Buea Council:

Newly appointed service heads installed

By Boris Esono in Buea

Buea Mayor (in Mao suit) in family photo with new service heads

Some seventeen [17] new chiefs of services at the Buea council have been installed on Monday February 13, 2017in a special ceremony at the council chambers.

                These newly appointees have been called by Mayor Ekema Patrick to take their jobs seriously and show transparency at their duty posts. “You can make paradise even in your bedroom;there are a lot of unexploited resources at the disposal of the various duty posts of the council’’. ‘’So take your post seriously for the envy of others to want to hold that position you have. People make offices but offices do not make people’’ Mayor Ekemaadded.

                Speaking to this reporter at the end of the event, Mr. Emmanuel MotombyMbome, 1st Deputy Mayor, opines that with the prevailing disturbances in town, management deemed it necessary to reshuffle but not neglecting people. ‘’change is a necessary ingredient as far as development is concerned. The Buea council has a challenged as per the budget which is over two billion, so we needed to put square pecks into square holds to attain the goals of the council. Nobody was changed because he committed a crime; when someone stays at a particular point it reduces his ability to work”.He however called on these newly appointed officials not to relent their efforts in achieving council goals. ’’They should not admire these positions but work for that position so that management can maintain them there because of their out puts”:

                To Mr. NtuiHumpreyTanyi, chief of service for Taxation, there are some challenges to come. “The challenges are enormous particularly with the Land Tax. There are not enough personnel in that sector. Much of the work is not done in the office: we have to go to the field and fish out all the landlords who are not paying these taxes”.

                Chaired by Mayor Ekema Patrick Esunge, the event was attended by Mr. EwumbeMonono Joseph, Emmanuel MotombyMbome, SG, 1st Deputy Mayor respectively, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Deputy Mayors, Friends and colleagues ended with a tour of the various duty post and snapshots.