Dialogue & Reconciliation Mission:

Paul Atanga Nji Enters Bamenda in Triumph

-Tells his NW kindred: “Disorder and violence do not pay”

Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji visited the NW region
 from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 March 2018

Few days after his official installation as Minister of Territiorial Administration and few hours after receiving directives from President Paul Biya, Minister Atanga Nji Paul was in the North West region on what he described as “a 3-day mission of sensitization and dialogue” at the behest of President Paul Biya.

            While in the region he boasted that the president has addressed more than 90 percent of the demands raised by Anglophone teachers and lawyers.

            “The Head of State has instructed me to discuss and dialogue with you; to have all your worries and send to him. But one thing is obvious, all the worries that started from the lawyers and teachers, i can tell you with confidence, that the Head of State has solved more than 90%. He has even gone above what the teachers and lawyers were asking," he revealed.

            Minister Paul Atanga Nji who is also the permanent secretary at the National Security Council said his maiden visit to his native region after becoming the MINAT was also provoked by the unending security concerns in the region. It is worth noting that two government officials have been kidnapped in the region with many military officers murdered by unidentified persons.

High points of the visit were in camera meetings with different stakeholders amongst them the NW Governor, SDOs, DOs, forces of law and order, religious authorities, leaders of various teacher trade unions, Bike riders, leaders of political parties, economic operators etc.

            During his meeting with DOs and SDOs of the North West region, held behind closed doors, he revealed to them that the President has instructed that they are given all what it takes to stem the crisis in the region.

            He also met with one of the factions of the North West Fons' Union (NOWEFU), led by the Fon of Mbot, His Royal Highness Shey Barnabas Mbunwe. To the Minister, Fons have an important role to play as far as ending the crisis in the region is concerned.

            "We are all partners. The forces of law and order as well as the administration cannot work successfully without the collaboration of the local population. The North West has been identified as the second home of the Head of State. And more than ever, the Head of State has you in his heart. So, we should work for peace, dialogue and unity, because more than ever, Cameroon is one and indivisible," reaffirmed the MINAT boss.

            The visit also took him to the restive Batibo sub-division where the Divisional Officer of Batibo and the North West regional delegate of social affairs were kidnapped.

            It is reported that Atanga Nji Paul met some Moghamo fons whom he pleaded with to help him in identifying the men involved in hit-and-run acts in the sub-division.