Bangem populations savour tarred roads,
plebiscite Paul Biya
Militants of CPDM KupeMuanenguba I section,
on Saturday 5 November 2016 converged on the Paul Biya Stadium in Bangem for a
Joint Section Conference. They used the occasion to hail President Biya for the
ongoing tarring of the streets of Bangem town and rehabilitation of the
Bangem-Melong road
By Ojong Steven Ayukogem in Bangem
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From L to R: Sect, Presi. Bangem, K/M SDO, Prof. NgolleNgolle
(with hat), H.E. Elung Paul(in shirt), Sen. Ndode& Hon. Ngujede
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Militants of CPDM KupeMuanenguba I, Bangem,
headguarters of KupeMuanenguba division, have jumped for joy and have addressed
a motion of thanks and support to President Paul Biya following the first phase
of the tarring of the Melong-Bangem road and ongoing tarring of some streets in
Bangem town.
Bangem
denizens made the public acknowledgement during a Joint Section Conference of
CPDM Bangem Section holding at the Bangem Municipal Stadium otherwise called
the Paul Biya Stadium, on 4 and 5 November 2016.
Guided
by the theme for the conference: “Consolidating achievements towards
sustainable development of KupeMuanenguba division and Cameroon”, speaker after
speaker at the event acknowledged with discernible elation the transformation
that the town of Bangem is witnessing lately and especially the tarring of part
of the Melong-Bangem road. The tarring of the road has put a stop to the
perennial difficulties that the agrairian populations of Bangem have been
facing ferrying their farm produce to markets.
That
was why in his remarks at the hugely attended conference, the mayor of Bangem,
Simon Ekou, noted that “Bangem is changing.... Bangem has now become a
permanent construction site, with major development projects ongoing all over
in the town.....Bangem is gradually being transformed from the village town
that it was to a modern town with tarred roads and other modern
infrastructure”.
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| The Bangem grandstand was jammed to capacity |
The
mayor said today there are no more complains about muddy roads in Bangem. Yet,
he beckoned on the political elite to continue lobbying for the roads to be
adequately and completely done and for more development projects to be sent to
Bangem.
Echoing
the Mayor, the YCPDM Section President, Kang Primus Metuge, hailed government
for the improved municipal and inter-connecting roads. He prayed that studies
for the building of the Tombel-Bangem and Bangem-Nguti roads be hastened so
that the projects can be done.
Kang
said Bangem’s continues support to President Biya will now depend on what she
gets back in exchange for the support because according him ‘politics nanjangi;
you scratch my back i scratch your own’.
Brother against brother
The
thrust of the speeches at the Joint Section Conference was not only on
development. The disunity and absence of ‘union sacre’ among the political
elite of KupeMuanenguba was also underscored. For instance, during the
ecumenical prayers that preceded the deliberations, one of the pastors noted
that “the problem of the Bakossi man is the Bakossi man.” He urged the
political leaders of KupeMuanenguba to come together and federate their forces
if they want the division to move forward.
In
the same vain, the Section President of Bangem CPDM, MesumbeMbukelomeAmbroise,
hinged his message on lack of togetherness and unity among sons and daughters
of KupeMuanenguba, especially the political elite.
“You
don’t count on others when you cannot count on yourself…And you can’t count on
yourself when others cannot bear you testimony,” Mbukelome opined, exhorting
political elite of KupeMuanenguba to forge unity among themselves if ever they
must together bring development to their division.
Commentators
at the ceremonial ground were unanimous that Mr. Mbukelome’s message summarized
the attitude of the typical KupeMuanenguba politician. They noted for example
the absence of unity and ‘union sacre’ within the permanent divisional
coordination of the CPDM for KupeMuanenguba.
Political
watchers in Bangem wondered aloud why ever since the putting in place of the
the permanent divisional coordination, not a single meeting has been convened
to permit for all the members to come together and table the problems affecting
KupeMuanenguba CPDM so as to chart a better way forward.
Informed
observers note that the functioning of the permanent divisional coordination
has been mired by divisive antics and unnecessary grandstanding, and these have only driven away the much-needed frank
collaboration and ‘union sacre’ that should be the hallmarks of such a
committee.
It
was perhaps in recognition of this weakness that the President of the
divisional coordination, Prof. Elvis NgolleNgolle, who represented the SG of
the CPDM Central Committee, Jean Kuete, at the conference, put the thrust of
his message on exemplary militancy. The Professor of political science said it
is only when militants adopt the right attitudes that they can help President
Paul Biya in his drive to consolidate the sterling achievements of the party and
also conquer new territory. NgolleNgolle
enjoined militants to forge an all-inclusive CPDM in Bangem and KupeMuanenguba.
However,
some commentators at the conference maintained that it is not enough to only
preach unity and exemplary militancy. They said the divisional coordination
should first show the good example by forging unity within and among its
members before urging grassroots militants to be united.
Informed
observers noted that since its coming into being the some members of the
divisional coordination have been boycotting each other and cannot even look at
each other in the face, not to mention talking to each other.
Yet,
the section conference was not an arena for political rhetoric alone. Educative
papers were also presented on topics such as sustainable, self-reliant
development, youth responsibility and citizenship among others.
Prominent
among the attendees at the conference was the Minister Delegate to the Minister
of Finance, H.E. Elung Paul Che, Senator Rose NdodeNtube, Hon. Robert Ngujede,
the SDO of KupeMuanengubaHadissonQuetong, the Deputy GM of MAETUR
MbongMichealMbine, the Director of Petroleum at the MINEE NhonAkame,
KupeMuanenguba parliamentary hopeful Bide Cletus and a huge crowd of
enthusiastic grassroots militants, who braved the heavy down pour just to grace
the event with their presence.
Spell-binding cultural displays
If
there was a major success that all who attended the CPDM Bangem joint section
conference conceded to the organizers it was the spell-binding choreographic
display of the culture and dance of the Bakossi people. The at least ten dance
and choral groups that performed during the event were simply spectacular and
irresistible. And there was ‘farotageagogo’. The dancers and choristers
literally portrayed Bangem as not only the cultural hub of the Bakossi tribe
but also as the veritable watershed of the age-old culture and traditions of
the indigenous Bakossi people of Cameroon.
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