Bamenda II Council adopts over 2.1billion as budget for 2024
By Martial Gnoukapasi Mayor Chenwie Peter granting interview Infront of newly acquired truck The budget, voted and adopted by councillors of the said council Thursday December 21st according to mayor Chenwie Peter, has seen an over 20% increase as compared to the 2023 budget. Speaking on the feasibility of the budget and reason for this increase, the mayor said " irrespective of the crisis, i have hard working councillors and through my travels abroad I've been able to sign deals with equipments coming in. We have negotiated funding from partners like Feicom and Minepat which will help us in realizing the low cost housing project, there's Mindevel and also other deals with non governmental organisations that will help us realize the budget and projects" Mayor Chenwie Peter also used the session to lobby for space through the senior divisional officer for Mezam, to permit the council erect stores that will help them raise revenue for projects in the municipality Counci...