Women’s AFCON Preparations:

PM Yang in SW for final inspection tour

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba

PM Yang at work sites

Prime Minister Philemon Yang is expected in Buea and Limbe, South West region today, Monday 24 October 2016 for the last and final inspection tour of the sites to host the 2016 CAF Women’s AFCON to be played in Limbe and Yaounde from 19 November to 3 December 2016.

                PM Yang who is the president of the Organizing Committee for the tournament will make a final appraisal of the readiness of the various infrastructures – stadia, hotels, access roads etc in the towns of Limbe, Buea and Tiko where the actions during the international sporting event would be concentrated in the South West.

                Apart from the main stadium in Limbe that is already 100% set to host the matches, the PM will visit other satellite stadia in Limbe (Centenary and Bota Middle Farms Stadia) and Buea (MolykoOmnisports and Buea Town Stadiums) that are also being built and/or rehabilitated to host training sessions by the participating teams.

                Earmarked lodging facilities in
Buea (Mountain Hotel and Parliamentarian Flats) and Limbe (Atlantic Beach Hotel) would also be checked for their preparedness.

                The PM’s final visit comes in the wake of criticisms by sports pundits that the towns of Buea and Limbe are not adequately prepared to welcome the visitors. Limbe for instance is said to pose a serious problem of lack of access roads to enable the free flow of the huge populations expected. It is feared that access to and away from the stadium will be a veritable nightmare. 

                Monday’s visit comes three months after the last visit of the PM in July. During that visit the PM mounted pressure on the contractors to avoid further delays in the execution of their projects.

                The PM goes to the South West after visiting project sites in the capital city Yaounde.