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By Martial Gnoukapasi Mbigha Felix facing the press at the ntaafi proximity stadium site FECAFOOT Northwest President Mbigha Njah Felix, Friday 30th at the project site explained to the press that the fully funded UNDP Proximity Stadium Project awarded 3 months back was to be delivered to football lovers in the region on this December 30th, but because of errors noticed in the contract during realisation, work stopped at some point. " This is one of the first Project UNDP is realising concerning stadiums and some irregularities were noticed in the contract which were not okay for a football field, so we had to revisit the studies and reaward the project which took us about 2 - 3 months..." Mr Mbigha said the first mistake realized in the initial contract was that the office building was designed to also play host to the dressing room which isn't okay for a football facility. " If this was to be the case it will mean players will have to trek for long before accessing...

Captured and transcribed by Martial Gnoukapasi Ni John Fru Ndi blowing his flute after delivering his message Members of the SDF family, Brothers and Sisters of this country. I stand here to wish you people a happy new year. When i say happy, it's because we deserve to be happy. But if we look at ourselves as Cameroonians especially those from the North West and South West, are we really happy? So many have lost their love ones, we can't live at peace and at ease in our own home towns. So many people have taken refuge in Mbouda, Bafoussam, Douala away from their own home towns and  cannot come home to feel at home. Their properties have been destroyed. In the early days of this struggle, when I left here going to the farm, i went through Boyo and grass had covered the main roads because vehicles were not passing, vehicles were destroyed, so many things took place that many did not feel safe and at ease in their homes.  But as we're approaching the year 2023, I want to thank...

By Martial Gnoukapasi Fon Azefor III of Nkwen on his throne at festival ground The 2nd edition of the Bamenda III Festival Heritage of Arts and Culture dubbed 'FEHACU' - an initiative of the Bamenda III council was on Wednesday December 28th launched at the explanade of the Nkwen Fons palace. The event which is almost becoming a yearly celebration gives way for sons and daughters of the Nkwen Fondon in the midst of esteemed guests and visitors to showcase the rich and diverse cultural values of the Fondom to the admiration and satisfaction of many. Speaking as dignitaries gathered to officially open the second edition of the Festival, His Majesty Azehfor III indicated that the festival finds and adds meaning in the culture of the people, bringing out a sense of belonging amongst them. Peace his Majesty highlighted is crucial for the socio-economic development of the subdivision and should be preserved jealously at all times. " Peace is the greatest weapon for development t...

By Gnoukapasi Martial DG MIDENO- Matoya Cletus presenting his purpose statement at presser The Northwest Development Authority better known by it's French acronym MIDENO has counted the successes recorded for the year 2022 as well as highlighted the major challenges faced by the structure in executing it's program. The strides made by the institution was on Friday December 23rd presented to the media by the general manager - Cletus Anye Matoya, flanked by the director of technical department Ndeh Emmanuel and the administration and finance director Bawe Ndi Ernest. The managing director Matoya Cletus Anye explained that the structure has always performed base on the means put at the disposal of the authority and that despite the odds, MIDENO has never failed in it's mission to meet the aspirations of farmers every farming season. " MIDENO is proud of the farmers whose efforts in farming activities remains laudable, their capacities remains undiminished and that's b...

Gwain Colbert - Author of the Colbert Factor Publisher of the famous Colbert factor which articulates salient issues about the North West region and the country as a whole, who doubles as host of flagship program Presstalk over ndefcam radio in Bamenda has celebrated the life of journalists practicing therein. The digital rights advocate at the centre of an event organized by the regional assembly to celebrate culture, rallied journalists who turned out for coverage and shared an uncommon drink with them. Mr Bamenda as he's famously known, explained that the "reason d'etre" for ensuring that journalists feel comfortable at the event is simply motivated by the fact that " at the end of this year again no journalists has lost his life and that Inspite of the crisis facing the region for over 5 years now , journalists are still able to brave the odds and perform their duties to the admiration of their respective audiences" Journalists benefiting from his widows...

By Martial Gnoukapasi mayor Ngwakongoh Lawrence at budgetary session The adopted budget which is balanced in income and expenditure according to mayor Ngwakongoh Lawrence takes into cognisance the 2019 regulated financial regime of regional and local authorities, with an increase of over FCFA130,000,000 compared to that of 2022. The increase as explained at the budgetary session of Wednesday December 7th by mayor Ngwakongoh, has been influenced by the laudable number of projects highlighted and captured in the annual development plan of 2023 by stakeholders of the municipality during the budget orientation session that held on 22nd of November 2022. The council for 2023 plan to execute the following projects with the adopted budget; - Construction of classrooms - Construction of City Tower and green space -Pavement of roads  -Construction of youth empowerment center. -Completion of the bride linking Nsem and Agyati  -Construction and rehabilitation of water supply projects  -Completion...

By Martial Gnoukapasi elected North West youth council president Mekom Samuel Taleh The 26-year-old entrepreneur who hails from Santa won the election unopposed after the file of his competition Tumenta Peter was declared incomplete by the electoral team after scrutiny. 43 delegates made up the electoral college out of which 39 cast their lot on the young entrepreneur. 2 votes were disqualified with 1 empty ballot. In his 5minutes campaign to the delegates drawn from all the seven divisions of the region, Samuel who also happens to be the youngest in the Bamenda city council board, explained that his vision is to empower the youths so they can gain meaningful employment. He said his first plan of action will be to visit the 7 divisions, get the aspirations of the youth and design a plan of action base on the identified needs of the youths. Mekom Samuel Taleh votes " I'm not coming into the Youth Council to make money, I am already a millionaire.My motivation is to ensure that ...