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By Martial Gnoukapasi  Bamenda city mayor Paul Achobong Tembang handing over consignment of cleaning materials to the quarter heads The items comprises of fifty garbage collection plastic buckets for the collection of biodegradable and  non-biodegradable waste, fifty wheelbarrows, same number for the spades, Cutlasses and hand tillers, distributed evenly to the quarter heads of the Bamendakwe council area. According to the city mayor, the distribution of these materials, Sunday of February 9 which coincidentally was World Habitat Day, is to compliment the efforts of the quarter heads which in tandem with the Bamenda I council have decided to reinstate the concept of the monthly clean up campaign exercise within the municipality.  He added that " One of our key values is a clean environment, we want Bamenda to be clean.. the cleanliness of our city is not a singular responsibility of the enterprise charged with the cleaning, it is a collective responsibility, that is why we have im...

By Martial Gnoukapasi Mayor Mbigha Felix, deputies and Councilors cue in front of the altar of ROC The Mayor of Bamenda I council, Mbigha Felix njah, accompanied by his staff and Councilors have given thanks to God for the strength, knowledge and wisdom for successfully pilot the activities of the council to the benefit of those in the sub division and beyond. The team, on Sunday of February 9 2025 celebrated mass with Christians at the Reformed Overcomers Chapel up station Bamenda, where they offered thanksgiving to God for being the source of their inspiration, according to mayor Mbigha Felix. In his homily, the revered pastor of ROC(Reformed Overcomers Chapel), Paul Achobong Tembang, who is also councilor for the siad municipality and mayor of the city of Bamenda said" people can help to vote for you but it is God who approves you". He supplicated the hand of God for another mandate to the mayor and his collaborators, so they can continue in their mission of peace building...

By Martial Gnoukapasi Mayor Chenwi Peter presenting 2024 stewardship account to councilors Councilors of the Bamenda II council have congratulated the mayor, his staff and collaborators for efforts in revenue mobilisation and project realisation for 2024, despite the security challenges. After careful scrutiny of the council's development action in 2024 with the limited resources it was able to generate, the councilors of the municipality on February 6th at the council hall, validated the accounts, suggesting more avenues through which the council could raise more funds for it's ambitious programs for the population in the sub division.  Councilors at session The Bamenda II council under Mayor Chenwi Peter raised over 984 million for 2024. A budget which upon presentation, balances in income and expenditure. Projects realized for 2024 The council for 2024 was able to realize a good number of projects, some of which was spelled out by the mayor to include: ✓Construction of Mod...

By martial Gnoukapasi  Members of the Ntarinkon Cooperative Credit Union has voted a new board president. Barrister Akuma Miranda was elected the 11th President Ntaccul at the Bamenda Congress hall where members converged Saturday February 2nd for their 38th annual general assembly. Barrister Akuma Miranda will run the affairs of the union for the next 3 years after the newly elected board members of cast their lot on her to steer the Ntaccul ship for the benefit of members. Photo credit: the observer New Ntaccul board president, Akuma Miranda She is the second woman to occupy the prestigious position of board president of the microfinance. The first lady to pilot the affairs of Ntarinkon Cooperative Credit Union as board president was Tibui Irine Tima. She was president from 2004 to 2006. Akuma Miranda will be assisted in her functions by Achiri Placid.  Achiri Placid  has been in the Board for the last five years, is the most experienced Board member and will be expected to show the ...

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...