Sone Bayen Sizes Up Potential Replacement for Sona Ebai, former CDC Board Chair
A Sone Bayen's Reflection Azong Wara Andrew It is a difficult and painful task for me, as a son of Manyemen, Upper Balong, bereaved by the demise of my village traditional ruler, Chief Hope Sona Ebai, to discuss his replacement at the helm of the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) Board of Directors even before he is laid to rest. However, events or an occurrence has imposed this on the public space with the release of a letter recommending Andrew Azong Wara for the position. It cannot be too soon anymore to begin sizing up the declared candidate and other potential ones, most of whom may not even be aware or interested. The next board chairman will be the eighth, counting from VE Mukete who held the position from 1960 to 1982, SML Endeley (1982 - 1990), Etame Massoma (1991 - 1992), NN Mbile (1992 - 2003) , Namata Elangwe (2003 - 2014), Benjamin Itoe (2014 - 2021), Hope Sona Ebai (2021 - 2026). Excepting Massoma who held the position briefly during his tenure as governor of th...