Limbe FESTAC ends with a call for more investors

 

Limbe Govt del lifts hisown crown

The Minister of Arts and Culture, Professor Narcisse Mouelle Kombi has urged the various stakeholders especially the private sector to invest in the yearly Limbe Festival of Arts and Culture, FESTAC.  The minister was speaking in Limbe recently whilst presided over the closing ceremony of the 3rd edition of FESTAC. Minister Mouelle equally expressed satisfaction with the perfect organisation of this year’s festival. He used the occasion to hail the vision bearer of FESTAC, the Government Delegate to the Limbe City Council, Andrew Motanga Monjimba for the wonderful organisation of the events.

                Mouelle described the Government Delegate as the “Enfant Cherie” of President Paul Biya. “The festival has rendered Limbe populations more united and its organization is contributing in no small measure to promoting the development of arts and culture in the country,” Minister Narcisse Kombi underscored.

                The Minister was later presented with special and symbolic gift by the president of the Traditional Rulers of Limbe, Chief Molive Molungu Otto, on behalf of the Limbe Chiefs, for his efforts directed at making the festival a successful national event.

                The Government Delegate was equally given a special prize from the population of the Limbe municipality for the wonderful initiative of organising the festival which is already three years old.

                Also in attendance during the official closing ceremony were the personal representative of the Governor of the South West Region, the Secretary General at the Governor’s office, Clement Fon  Ndikum, Fako SDO Zang III, Government Delegate Limbe City Council and Festac vision bearer Andrew Motanga Monjimba, Mayors of the Limbe 1,2 and 3 Councils, the General Manager of CDC Franklin Njie Ngoni, the MP for Fako East Hon. Gladys Etombi Ikome, Traditional rulers of Limbe headed by their president Otto Molungu among others.

Wovia And Mokunda villages steal the show 

                The famous and traditional canoe race which is typical of the people from the coastal parts of Cameroon also constituted the sporting activities of the Limbe FESTAC. This year’s canoe race saw the participation of four villages notably Mondonli, Batoke, Wovia and Bimbia. After doing the 12 nautical miles Wovia padelled more than those the other villages and emerged first. It was the third consecutive time that Wovia village is winning the race, meaning they have won all the editions of the Festac canoe since its inception.

                Wovia Village received the sum of FCFA 700,000, the second winners Batoke village went home with FCFA 500,000 while the third team Bimbia received FCFA 300,000.

                Mokunda Village emerged victorious in the Tug of War competition after beating a team constituted by Wovia and Batoke. They went home with FCFA 100,000 while the runners up went home with FCFA 50,000.

                In traditional wrestling Mokunda village still proved tougher than the fighters from Batoke and Bimbia. Mokunda got a cash prize of FCFA 100,000 while the second and third winners each received FCFA 50.000. \

NW Dominates FESTAC Njalla Quan Marathon

                The Limbe FESTAC Njalla Quan International Marathon that took place over the weekend from Idenau to Limbe Down Beach, saw a total dominance of athletes from the North West Region in all the categories of the race.

                The first three winners in both the male and female categories went home with the colossal sum of FCFA 1.5 million, 1million and 500,000 plus trophies respectively. The 4th and 5th athletes in both categories were given FCFA 100,000 and 75,000, while the 6th -10th winners received FCFA 50,000 each as consolatory prizes. It should be noted that the 6th -10th winners in the female category all came from the North West Region.

                In the senior male category of the race, Eric Mbatcha from the North West Region was the first athlete. He was closely followed by Abbo Youssouf from the Centre Region and Oumarou Mohammadou from the North West Region in third place.

                In the female category, Lizette Ngalim, Carine Tatah and Prisca Tifuh all from the North West came first, second and third respectively.

                In the veteran category, the winners in both male and female categories received the following cash prizes, the first winners took the sum of FCFA 250,000, second winners went home with FCFA 100,000 while the third winners were given FCFA 50,000 respectively.