CDC, City Council want speedy construction of Limbe Seaport

By AminatehNkemngu

Government Delegate to the Limbe City Council,AndrewMotangaMonjimba

The management of the Cameroon Development Corporation, CDC as well as the Government Delegate to the Limbe City Council,AndrewMotangaMonjimba have challenged government to do all in its power to ensure that the Natural Deep Seaport in Limbe which has been the cry of the people for far to long is constructed and goes operational as soon as possible.

                               The Government Delegated made this a key issue in his address to welcome the Minister of Agriculture,HenriEyebeAyissi who was in Limbe on Friday 12  May to chair a dual ceremony to hand over 18 tractors to the CDC as well as launch the 2017 planting season.

                               In his address, Andrew MotangaMonjimba upheld that with its 22,000 man power the CDC has for too long represented the wellbeing and economic welfare of the South West and North West Regions. While noting that the CDC is directly responsible for the cosmopolitan nature of Fako, the Government Delegate went on to say increase in the cost of transporting its products from the South West to Douala for exportation over the years has dealt a serious blow on the financial stability of the corporation.

                               In this regard,he urged the government  to do all in its power and as soon as possible to ensure the construction of the Limbe Natural Deep Seaport which has been the cry of the people since independence.

                               Taking the cue, the Board Chairman of the CDC Benjamin Itoe and the General Manager, Franklin NgoniNjie threw their support behind the Government Delegate to the Limbe City Council to press for the construction of the Limbe Deep Seaport.

                Franklin NgoniNjie went on to disclose that since 2011,the financial and market fortunes of the CDC plummeted due to forces in the world market ,forcing the Prime Minister to order a study of the ways to sustain the CDC as well as the putting in place of a restructuring plan. The General Manager went on to say that with the CDC restructured, plans are underway to redefine its financial policy in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance. This, he said would go a long way to pave the way for the CDC to access the necessary finances that it requires for its long term investments.

Franklin NgoniNjie revealed that with a monthly wage bill of FCFA 2.2 billion, the CDC is working extremely hard to sustain its activities in the production and exportation of tropical crops such as Rubber, Oil Palm and Banana.

                The Minister of Agriculture,HenriEyebeAyissi for his part pointed out that he was in Limbe firstly to hand over 18 tractors of 75 horsepower each to the CDC. This ,he explained was to translate into concrete action government’s emergency plan which amongst other things aims to fast track the mechanization of Cameroon’s agriculture. He said the 75 tractors which were assembled in Ebolowa in the South Region were coming to add to 18 others that had already been donated.

                The Minister of Agriculture also said he was in the region to launch the 2017 planting season. The highpoint of this activity was the handing over of improved cocoa seedlings to the New Generation Youth of Muyuka within the framework of the New Generation Programme of the Ministry.

                The programme is run by the Cocoa and Coffee Inter-professional Council, CCIC which was also on hand to witness the handing over and launching ceremony. The event was punctuated by traditional dances and merry making.