Wednesday 12 March 2014

53 years after reunification:Kumba gets her university after all!



Meme youths extend thanks to president Biya for the wonderful gesture
Say it is an old dream that has finally come true
By Eddy Bokuba in Kumba
The announcement on Friday 7 March 2014 of the creation of a campus of the University of Buea, in Kumba, has not left the populations of K-town especially the youths indifferent. In a swift reaction to the announcement, Meme youth leader and president of the CPDM Meme IC, Kumba III section, Dr. EbongoZacksNanje, immediately rallied the youths and together they addressed a motion of thanks to President Biya, for what they described as a wonderful gesture.

                “President Biya, we cannot afford to be indifferent to your decision to create a Higher Technical Teachers Training College in Kumba. The coming of that institution is something we have been dreaming for a long time now. That you have decided to transform our dream to reality only shows your attachment and concern for the development and well being of the people of Meme Division and the South West region as a whole. President Biya, we thank you a million times for this wonderful gesture. Your action is proof that you truly have the South West people very close to your heart,” reads a portion of the motion of thanks written by Meme youths and signed by their leader, Dr. EbongoZacksNanje. 


Dr. EbongoZacksNanje is thankful to President Biya for creating Kumba University
                  When The Median caught-up with DrEbongo, who is also the chief medical officer of the Kumba divisional hospital, the very popular and dynamic social actor and politician could not conceal his joy.

                “The entire South West region should show gratitude to President Biya for giving them a second University. We of Meme division are particularly happy that Kumba was chosen to host this university,” he said, corroborating that the advent of the university will being multi-faceted development to Kumba.
                “Children from all over Cameroon will converge on Kumba to gain education. Particularly, the people of Ndian, Manyu, KupeMuanenguba, Lebialem and Fako now have an alternative to Buea University,” DrEbongo said, projecting that Kumba’s economy would be boosted, especially as mini-cites, low-cost houses and new hotels would have to be constructed to handle the expected influx of populations into the town.
                President Biya’s gesture comes on the heels of the celebrations to mark the reunification of the two Cameroons in Buea on 20 February. It should be recalled that South Westerners were scorned and mocked at by many, when the president failed to announce any big projects for the region during the celebration. Many South Westerners also did not hide their disappointment with the president for “taking the people of the South West for a ride.”
                But President Biya (also fondly called the Sphinx) is known for his penchant for springing surprises. His creation of the university of K-town is a most welcome and legendary surprise by the president. And that may just be the reason why all over Kumba the people are all praises for him.
                The university of K-town has 14 departments including agriculture, forestry, computer engineering, journalism, education accounting etc.
           As the populations of Meme Division continue to celebrate their university, Dr. Ebongo like Oliver Twist, did not forget to remind president Biya that the coming of the varsity may also invite new problems on the city that need to be pre-empted. He said it is expedient to also consider raising the Kumba district hospital to a fully fledged regional hospital with specialist doctors and other logistics that go with such status. Ebongo explained that kumba being the economic melting-pot of the South west region, the coming of the university coupled with the tarring of the kumba-Mamfe road, will further increase the already charged traffic along the roads leading to kumba; and accident cases would need prompt attention by qualified medics.
          It should be mentioned that the reaction of the youths of Meme is only the tip of the ice-berg. Many associations and groups including the south West Elites Association- SWELA, are already preparing motions of thanks and support to president Biya, The Median’s correspondents in the SW have confirmed.

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