By Njodzefe Nestor
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NjankenjiNwanyama Boniface, North West Regional
Delegate for the chamber of Commerce
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The North West Regional Delegate for the
chamber of Commerce has promised that the region will in no distant feature
benefit from projects that will propel it to industrial ranks.
MrNjankenjiNwanyama
Boniface made the assurance to the press in Bamenda on April 29, 2016 few days
after his brilliant reelection to head the North West Regional Delegation of
the Cameroon Chamber of Commerce during an elective general assembly in Douala.
The
Cameroon Chamber of Commerce is a national Chamber represented in each of the
ten regions of Cameroon by a delegation. Delegations carry out their own
regional programs but strive to remain within the framework of the national
Chamber’s global vision. Each delegation is headed by an elected member
resident in the region
Judging
from the fact that the North West region has been lagging behind in terms of
industrialization, MrNjankenjiNwanyama Boniface, who is also CEO of five main
major companies under the BONN GROUP said the projects that have been ear
marked for his three year mandate are those that will bring the region into the
limelight as regards industrialization.
He
cited the example of the Corn mill factory in Mankon which is ongoing and is
expected to be completed in the near future. The corn mill he said will employ
about 8000 workers indirectly and about 2000 directly.
As
regards the marketing of products from the Corn mill Factory, he said brewery
companies in Cameroon have expressed their desire to buy the products as soon
as the project materializes.
Mentioned
was also made of the Cassava transformation plant in Bali which will employ
about 250 workers directly and 3000 indirectly.
“The
activities of the plant will not only be limited to Bali but will stretch
throughout the North West region and part of the South West region”
MrNjankenjiNwanyama Boniface noted.
The
capacity of the plant he said is “about 140 tons a day for the input and 40
tons for the output” the reason why the activities will expand to other areas.
As
for the marketing of these products Njankenji Boniface revealed that the
Chamber of Commerce has already signed contracts with Nestle and Diageo Guiness
for the supply of the products.
Another
project that will soon be implemented he said is the Palm Oil Mill Factory in
Benakuma in Mechum Valley area that will use raw materials from palm oil in the
soap factory. The products from the factory will flow to neighboring villages
especially Nigeria.
MrNjankenjiNwanyama
Boniface also added that he will during his three year mandate push for the
construction of the NW Delegation of the Chamber of Commerce, the institution
of a dry port in the region which so that containers from foreighcontries meant
for the NWR will only be opened checked and assessed in the region.
He
has therefore called on all and sundry especially business people to put hands
on deck so that together they can ensure the successful execution of the
projects in the region.
The
Cameroon Chamber of Commerce is “a Consular Chamber representing the private
sector, and is responsible for the protection of the sector’s interest
vis-à-vis public authorities, states the law.
The
Chamber plays the role of consultative organ representing interests linked to
trade, industry, craft, mining and service provision to public authorities.
The
Chamber has a number of missions which include Consultation Mission, Economic
Promotion Mission and Specific Mission. As regards the Economic Promotion
Mission, the Chamber “undertakes quarterly studies of the economic situation in
the country and the means of increasing its prosperity. Consequently, the Chamber
builds statistics on the areas of competence and conducts research on
production, marketing, importing or exporting conditions, with a view to their
improvement.
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