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Covid-19: Bamenda City Council To Disinfect Entire City On Friday April 3rd

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Martial Gnoukapasir Mayor Paul Achombong According to the plan of action deliberated upon and adopted by the city council mayor  Achombong Tembeng Paul and stakeholders of the city at parcous Vita this afternoon, Wednesday April 1st has been dedicated for massive sensitization of the public on the do's and don't ahead of the campaign. Heavy duty truck owners who've pledge to make available their trucks will accompany HYSACAM in transporting the garbage that will be collected from all the dumpsters and dumpsites in markets and itineraries within the city on Thursday 2nd. On Friday April 3rd, business men and women with shops in and out of the major markets in the city: From the main market to Nkwen and food markets, petty traders and back market sellers, hawkers and road side traders, operators of mobile money qiosks, even buses that will be entering the region from up station, children who've been advised to stay at home but have been sent to the ...

Parliamentary re-run: Sanitizers at polling Stations against Covid-19.

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Martial Gnoukapasi Interior minister Atanga Nji sanitizing " The governor is my main collaborator in the region yet i had no choice. The prescriptions of the head of state read by the prime minister says we shouldn't shake hands, we should give a distance of about 1metre yet I see  your microphones are too close to me, You're not even observing the one metre distance.  However I went around the town yesterday with the governor and observed that some bars and restaurants were not observing the 6pm closing hour. we'll hammer on them because these are measures that must be respected. That will be the best way for us to fight against this virus. Prevention is better than  I even urge you the Journalists to wash your hands as many as 14 times per day" cameroon's interior minister  Atanga Nji The decision not to stretch his hand to his collaborators upon arrival as has always been the case before the outbreak Covid-19 at the Bamenda up stati...

"We Are Voting For The Construction Of This Nation" - Minister Atanga Nji

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Martial Gnoukapasir interior minister Atanga Nji after voting Interior minister Paul Atanga Nji and North West governor have joined some electorates of Bamenda up station polling centre to cast their vote in consonance with the February 9th parliamentary re-run. Minister Paul Atanga Nji arrived the polling station at 9:58am and cast his ballot at poll A at exactly 10:03am, while governor Lele l'afrique Tchoffo Deben dropped his white envelope containing his choice at 10:06am. Speaking to the press  minister Atanga Nji said voting is a legitimate exercise and any proud cameroonian must be able to step out and fufill this civic responsibility. Atanga Nji votes " We are voting parliamentarians who'll go and debate and discuss the laws to govern this country in parliament. Upon arrival I was briefed by the governor who indicate that all was in place to ensure that this process goes on hitch free in all the Constituencies to undergo th...

SDO Begins Fight Against COVID-19 at Installation of Bamenda1 Mayor

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Martial Gnoukapasi arrival of SDO at event ground Upon arrival at the council ground for the installation of Mbigha Njah Felix who takes over the command batton from Caroline Bi Bongwa as mayor of the Bamenda I council area, Mooh Emile Simon, the Senior divisional officer for mezam refused to shake hands with any of the administrative authorities nor the incoming mayor that were on standby awaiting his arrival at the entrance to the council hall.  He then went futher to order those who turn out for the installation out of the hall, leaving just the 32 councillors, 2 MC's and two journalists.  All these in an effort to ensure that not more than 50 persons were in the council chambers, in keeping with the pre-emptive measures taken by goverment to avert the spread of the coronavirus, with 14 cases recorded already according to the country's health minister Dr Manaouda Malachie. SDO, Mayor and Deputies " with rumours of a case of the virus...

Rent And Tax Reduction For Businesses In Bamenda II Municipality - Mayor Chenwie Peter.

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Martial Gnoukapasir Mayor Chenwie Peter Mayor Chenwie Peter who made the remark tuesday March 17th during his installation said, reducing rents and taxes within a reasonable period of time will empower business men and women economically and this will cause a ripple effect within the council area. The 43 year old Ph D holder in information technology who swore an oath to office at the court of first instance in mezam on March 12th, also used the occassion comissioning him and his deputies to office, to outline other projects he considered priority for the municipality.  They include; -The re-introduction of public Taps to reverse the persisitent problem of water supply. -Reverse the bad Hygiene and sanitation situation being experienced by the population at all levels  within the municipality. -Scholarship assistance to the underpriviledge children and financial support to health centres. -Grading and maintenance of existing roa...

Football: Cameroonian midfielder Steve Mvoue joins FC Toulouse

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Martial Gnoukapasi. Photo Credit: TPO Bakah Derick Cameroonian footballer Steve Regis Mvoue has made a record move from Cameroon to French Ligue 1 side FC Toulouse. Apparently, it had been sealed some time ago as several sources had announced the player in the club since the last AFCON but it was only confirm by his agents on Friday March 13, 2020 after close to three years of monitoring and negotiations. According to club sources, the deal is valued at €1Milion  being the biggest ever transfer fee paid for a Cameroonian footballer directly from the country beating Charly Formen's move from Elite One side Panthere du Nde in 2009 valued at €600 to Marseille.   The move from Azur Academy to FC Toulouse according to Smart Sports Agency & Utopia Group of Samuel Eto'o both collaborating agencies for the transfer is a landmark transfer which is the fruit of hard work, patience and consistency. Though other football giants like Redbull FC Brugg...

Trauma Therapy For Journalists In Conflict Hit NW

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Martial Gnoukapasir For some months now, a handful of journalists in the crisis hit north west region of the country just like a few elsewhere, have been at loggerheads with one another to the point of throwing verbal jabs at each other over opinions, ideas, the style and manner in which some angle and develop news stories and content as they report the anglophone conflict in the region. To make it abundantly clear that there's nothing wrong with the microphone, pen and paper pushers, exchanging views on petinent societal issues, especially one as critical as the crisis which has claim the lives of many in the two troubled zones.  It is however imperative to also note that the outings and actions of both the state and non-state armed actors which often results to civilian casualties like the case in kedjom keku and ngarr-buh, coupled with the conflicting figures and narratives that usually accompany such worisome events from both govt and non government acto...

BAMENDA: Will Mayor Paul Achombang Right The Wrongs Of The Ndumu Administration?

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Martial Gnoukapasi Paul Achombang delivering his keynote address to city councilors. I have not, the temerity to provide you readers with a 'yes he will' or 'no he will not' answer, for time and  only time will tell.  But if we were to provide an answer to the above question base on the plan of action he read-out loud to the 33 grand councillors who showed up tuesday March 3rd for the first ordinary board council session this year, dedicated to putting in place the various committees to assist the council draft and execute the mouth-watering projects, which the mayor outlined and confessed will go a long way to correct the errors of the past and satisfy the aspirations of Bamenda city dwellers, then without mincing words one can unequivocally say 'yes'. However, it should be noted that any plan is only as good as it's implementaion. There's this saying that 'Action speaks louder than words' -yet mankind has continue to live...