After CDC land surrender:

Lower Meveo village re-appears on the map 
Galvanized by their young traditional chief, HRH Ndiko Henry Fonderson, indigenes of the once extinct and moribund village have launched a series of projects aimed to resuscitate life in the village situated along the Mile-4 Bonadikombo – Mutengene road.
By Nwo- Fuanya in Limbe

Chief NH Fonderson flanked by Limbe I DO and others during field visit

The village of Lower Meveo in Limbe I sub division of the South West region has multiplied efforts to realize some three projects, considered as crucial for the development of the community, totaling about FCFA 90 million. The three projects include a community hall estimated at FCFA 35,450,000, a water supply scheme worth FCFA 36,454,000 and an electricity supply initiative, costing FCFA 16,381,000.
    The strategic plan to realize these three projects was unveiled in Limbe on Saturday 15 August 2015 by the traditional ruler of Lower Meveo, HRH Chief Ndiko Henry Fonderson during a media event in prelude to a grand fund raising.
    According to the Chief, the multi-purpose community hall project was the first to take-off, with construction work already on-going. Estimated to cost FCFA 35,450,000, so far the village community has already raised about FCFA 7,090,000 which is 1/5th of the total cost of the project. Chief Fonderson further explained that in the days ahead, the village shall be organizing a grand fundraising to realize what is left of the money to complete the project. It is on this premise that he appealed to all villagers and persons of goodwill not to be surprised when they come calling.
    Chief Fonderson explained that  following the creation and putting in place of the Meveo Cultural and Development Assembly MEVCUDA which held its first annual general meeting last year, it was decided that some important development project be undertaken for the village. 

    He disclosed that Meveo village is host to over 500 farmers who desperately need the community hall to store their farm produce and reduce post harvest losses amongst other things. He revealed that following a needs assessment carried out in the village, the community hall project was selected and prioritized by the village traditional council. Thus work immediately took off and the foundation stone of the community hall was laid by the DO for Limbe I, Seraphin Epalle.
    During the annual come together of MEVCUDA earlier this year, the project steering committee presented what had already been done, from where it was also decided that all sons and daughters of Lower Meveo at home and in the Diaspora as well as friends and well wishers of the village be actively engaged in generating the funds for the project. Reason why a fund raising will soon be coming up.
    As concerns the two other projects, notably the water supply and electricity projects, Chief Fonderson said studies by the competent technical contractors have been completed and what is left now is to source for funding to engage them. He disclosed that efforts are already being made to liaise with the ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, MINEPAT, the ministry of Agriculture, the Rural Electrification Agency, AER amongst others. He expressed the hope that the village will get a positive response from its well-wishers.
    In a brief presentation of Lower Meveo village, Chief Ndiko Henry Fonderson explained that in the 1930s, the indigenes of the village which is located along the Bonadikombo-Mutengene highway were displaced from their ancestral land by the British colonialists to give way for the setting up of plantations. This led to the dispersal of the natives of the village to several other areas, with many settling in present day Moliwe.
    However, over the past decade the CDC has retroceded some of the lands appropriated from Lower Meveo by the colonialists back to the indigenes. This was followed in 2007 by a presidential decree restituting the village as a third class chiefdom under the Limbe I sub division. In 2012 Chief Henry Fonderson was enthroned and the indigenes both at home and in the Diaspora are now on the fast lane to reconstitute themselves as a village and reconnect with their ancestors.