"They took FCFA3000 to transport me across" - User of the Bamenda-Babadjou highway laments
By Martial Gnoukapasir Photo credit: GPmedia accessibility on the Bamenda-Babadjou highway restored At about 5:43pm Thursday March 25th, Mnews237 confirmed that the cut off Bamenda - Babadjou portion of the highway linking the north west to the west and other regions of the country has been rendered passable. This still doesn't cancel reports that a bridge at ndoji in Babadjou sub-division collapsed early same day and date in the morning, following heavy rain that battered parts of the Northwest and West regions in the night of Wednesday March 24th 2021 in the country. Fact is, hundreds of travellers entering or leaving the North West region got stuck on both sides of the two regions following the incident, since there was no way for vehicles to cross on either side. The only alternative was for vehicles leaving Bamenda for the South West region, Douala and vice versa, to use the Bamenda - Mamfe - Kumba highway, an alternatively good road which due to insecurity is not preferred by