Cabinet Reshuffle:

Elung Paul takes up function at MINFI

Elung Paul

The new Minister Delegate to the Ministry of Finance was installed into his functions on Tuesday 6 October 2015, by Finance Minister, AlamineOusmaneMey.

H.E. Excellency Elung Paul Che has taken up his functions as the new Minister Delegate to the Ministry of Finance. The 47-year old senior Treasury accountant and public finance expert was installed by the Minister of Finance AlamineOusmaneMey, on Tuesday 06 October 2015, in the “Salle des actes” of the Finance Ministry.

                Speaking on the occasion, AlamineOusmaneMey congratulated the new minister on his brilliant appointment, saying it was a mark of confidence by the head of state and an acknowledgement of the good work that Mr. Elung has been doing not only at the CSPH where he served as the General Manager but in all the different positions that he has held before in the public administration, especially in the finance sector.

                AlamineOusmane described Paul Elung as the right man for the job especially given that he is a former senior staffer of the ministry.

                “After working successively as Pay Master General for NW and SW, Director of Treasury and later as the Director General of Treasury, Finance and Monetary Cooperation all in the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Paul Elung is returning to a house that he knows only too well,” AlamineMey said, also expressing his utmost joy for having a seasoned and very experienced finance manager of MrElung’s caliber as his collaborator.

                Minister Mey sounded optimistic that Elung Paul will take no time to study and master the ongoing reforms in the public finance sector including notably reforms in the public accounting system, reforms in the taxation, treasury and customs sectors and reforms in the management of the public debt. He urged the new Minister Delegate to be a team player and to demonstrate the qualities of loyalty, commitment and managerial savvy that he is known to possess.

                A holder of Masters Degree in Public Law from the University of Yaounde and an MBA in Public Finance from the famous Harvard University in Boston, USA, Mr. Paul Elung has pledged to invest his all in his new job so as not to betray the confidence bestowed on him by the head of state.

                H.E. Elung Paul told pressmen shortly after his installation that he considers his ministerial appointment as a call to duty and hard work, especially given that state duties are known to be always very challenging. 

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   It is a call to duty

– H.E. Elung Paul Che, new Min. Del. at the MINFI

I wish to sincerely thank the Head of State President Paul Biya for this mark of renewed confidence he has placed on my modest person. I consider it a big challenge for me and the team that i will be working with. True, it is always an uphill task to exercise state duties with the highest degree of excellence. So, I take this appointment as a call to duty; a call to work even harder. I think I am ready for the job; I have the energy, the will and the needed commitment.