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By Martial Gnoukapasi blurred image of Mr Joko Popularly called Pa Joko, Mr Joko Evaristus who turned 80 on January 1st of 2025 didn't have the luxury of celebrating his birthday with his sweetheart, whom he also acknowledged was his mother and best friend. The evil hands of death had snatched Ma Joko Freda from this earth late 2024, after armed men, believe to be separatist fighters championing a course for an independent state in Cameroon, bundled her away from her savannah street residence in Bamenda on Saturday October 26, and killed in the late hours of Sunday October 27 2024. It was at a visit initiated by elite of the North West region to condole with the family, that the widower Joko Evaristus, lamented on the vacuum created in his heart and family by men with smoking guns, whose violent actions have forced many to term the current conflict " senseless". Speaking with a heavy heart he said: " She was my friend, when we were still just joking with life thinki...

By Martial Gnoukapasi Performance indicator of councils vis-a-vis project execution The municipalities of Santa, Bali and Tubah have been saluted for performing well in the execution of projects under the public investment program for 2024 in Mezam.  Members of the participatory follow-up committee met Friday January 24th and rated the quality of projects delivered to the citizens of the division by the card holders, contractors and other stakeholders in the execution chain. Mezam for 2024 had a total of 101 projects funded under the investment budget to the tune of over fcfa 2billion 990million . It was revealed at the 4th quarter evaluation session that as at December of 2024, 75 out of the 101 projects had been completed and received, with 21 ongoing and 5 not engaged at all. With physical realization at 85.47% and financial engagement at 99.59%, the chair person of the meeting Nestus Fru, who doubles as member of parliament for Bamenda-Bali constituency, called on those who were st...

By Martial Gnoukapasi Cletus Anye Matoya(R) and Technical Director of MIDENO(L) The North West Development Authority, populary known by it's French acronym MIDENO, has presented it's balance sheet for the year 2024. On Wednesday December 4 at a press conference in Bamenda, MIDENO management headed by Cletus Anye Matoyah saluted the efforts of the staff for playing a key role in the fight against food crisis in the North West region, under a good number of projects rollout by tge organisation in 2024. He expressed satisfaction with the level of implementation of the Emergency Project to Combat Food Crisis in Cameroon - PULCCA, which has MIDENO is the key stakeholder in it's implementation in the North West. Some staff of MIDENO at presser Funded by the World Bank to the tune of 4.9 billion, some 10,700 vulnerable farmers, with some already benefiting, are expected to harvest from this program. improved seeds like Cassava, potatoe, Maize, plantains and vegetable crops are bei...