By Bakah Derick
Some diehard militants of the ruling
Cameroon’s People Democratic Movement CPDM have surfaced with a radio station
in Tubah Subdivision of Mezam Division in the North West Region. The new radio station
christened Tubah Voice which saw the light of day March 18, 2017 broadcasting
from Bambui in Tuah Subdivision is an initiative of one Dr Ndonwie Peter Muma
attempted CPDM section President and militant for Mezam 1C.
Though financed up to 75% of over FCFA
20million by the World Association for Christian Communication WACC through Dr
Ndonwie’s Ghana based non-governmental organisation Pan African Organisation
for Research and Prevention of Violence against Women and Children, Tubah Voice
has a management and administrative team that looks purely political.
The Pioneer Station Manager is another CPDM
crony to the core in the Region. Akouyu Beatrice a Teacher by training and
founder of a pro CPDM group better known as Friends of Chantal Biya has been
appointed has been appointed to the function while Prof Peter Abety, former
Minister, Board Chair of the GCE board and CPDM Section President for Mezam V
is the Chairperson of the Management board.
As if to say he was worried about the huge
presence of CPDM bigwigs at the helm of the radio, the SDF Mayor for Tubah while
addressing the radio inaugural ceremony observed that the radio must be
apolitical. According to Tanjong Martin Musungong, the radio should not be used
indiscriminately for political propaganda. The politician also used the event
to caution management to recruit staff based on competence not connections so
that the radio will be law abiding.
The Divisional Officer to Tubah Subdivision
who skillfully avoided a comment on the radio and politics noted that Tubah
Voice should be a radio for women and children. According to Garga Hadji most
of the programs on the radio should be in the local languages that make up the
subdivision as the management serves with integrity, responsibility and
commitment. While encouraging the people of his division to make use of the
radio and participate in its programs, the administrators added that the radio
must be a tool for the promotion of the cultural heritage of the Tubah people
and neighboring communities.
Speaking earlier the promoter of the baby
radio noted that the facility he is putting at the service of the community of
Tubah and environs is costing over FCFA 20million. The international
philanthropist of Nkwen origin with activities spanning several countries
around the world especially Ghana where he runs the Pan African Organisation
for Research and Prevention of Violence against Women and Children will explain
that the community radio will fill the wide gab commercial radios are not interested
in like education, health, violence against women and girls, agriculture and
others. Adding that his radio was authorized by Cameroon’s Ministry of
Communication in November of 2016, Dr Ndonwie says the arrival of the radio
signals a new dawn in Tubah Subdivision during which the rural masses will have
the means to make use of valuable information. The promoter has also announced
the arrival of a TV station in the days ahead.
Though Dr Ndonwie Peter will maintain that
the radio is apolitical during an interview with the Guardian Post, other
political party opinions are already saying that it is one of the CPDM projects
aimed at taking over the SDF run Tubah Council (the University Council).
The conspicuous absence of the Paramount Fon
of Bambui HRH Angafor Mombo-oh III and other Fons of the Subdivision like
Bambili, Kedjom Keku, Kedjom Kitinguh, Fingui and Bafukum was noticed by many.
Though likened to poor organization of invitations, the presence of some
traditional authorities from Nkwen home of the promoter already puts on the
line the relationship between the radio and the people of the subdivision who
already fear that most of the employees are Nkwen and not from the subdivision.
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