Mbengwi celebrates new mortuary, market

By Njodzefe Nestor

There was pomp and fanfare in Mbengwi headquarters of Momo Division of the North West region on 7 March 2015 as the population turned out in their numbers to witness the inauguration of three projects realized by Mbengwi Council and her partners.

                These projects included a Council Mortuary realized by Mbengwi Council and PNDP, a Mortuary Chapel realized by the Council and MECUDA, USA, the rehabilitation of the Mbon Market styled to meet the needs of the municipality sponsored by PNDP, FEICOM and the Council and above all a modern grinder and mixer animal Feed mill with the latest technology funded by the council and the European Union.

                While presenting the projects, the Mayor of Mbengwi Council, Tebe Beatrice noted that “the feed mill factory trigger the growth of livestock farming in Mbengwi Municipality and transform it to a major supplier of pigs and fowls while waste from the accompanying activities will fertilize farms, intensify cropping, thereby improving tremendously our harvest.”

                As for the Mbon Market, she said apart from the aesthetics, it will provide an enabling environment to the business community of Mbengwi.

“Our modern mortuary and a standard chapel reduces the cost of municipal capital flight to neighboring Bamenda on transport fares of the mortal remains of our departed loved ones” observed the Mayor.

                Mayor Tebe noted that the projects realized within their two years of stewardship at the helm of the Mbengwi Council did not without hitches.

                “These two years of our stewardship were colored with severe challenges such as court cases, inherited huge debts, salary arrears of workers, un regularized contracts of some workers, few income generating activities” revealed the mayor.

                She however cited the unmet needs of the Council such as a multi-purpose tractor and modern 20 ton truck for the Council, the need to transform the Abi Fall hydro electricity plant where studies are ongoing in to reality, the maintenance of farm to market roads amongst others.

                While inaugurating the projects, the representative of the SDO for Momo said he was impressed by the beauty of the structures especially the Mbon Market. He congratulated the contractors and partners for “haven painstakingly executed the projects” and extolled the population of Mbengwi to make good use of them.

                The representatives of MECUDA, USA, PNDP, FEICOM and European Union in their remarks applauded the dexterity of Mbengwi Council with all promising more collaboration with the Council in future.

                MECUDA, USA confessed that the mortuary Chapel project which they co-sponsored with the Council was their first initiative in their homeland adding that it was just the beginning of more things to come to the municipality.