GM of Catholic teachers:

Bishop Bushu hails historic creation of K’ba diocese

By ETAH CHRIS Nchia

Bishop Bushu and Catholic teachers

The Bishop of Buea diocese His Lordship Immanuel Balanjo Bushu, has described the recent step by the Papacy to carve out the new kumba Diocese as a “Great Historic Success”.

Bishop Bushu voiced his support for the passage of the newly created diocese, which seeks to bring Christians closer to religious men and women in the catholic folk.

                “For long we have been waiting. It was announced by the Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon on the November 30th 2006 at midday over the Cameroon Radio Television in Yaounde that Kribi, Bafang and Kumba were going to be made Dioceses. Kribi and Bafang have become already and now lately Kumba has become after ten years of the announcement,” the Bishop noted.

                The soft spoken Bishop also addressed thousands of catholic teachers recently in CKC Tiko while closing a three-day 2016 meeting of Catholic teachers of the Buea diocese, which teachers from the new Kumba diocese part-taking for the last time.

                In his closing episcopal homily, His Lordship Bishop Bushu of the Buea Diocese reminded Christians to emulate the good examples of John. His homily weapon from John 21:1 to 19 revealed that as teachers “there are many signs of Christ presence in us. We need to love him completely so we can think and act like him”, he told the nosy instructors.

                Talking to the press shortly after the three-day meeting, Bishop Immanuel Bushu thanked God for his infinite mercy.

                “We thank thee for the last three years. We thank thee for the several challenges. The failures and challenges tell us that without god, we can do nothing. The successes we recorded in the last three years tell us that with god, we can do everything. We thank God for his goodness to us and pray him to be with us for the next three years”.

                He encouraged the hundreds of teaching and non-teaching staff who bagged home medals to continue working hard so as to improve performance of schools within the Buea diocese. Meritorious teachers were decorated with Gold, silver and bronze medals.

                The payment of school fees through banks, the uninterrupted payment of teachers’ salaries, introduction of ATM cards for all teachers in the secondary education sector, improved family allowances rate to name a few, limelighted the education flagship goal of the Buea diocese with Fr. Sob Alexander as Education Boss.

                The  putting in place of a sustainable scholarship program in both the primary and secondary school levels, the creation of a micro-finance house to guarantee savings and loans for workers at low interest rates, amendment of individual contracts for teachers amongst others, have characterized the Fr. Sob-led regime.

                The selfless education secretary par excellence Fr. Sob Alexandre Nougi who described the CUIB President Fr. George Nkeze as a radical revolutionist told Eden that “my reforms concentrate and revolve around renovation and innovation on communication accommodation where teachers can have free communication credit and free housing, primary school teachers will soon witness an introduction of their family allowances” he announced.

                The hundreds of teachers who turned up at the Christ the King College in Tiko were Saturday thrilled by performances from renowned artists like Mr. Leo, NKotti Francois and Dynastie Le Tigre and sumptuous meals on a daily basis.