The Executive Secretary General of the Cameroon Teachers Trade Union CATTU has made public the intention of his institution to compel all proprietors of confessional and private schools in the North West and South West regions to pay their teacher’s salaries particularly for the last one year during which schools were interrupted due to the socio-economic and political crisis facing the region. Sema Valentine was speaking on Tuesday during a radio programme on Abakwa FM Radio station in Bamenda while evaluating Cameroon’s educational sector in 2017. When the presenter questioned what the Cameroon Teachers Trade Union was doing about teachers whose salaries were not paid in 2017, Sema Valentine replied in anger “it is a very vexing issue. I will say it and say it and say it again. Some of our proprietors are charlocks. Some of them are inhumane. They preach virtue and practice vice.” According to the erudite SG confessional school proprietors have demonstrated unprecedent

The recently appointed Chaplain of State and Private Universities and Institutions of Higher learning has been commissioned into office. Rev Fr Martin Forgwe was commissioned on Sunday during a Sunday Mass at the St Augustine Catholic Church in Mbelem Nkwen by the Chancellor of the Bamenda Archdiocese Rev Fr Bonaventure Ndong representing the Archbishop. According to the Chancellor, the small Mission Station of Mbelem has been raised to a University Chaplaincy with the responsibility to serve as a center for all activities related to students in tertiary educational institutions in the Archdiocese. Rev Fr Bonaventure Ndong described the community of Mbelem as lucky to have been made a University chaplaincy reason why they must collaborate with the new chaplain to build the chaplaincy with the understanding that the structure will be for everyone. While encouraging students to create cells in their different institutions which will act as contact points with the chaplaincy, th

The international Customs Day has been launched in Bamenda with the pious hope that the North West region returns to normal life soon. The launching event Monday 15, gave an opportunity for Custom officials and the Administration of the North West to examine the challenges facing the sector and possible ways through which they can be resolved. While representing the Minister of Finance at the event, North West Governor Adolph Lele L’Afrique intimated that the choice of the North West region to host the launching event was timely following the crisis the region is currently facing. With the 2018 observance of the International Day centered on the theme “a secured environment for economic development” the regional administrative while addressing the gathering reaffirmed government’s resolve and determination to protect the economy of both the state and individuals and by so doing protecting the Customs Sector which stands out as a major revenue source for the state. “The

Elhaji Jaji Manu Secretary General MINEPIA A project intended to boost the livestock sector has been launched in Bamenda. The Government of Cameroon through the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries MINEPIA launched the livestock development project LDP Tuesday with the intention to invest and modernize and make livestock profitable to those in the sector. Speaking during the launching event, the Secretary General in the Ministry of Livestock representative of the Minister, Fisheries and Animal Industries told many who flood the event hall that the project is funded World Bank with the aim “to accompany Producer Organisations POs, towards profitable, ease and exploit market links and direct relations between actors, as well as financial institutions so that they can reach customers potential farmers in rural areas.” According to Elhadj Jaji Manu Gidado, the livestock sector is specifically targeted with the aim to promote an environment conducive for th

The Director of the Bamenda Regional Hospital has described the announcement by the President of the Republic Paul Biya during his end of year message last December 31 of a Universal health coverage for Cameroonians as one of the good things contained in his speech. Talking to The Guardian Post after the President’s speech, Dr Kingue Thompson Njie appreciated the plan saying “I have listened to so many reactions to the end of year speech which was made by the Head of State. A lot of people dwelled on many things and little room has been given so far to the importance of having Universal health coverage in Cameroon. I think amongst the good things: amongst the good promises that were made by the Head of state, that was number one. On what Universal Health Coverage means, the Director explained “You see with the Universal Health Coverage one thing that Cameroonians are going to realize is that the number of preventable deaths is certainly going to reduce. There are many people

The North West regional administrative coordination and security meetings have ended in Nkambe headquarter of Donga Mantung Division. The January 4 th and 5 th in-camera meetings according to North West Governor Adolph Lele L’Afrique gave the administrative and security officials the opportunity to evaluate the just ended year and make projections for the coming year. NW Governor Lele L'Afrique Tchoffo talking to the Press after Nkambe Conclave Coming just a few days after the President of the Republic laid the guidelines for the new year with his end of year message, Governor Lele explained that the guidelines calls on them “first of all to mobilise all the stakeholders to reinforce the coming back to normalcy in the North West region in the social, economic, political and security domains. We have met with all the stakeholders here and they have committed themselves to be up to the expectation of not only the Head of State, the government but also to the expectation

The Mayor of the Nkambe Council in Donga Mantung Division of the North West Region has castigated ghost towns and school boycotts as unbeneficial and self-punishment strategies as ways to draw government’s attention to the plight of Anglophones in Cameroon. Mayor Ngabir Paul was talking to The Guardian Post recently in his Nkambe residence during which he maintained that that there is an Anglophone problem but there is disagreement on how the solution is being sorted.  “First of all I agree that there are Anglophone issues but how we should go about resolving them is the main thing. Some people think that we can use force, other think we should use dialogue. There are several means. I believe that whatever the issues might be, I disagree with the fact that children should not go to school.   It should not be used as a way of resolving issues.” The Mayor said adding “these are adult issues and should be discussed by adults. Let’s leave the children out of this….. It’s like you ar