on such a narrow area part of the road.
January 2015
Politics
The news year
opened with Reactons on the End of year Speech by the President of the republic
Paul Biya: reacting to the speech from bamenda Felix Teche Nyamusa, SDF 2018 Presidential
hopeful {Pending Primaries} stated that Contrary to Biya, Cameroon has no
democratic institutions. Felix wrote quotes
In the
December 31st 2014 end of year and New Year speech, President Paul Biya as
often got into self deceit by claiming Cameroon has democratic institutions!
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| Felix Teche Nyamusa |
Bamenda III
and City Councils sends off Deputy Mayor
Obituary
Away from her
immediate family and fellow SDF militants, The Bamenda III sub divisional
Council and The Bamenda City Council answered present in grand style. These
institutions did not only show up in official uniforms but with their
administrative authorities and traditional dances as Northwest tradition
demands for the burial of a true servant like Madam Bati Rose Lailam.
February 2015
Education
11th of
February is the day French Cameroon annex English Cameroon. This is what
students who study History in the Francophone subsystem of Education in Cameroon
are thought about the day now known as Youth Day in Cameroon. According to Dr. Jude Fokwang, “February 11
is the date on which a plebiscite was held in the former British Cameroons,
aimed at deciding its fate - gain independence by integrating with the Federal
Republic of Nigeria or the already independent French Cameroon.” He continues that “On February 11, 1961, the
Southern British Cameroons opted to join French Cameroon while their
counterparts in the North cast their votes in favour of joining the Nigerian
Federation” the latter is the version many Anglophone Cameroonians and even
historians subscribe to. According to the Cameroon’s Teachers Trade Union CATTU
Teaching students in Anglophone schools the earlier version of this historic
day is considered destructive;
Meeting in
Bamenda February 4, 2015 to examine the state of the Union CATTU, observed that
“about 80% of student-teachers” currently on the field on practice from the
Teachers Training College Bambili are Francophones. These students according to CATTU are
“subjugated to do teaching practice in some secondary schools” in the Northwest
Region in English in Anglophone schools. Considering their language of origin
and educational background, CATTU submitted that “this action misleads learners
and delays the progress of the classroom teacher.”
National
Solidarity
The
Northwest Region lead by its Governor early Saturday February 7, 2015 staged a
solidarity walk in Bamenda in support of Cameroon soldiers and President Paul
Biya in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the North of the
country. Taking off from three different points of the city of Bamenda,
thousands assembled on the city’s main commercial street-the commercial Avenue
for a brief prayer session.
The march
turned out to be a perfect show of political coexistence between the government
and the most populous political party in the country– the Social Democratic
Front - SDF. Just like the militants who showed up for the march was the party's
national chair Ni John Fru Ndi.
Politics
This
question made rounds across the country as Professor Elizabeth Tamajong
followed the footsteps of her predecessors February 14, 2015 to table her
resignation from her function as Secretary General of the SDF during a National
Executive Council meeting here in Bamenda. By her letter dated February 12,
2015, which calls for a couple of reforms in the party, one can say she resigned.
Though she claims the party is very dear to her and has relentlessly and
diligently served in all the positions she held, the out gone scribe calls for
separation of power between party structures like NIC (National investiture
Committee) NAC (National Advisory Council) NEC (National Executive Council).
The Professor also says there is need for party subventions from the state to
be used for the development of basic organs and that the function of the
Secretary General be elective as was the case before her appointment on July
17, 2006. This sounds like a resignation but a close reading of another
document which she made public titled “My Stewardship as SDF Secretary General
and the reaction of some party officials gives the impression that she was long
dismissed mindful of many functions which said were taken off from her.
In Sports
While
accusing the Country’s Sports Ministry for ignoring athletes like him on issues
of social welfare, Mbacha said he will not want to let that neglect to kill
athletics reasons why he wants to start the Mbacha Eric Foundation. According
to the athlete, he has gotten to where he is thanks to the support he has
received from his community and so he must give back to the community.
Community
Development
Though Nkwen
is parctically the first village with the Bamemda city council area to develop
a community water scheme, water issues came under serious review in Bowen in
2015.
Like the
palace, the Bamenda III Sub divisional Council with Nkwen as headquarters
showed concerned about the water supply in the kingdom and the municipality as
a whole.. Early in 2014 the Mayor of the Council Fongu Cletus Tanwie received
equipment donated by a Germany outfit for the purification and distribution of
water in the Sub divisional council area. This equipment had been in the
Council premises for almost a year with the council expecting a team of
engineers from Germany for the installation.
However
early on Friday February 20, 2015, councilors of the Bamenda III Sub divisional
Council were in the palace to meet the Fon following the discovery of a
traditional injunction placed on the envisaged site for the planting of the
council water purification plant. According to a councilor we spoke to on phone
on condition of anonymity, they needed to know who placed the injunction and
for what reason.
Society
Amongst the
four as gathered by hilltopvoices three
of them were from Mbelem mile 6 Nkwen.