KupeMuanenguba chiefs advocate ten
decentralized regions
-Urge president Biya to urgently implement
the 1996 constitution as a way forward
By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba
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| KupeMuanenguba chiefs |
Chiefs of KupeMuanenguba Division of the
Southwest region under the KupeMuanenguba Chiefs Conference have challenged the
Head of State President Paul Biya to implement the section of the 1996
Constitution that makes for ten decentralized regional councils in the country.
The chiefs made the call in an extraordinary general assembly meeting on 25
January 2017 at the Tombel council hall.
The
deliberations of the meeting centered on seeking ways for schools resumption as
a way forward for the ongoing civil unrest in the country, as well as
disassociate themselves from the ongoing call by the now outlawed Consortium
for a two-state federation and/or secession.
Acknowledging
the existence of an Anglophone problem, one of the chiefs, HRH Dr. AtemEbako
pleaded with parents and the general public not to jeopardize the future of their
children by keeping their children at home. He enjoined parents to ensure the
effective reopening of schools in the division.
Some
of the chiefs present expressed the wish to have a joint conference of
Northwest and Southwest chiefs to put heads together and seek a solution to the
present impasse.
The
president of the KupeMuanenguba chiefs conference, HRH Ekwoge Joseph,
underscored the importance of the extraordinary conference, saying its
resolutions will help find a solution to the unfortunate happenings in the
land, notably the teachers and lawyers strike, the non-functioning of schools,
the call for ghost towns that is crippling the activities of the area, the
threats of harm and death hovering over some people, the failure of appeals for
a resumption of schools among others.
Chief
Ekwoge said as auxiliaries of the administration, it is incumbent on them to
ensure peace and stability by salvaging the present crisis and restoring hope
to their communities. He reiterated the stance of Southwest Chiefs Conference
for a one and indivisible Cameroon with ten decentralized regions where the
specificities of each region are upheld.
It
should be recall that the KupeMuanenguba chiefs’ conference comes after a
series of failed meetings by chiefs and elites of the division to see that
schools successfully reopen in the Division.
The
chiefs’ conference was held under the watchful eyes of the ASDO for
KupeMuanenguba, Donald Nyam, who joined the chiefs to plead on the population
to see the urgent need for schools to effectively resume in the division.
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