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Insurance Association on image cleansing mission in Bamenda

By Bakah Derick in Bamendakwe Understanding the insurance sector and its services is practically one of the most complicated thinks to understand in Cameroon. While clients and beneficiaries complain that the insurance service providers hide a lot of information from subscribers during subscription, the service providers say the subscribers are always in a hurry and do not create time to be educated on the various implications associated to the different insurance options. Since Monday October 26, 2015 different professional circles have been taking turns in the conference hall of the Blessed Paul VI memorial pastoral center upstation Bamenda on the invitation of the Association of National Insurance Companies in Cameroon better known as ASAC. Beginning on Monday October 26, with Journalists, then Tuesday with the judiciary and Wednesday the security, ASAC choosed to educate the various professional groups on subjects such as: the origin of insurance, objectives and aims as we

Free distribution of anti malaria mosquito bed nets finally Begin in Bamenda

By Bakah Derick  In Bambili Following an announcement made early this year by the Government of Cameroon there were plans to freely distribute treated mosquito bed nets in the country. Net use demonstration According to the announcement which was made public in a press release signed by the Minster of Public Health, Andre Mama Fouda, the exercise is thanks to the joint efforts of the Cameroon Government and her international partners aimed at ending the spread of malaria. World Health Organisation WHO statistics sungest that malaria is a disease considered as one of the deadliest on the African continent. Though the release indicated that the exercise was to go from August to September, the Northwest started receiving the government gift this Wednesday October 28, 2015.  Though not in the required quantity for the entire region, the Chief Clark at the Northwest Governors office on behalf of the Governor during the regional launching of the national campaign for the di

Tubah Mayor, Engineer Released; Receives Hero’s Welcome; Changes Political Discuss

By Bakah Derick  November 4, 2015 would have made exactly one year since the immediate past Mayor of the Tubah Council Sofa Meji Stanlaus and the Council engineer as he is commonly called Check Gah Emmanuel were detained in the Bamenda central prison. In the civil claim filed by the Tubah Council represented by the current Mayor Tanjong Martin Musongong, the pair was charged for embezzlement of council funds to the tune of CFA 50million. The claimed detailed that the money was embezzled from building permit funds collected by the Sofa regime.  After about a year of incarceration in the Bamenda central prison, the judgment fail like a bombshell in a crowded court of first instance Mezam.  Mayor Sofa salutes waiting crowd The Judgment  In a dead silent courtroom, Chief Justice Mbaki Vivian presented her statement detailing all respected stages involved in preliminary investigations PI. During the various cross examination sessions involving the complainant here the

Bamenda National Center for Youth and Sports CENAJES Graduates Instructors

By Bakah Derick After laying the foundation Stone of the National Center for Youth and Sports CENAJES Bamenda in 2005, Sports and Physical Education Minister Bidoung Mpkatt returned to Bamenda in the same capacity Friday October 23, 2015 that is ten years later to preside at the diploma award ceremony of the 9 th batch of Students of the institution. Welcoming the Minister to Bamenda, Jude Waindim Secretary General to the Bamenda City Council on behalf of the Government Delegate regretted that the institution that hosted the 57 graduates did not have the bright physical image expected for the holistic formation of future sports men and women. Coming at the time the Cameroon Football Federation FECAFOOT palaver has been put under cover check, Jude Waindim reminded the Minister for Sports that though with the challenge of organizing the 2016 and 2019 African Nation Cups, he is not Minister for football and consequently should look into the improvement of infrastructure and pe

Breaking News: Nkwen Youths stage protest against the "Bansonisation" of their village

By Bakah Derick Some Youths of Nkwen have since Thursday October 22, 2015 been in what many have described as a xenophobic protest. The protesting youths say they are against “the Bansonisation” (excessive presence of Nso people in Nkwen.) of Nkwen land. According to the youths, this is happening with the complicity of the Paramount Fon of Nkwen HM Fon Azehfor III who is still to clock two in office and provocation from Nso Nkwen settlers who are promising to buy the entire Nkwen Fondom including the palace. The Youths against Fon’s Decision The youths took to the street Thursday October 22, 2015 following what they say was the illegal sell of a parcel of Land behind the Fon’s palace to the Nso community in Bamenda. Though Fon Azehfor III has denied the sale of the land, he however accepts that he gave the said land to the Nso people for free following the outstanding and long history binding the two peoples. Accepting the generosity of their Fon, the youths said he s

