Political leadership & mobilization:

Victor Mengot gets popular endorsement in Manyu

-The Minister of Special duties at the Presidency last weekend summoned the cream of Manyu intelligentsia and other elite and exhorted them to take their individual and collective responsibilities to ensure that children go back to school in the division. Commentators said it was a landmark victory for Victor Mengot as the political leader of Manyu, especially considering the number and quality of persons who responded to the invitation.

By Ojong Steven Ayukogem Back from Mamfe

H.E. Victor Mengot Arrey Nkongho welcomed at the Manyu Hall, Mamfe

At least two-dozen University Professors, over five General Managers of public and para-public institutions, countless directors, regional and divisional delegates of different public and private services, lawyers, magistrates, medical doctors, school principals, head teachers and people excelling in virtually all works of life, trooped into the Mamfe town hall Saturday to join their voices with that of CPDM party leaders and local chiefs and call for parents to send their children to school when schools reopen for the new academic year on 4 September 2017.

                That the elite responded promptly and massively to the invitation of the head of the ruling CPDM party’s permanent delegation to Manyu, was indicative of the popular acknowledgement and support that Victor Mengot enjoys as the political leader of Manyu, commentators remarked.

                And no opportunity could present itself better for such a reunion, than the CPDM Joint Sections Conference and Seminar that had been convened to take place in Mamfe town, on Saturday.

                Commentators at the conference wasted no time to note the impressive turnout and especially the quality of the attendees at the conference, saying it marked a major victory for Victor Mengot Arrey Nkongho as political leader and mobilizer of the otherwise exigent Manyu people.

                And Minister Mengot could not conceal his joy for this mark of popular endorsement.

                 “I feel honored as personal representative of the S.G. of the CPDM Central Committee, Jean Kuete, and as the head of the Central committee permanent delegation for Manyu, to have you here in these numbers today. I am particularly elated because your massive presence not only portrays the importance you attach to the issues of the day, but it speaks to the support and acknowledgement you have for me as your political leader,” remarked Victor Mengot, who also noted that the joint sections conference which is the highest authority of the party at divisional level, had to be convened because of the exceptional circumstances prevailing in the two Anglophone regions marked by ghost towns, schools boycott and vandalism.

                Harping on the theme for the deliberations; “Facing Future Challenges and Promoting education, Development and National Unity in Manyu,” Victor Mengot seized the opportunity to underscore the utmost importance the Manyu man attaches to education, also noting that education being the only surviving industry in Manyu, it must not and cannot be allowed to be toyed with by whosoever.

                He exhorted his hearers therefore not to fold their arms and watch others toy with the future of Manyu children.

                “What we have we have; education is our identity in Manyu; it is the only surviving industry in our division; so we will not sit and watch faceless people destroy it with impunity. Reason why we are sending a grim message to the unknown persons who have been intimidating our children from going to school… To them we are saying enough is enough,” Victor Mengot hammered, noting that apart from the security measures already taken by government to ensure a safe, hitch-free back to school, more vigilante groups have been created and energized in all the villages to track down any trouble makers.

                Speaker after speaker at the conference took turns to re-echo Victor Mengot’s forceful back to school message. Nfor Tabetando (Chief Whip of the CPDM group at the senate), Emoh Daniel Takor, CPDM Section President for Mamfe Central and the Mayor of Mamfe all took turns to herald the need for schools to resume successfully in Manyu.

                Meanwhile, the seminar segment of the conference also afforded opportunity for the conference participants to be impregnated with knowledge and information on how the party expects them to function. Animated by erudite university professors, the very edifying presentations schooled the especially the grassroots leaders of the party on such issues like party discipline and the role of they should play in ensuring unity, peace, and development of the country.

                At the end of the conference, the elite and party leaders resolved to take all necessary, individually and collectively, to make sure that children in all villages in Manyu go to school on 4 September 2017.

                They also penned a motion of support to President Biya, hailing him for actions he has taken to resolve the Anglophone crisis and to preserve the unity and living together of Cameroonians.

     It should be mentioned that Minister Mengot during his rather charged three-day sojourn in Manyu, also assisted at the finals of the 2017 edition of the Dr. A.D Mengot Memorial Football Cup in his Mbinjong Village, Upper Bayang, on Friday, and presided over the finals of the CPDM Manyu-1 Inter-Village Unity Championship, on Sunday. The Minster used both occasions to drive home his back to school message to the very enthusiastic youths.