2016 Inspection Campaign Launched
Results of the 2015 inspection campaign
were released in Yaounde on Tuesday 12 April 2016, while the 2016 campaign was
also launched.
By Ayukogem Steven Ojong in Yaounde
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Minister of Mines Ernest Gwaboubou and Secretary of State
Minister of Mines Ernest Gwaboubou and Secretary of State
Dr. Fuh Calistus in family photo with participants at the
with participants at the launching ceremony
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The sum of FCFA 477 million was recovered
as penalties paid to the state by classified establishments in 2015. The money
was recovered following an inspection campaign undertaken by the national
committee of inspections at the Ministry of Mines, Industries and Technological
Development MINMIDT.
According
to the technical secretariat of the national committee on inspections of
classified establishments that released the results of the campaign, FCFA 449.9
million owed to the state and FCFA 27.9 million for inspection logistics was
collected from defaulting establishments, making a total of FCFA 477.9
millions.
Also,
out of a total 3,326 establishments inspected, 132 first, second and third
class establishments were sanctioned, while 90 others were served warning
notices for hazardous, unhealthy practices.
The
statistics were contained in the report presented at a ceremony in Yaounde on
12 April 2016. Presided over by the Minister of Mines, Industries and
Technological Development, Ernest Gwaboubou, who doubles as president of the
National Committee of Inspections, the
ceremony had a dual purpose; to publish the report of the 2015 campaign
and launch the 2016 campaign.
Speaking
on the occasion, Minister Gwaboubou lamented over the mushrooming of classified
establishments in the country. He described classified establishments as
establishments that present a risk to the health and security of the
populations and the environment in general. He noted that the proliferation of
CEs has increased the number of accidents and has put the health of citizens at
great risk.
But
the minister at once reassured that “government is committed to preventing such
accidents and risks by reducing pollution”. He said the 2016 campaign that is
about to begin, will witness the strengthening of government efforts to
sanitize the CEs sector and create a favorable climate through better
coordination of activities for investors as recommended by the Cameroon
Business Forum.
He
urged the inspection teams to uncover irregularities listed in the 2015 report
and forward all recommendations to the committee.
For
his part, the coordinator of the technical secretariat for the inspection
campaign, Bangoutou Djembele, said the inspections will target first, second
and third class CEs. He noted that of these three classes of establishments the
first class (oil companies and breweries) represent the greatest risk, second
class CEs (gas stations hardware factories, bakeries etc) pose moderate danger,
while risks from third class CE are easily controllable.
The
inspection campaigns fall in line with the 24 August 2014 decree of the prime
minister, fixing modalities for coordination and inspection of classified
establishments in the country.
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