Breaking News: Mezam SDO Nguele Nguele is Governor

By Bakah Derick The Senior Divisional Officer SDO for Mezam has been appointed the Governor of the South Region of Cameroon. Nguele Nguele Felix was appointed following a presidential decree made public during the 5pm newscast on the state radio and television Crtv this Friday October 23, 2015. Nguele Nguele Felix The new governor’s appointment came on the day he spent at work with the visiting Minister of Sports and Physical Education Bidoung Mpkatt who was in Mezam to oversee the ward of diplomas to graduating students of the National Center for Youth and Sports CENAJES Bamenda.   Nguele Nguele Felix with the Governor on official function in Mezam Appointed Mezam SDO on the 22 of October 2012, his new appointment comes exactly three years after staying at the helm of a politically vibrant division hosting leader of Cameroon’s most populous opposition political party John Fru Ndi. The Senior Civil administrator will now have to take a new bigger function w

Presidential Hopeful Demands SDF Constitutional Amendment Read Full Proposal

Felix Teche Nyamusa SDF 2018 presidential hopeful (pending primaries) Tel:  674684412 Email: tecny66@yahoo.com 19/10/2015 The SDF National Executive Committee (NEC) courtesy His Excellency Ni John Fru Ndi SDF National Chairman Sir, Proposal for amendment of the SDF constitution Felix Teche Nyamusa                    Please officially let NEC deliberate on these proposals for the amendment of the laws (constitution and internal regulations) of our party which if embraced will highly strengthen the organization : Militant(s) standing at elections for the position of national chair and secretary general of the party should not again cumulatively stand for national elections for the positions already made which are                       incompatible by virtue of section 13.1 (d) of the party current constitution – the office of the president of the Republic, vice president, president of the National Assembly, Prime Minister and/or any other governmental functio

Southern Cameroonian Activists take over Bamenda Grandstand with Restoration rally, Declare Freedom

By   Jackson   Wawa Nfor  Blogger@hilltopvoices  The population of Bamenda was October 15 th 2015 consternated when one Evangelist Ngwa Aaron Ndeh braved military presence and successfully organized and presided over a southern Cameroons restoration rally at the government’s controlled Bamenda grandstand. Unlike most southern Cameroons’ meetings that are always at the mercy of police and gendarmes from la Republique du Cameroun, the rally came to many by surprise given that even military officers in charge of guarding the tribune varnished when Evangelist Ngwa Aaron Ndeh and a handful of supporters invaded the area to declare total freedom to the enslaved people of southern Cameroons. Evangelist Ngwa Aaron Ndeh  Apart from activists, a symbolic presence of the Takumbeng women added more meaning to the “historic “event. They held peace plants (nkeng), to tell the world that Southern Cameroonians are taking back their confiscated independence with peace. These are the

DEVELOPING STORY: INTERNATIONAL CREDIT UNION DAY Manifestations Set in Bamenda

By Bakah Derick  Members of Cameroon’s biggest micro finance network will this Saturday October 17, 2015 assemble in Bamenda for celebrations marking the 2015 international Credit Union Day.   Round Table  Speaking in Bamenda during a round table conference Fombu Raphael Bamenda Chapter president noted that the day is set aside for credit unions to evaluate themselves, celebrate achievements and chat a better way forward. Joining the round table later Musa Shey Nfor CamCCUL’s President who doubles as the Bamenda Chapter president explained that following this year’s theme “we have been to orphanages and other places to reach out to the needy as part of cooperate social responsibility.”   Musa Shey Nfor CamCCUL/Bamenda Chapter President The Bamenda event according to the organisers is the launching event which will now pave the way for celebrations and manifestations at chapter level. Ngum Godlove General Manager of the Bamenda Police Cooperative Credit