Tuesday 18 July 2017

Divided we fall:

 Meme politicians fighting and killing dev’t
By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba
The CPDM MP for Meme West Constituency, Hon. Atinda Martins Mboni, has said that infighting among politicians is killing the development of Meme Division. Hon. Atinda Martins made the declaration on 12 July 2017 at the Kumba city council hall in his capacity as the chairman of the divisional participatory follow-up committee for the execution of public investment projects (PIB) for 2017.
                The MP expressed his dissatisfaction and disappointment at the funny attitude of some mayors in the division who take delight in fighting for their political ideology rather than concentrate on the execution of development projects in their areas this, despite collecting huge sums from government.
                "Infighting among politicians is what is taking our division to the back seat of development in the SW region. If we like we should continue fighting each other, while other divisions are forging ahead…..let's keep on knocking our heads while the division remains as it is," Atinda cried out loud, praying Meme political elite to focus on development and stop fighting and elbowing each other.
                “Whenever suggestions on how to better the situation of our division are made, some individuals do everything to kill them. But these individuals fail to realize that politics is about development and not war.,” Hon. Atinda lamented, firing that the infighting should stop.
                “If i am defeated in 2018 in my bid for a second mandate, i will pick up my packets of chalk and return to the classroom after all, i still have close to 20 years before I go on retirement,” Atinda boasted.
                The chairman of the follow-up committee as well pleaded on the mayors and other elites to down-play their selfish political interests for once and put the development of Meme at the fore.

K’ba Mayors not helping the situation
                While lashing out at some mayors for the poor execution of PIB projects in the division, Hon. Atinda revealed that the same mayors who are using the present Anglophone crisis to clamour for the implementation of the decentralisation process are the ones who are killing the process. Atinda said that by not executing PIB projects put under their command, mayors in Meme division are only killing development.


Shady deals with Contractors
                As part of improving the level of project execution in the division and to stop the bottlenecks between mayors and contractors, Hon. Atinda cautioned all mayors in the Division to steer clear of any shady deals with contractors in the Division that will in future lead to the delay in the execution of projects. He advised them to abandon all unproductive contractors and go for those that can deliver.
                Hon. Atinda warned unproductive contractors who keep changing the names of their companies after abandoning previous projects.  

Mayors heap blame on city council
                Reacting to sundry worries raised by Hon. Atinda Martins, the mayor of Kumba II council, Ndobengang Martins Forcha said that the Kumba city council has not yet offered them a single franc as subvention. He declared that all markets and councils in Kumba are still being controlled by the city council.
                The Meme Divisional Delegate for the Economy, Planning and Regional Development MINEPAT, Godlove Buinda, pleaded on the Mayors of Kumba I, II, and Konye councils to try and emulate the example of the Mayors of Mbonge and Kumba III, who have all advanced in their PIB execution rates in their areas.
                The MINEPAT delegate revealed that the rate of execution of PIB projects for 2017 in Meme division stands at a disappointing 23.66%.




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