Prize for honest hard work

Tiko Mayor wins development Award  
By Sarah Nkongho Ojong in Tiko

The Mayor and his collaborators pose with the prize

Who says patriotism, determination and hard work do not pay? The Mayor of Tiko municipality, HRH Chief Moukondo Daniel Ngande has been recognized with an Excellence Prize (Prix d’Excellence 2014) for his untiring efforts and landmark achievements towards transforming Tiko into a befitting and veritable sea-side resort town for both residents and visitors.
    According to members of the Collectif des Journalistes d’Investigation-CJI, who awarded the prize, the award is also in recognition of the mayor’s visible contributions towards the attainment of President Biya’s vision for economic emergence by 2035.
    Handing the Prize to the mayor, at his Likomba Roundabout office, on Thursday 14 May 2015, the president of CJI, Sylvain Tah said the award was conceived by the Association of Investigative Journalists to acknowledge and encourage “those patriotic public administrators whose works are geared towards the advancement of Cameroons dream of becoming emergent by 2035.”

    Sylvain Tah congratulated Mayor Moukondo and his team of collaborators for the visible and landmark achievements in so short a time. He described them as the winning team, observing that “everything is in order; Tiko is very clean”. 
    Sylvain Tah was accompanied to the mayor’s office by the Secretary General of CJI, Ignace Yombi and the Treasurer Steve Njoh.
    Taking the queue, the Secretary General of CJI remarked that the Prix d’Excellence 2014 won by the mayor is also in recognition of his success in implementing the decentralization process; the achievements he has registered since taking office as mayor of Tiko municipality and the exemplary moral uprightness the mayor demonstrates both in and out of the office.
    Accepting the award, Mayor Moukondo who doubles as Chief of Ebonji village in Tiko sub division, thanked CJI for the “wonderful surprise”. He said hardly did he know there was such an award that acknowledges hard working mayors. He said it was even a bigger surprise because the CJI membership comprised essentially of French speaking journalists whom he has hardly met before. 
    The mayor however used the opportunity to decry the demeaning attitude of some journalists who instead of carrying out investigative journalism have sacrificed the ethics of their noble profession on falsehood and the craze for ‘gombo’.
    He reiterated that the present management team at the council has one and only one objective - the well being of the population of Tiko. “We will continue to do our best possible to make sure the population feel the impact of our hard work,” reaffirmed the Mayor, as he thanked the people of Tiko for the opportunity given him and his team to manage the council area.
    It is worth of mention that the CJI has been in existence for 2 years now and its membership spreads across Cameroon. 
    Other recipients of the Excellence Prize include the Governor of the south west region, Bernard Okalia Bilai and the Vice Chancellors of the Universities of Buea and Dschang.
    On hand to support Mayor Moukondo receive the award were the first and second deputy mayors of the Tiko council, Eloundou Joseph and Blessed Tita; the Secretary General of the council, Madam Nkwen Tamo Pamela, the municipal treasurer Timbo Henry, the mayor’s chief of cabinet HRH Mbollo Ndedi and a host of other workers of the council.