Budgetary Session:

K’ba grand councilors take on Gov’t Delegate

- SDO castigates ENEO, Camwater over poor services

By Sirri NTONIFOR TANGWE in Kumba

The SDO for Meme, KoulboutAman David, has spoken out bitterly against the inefficiency of the public utilities: ENEO and CAMWATER/CDE, in satisfactorily providing electricity and water respectively. He was addressing senior councilors of the Kumba City Council who had expressed dismay both at the poor services provided by ENEO and CAMWATER, and at the persistent refusal of their divisional managers to honour invitations to attend council sessions and justify their output. Koulbout stated that since he came to Kumba in 2010, he has been using only buckets to bathe because of the frequent unavailability of pipe-borne water in the SDO’s quarters.

                Moreover, he added that he has been spending 18,000 FCFA per night for some days to fuel his generator because ENEO has forsaken its duty. Indeed, in Kumba, ENEO’s recent pattern has been one of withholding electricity from denizens for close to 12 hours on a daily basis without prior notice. In frustration, the SDO declared that he is more comfortable in his village than in Kumba. Responding to councilors who pleaded with him to use his office to intervene by summoning the company executives to order, the SDO explained that while such actions are out of his jurisdiction, the South-West Governor is sending a written complaint to the minister in charge.