Briefs!

By TichaBizel-Bi Mafor student on internship

After MINESUP’s call to order:

 PAID-WA seeks formal accreditation

The Minister of Higher Education, Chancellor of Academic Orders informs the national and international university community that following his press release No 06/00346 MINESUP/SG/DCAA of 19 August 2016 bearing on the non accreditation of the Pan-African Institute for Development and St. Monica University of Buea as institutions of higher learning in Cameroon, a formal request for accreditation of this institution as a Higher Education Institution was introduced on 25 August 2016 by the authorities of the Pan-African Institute for Development.

                The Minister, in reaction to this, ordered his secretary general to preside a meeting bringing together authorities of the MINESUP and a delegation from the Pan-African Institute for Development led by its permanent secretary, in the conference room of his ministry. The Minister notes that the discussions during the meeting were candid, constructive and fruitful.

                During the meeting the permanent secretary of the Pan-African Institute for Development submitted a formal request for the accreditation of the institution as a Higher Education Institution in Cameroon.

                The Minister informs public opinion that another meeting was scheduled for Thursday 1st September 2016, after which an inspection team will be dispatched to the campuses of the Pan-African Institute in Cameroon.

                The eventual accreditation of the Pan-African Institute for Development would depend on the report by the inspection team commissioned by the Minister.

All other aspects of the press release mentioned above remain unchanged.

Hadj 2016:

208 pilgrims leave Douala for Saudi Arabia

It was exactly 9:30pm Friday when Camair-co’s Boeing 767-300 plane (Le Dja) with 208 pilgrims aboard finally left Douala for Saudi Arabia. Thus after the disappointment on Thursday, the pilgrims essentially from the East and Adamoua regions were now sure to join their brothers in Mohamed’s country.

                The Governor of the Littoral region, Samuel DieudonnéIvahaDiboua and his close collaborators witnessed the departure.

                The excitement of the pilgrims was discernible ahead of their departure, as they could barely allow Camair-co agents to control their bag and baggage ahead of the departure. The women were the first to go to through the control procedures.

                The last checks were conducted aboard the plane that had earlier in the afternoon undergone a pre-test flight to ascertain its safety.

                By 9pm all the passengers were on board, warranting the governor who had been waiting in one of the halls of the Douala International Airport to climb on board and bid the pilgrims farewell and a happy stay in Saudi Arabia.

                Samuel DieudonnéIvahaDiboua moved from one end of the plane to the other greeting the pilgrims one by one and thanking them for holding their patience.

               

Road accident kills four in Yaounde

Four people were killed in two road accidents on Saturday 26 August 2016, in Yaounde.

OmgbaEssomba and Baba Zacharie lost their lives in the first accident that occurred around the Borne douze, Odza quarters here.

                According to reports from the Odza Gendarmerie Brigade, the accident happened at about 1.15pm, when the motor bike bearing OmbgaEssomba, 27 and his in-law, Baba Zacharie, 30, lost control and ran into an on-coming pick-up vehicle. OmbgaEssomba died on the spot, while Baba Zacharie died in the hospital minutes later.

                Their corpses were taken to the Yaounde military hospital morgue at Ekounou here.

                Meanwhile, the vehicle owner and her driver were arraigned for questioning.

                The second accident occurred at the Eldorado Nkomoneighbourhood, near the home of the late Indomitable Lions midfielder, Marc Vivien Foe. Eyewitness reports said a Bertoua-bound truck transporting a loaded container lost control and crashed into the perimeter fence of Foe’s compound.

                The crumbling wall of the fence killed two friends, TallaEngelbert, 45, and Kogne Denis, who were strolling near to the accident site. It also smashed a car and a motor bike that were parked near the fence.

                It was not immediately known what caused the truck to run off its track. But speculations were that it might have developed a breaks failure or a faulty steering wheel.

However, fearing for his life, the driver of the truck fled the vicinity and took refuge at the Nkoabang police station.

National Youth Integration Fund launched

The Special fund for the integration of the Youth known simply as the National Youth Integration Fund, NYIF, has been launched. Created by presidential decree, the Fund was officially launched Thursday in Yaounde by the Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education, MonounaFotso.

                According to the Director General of the NYIF, AbdoulKarimNassourou, the Fund targets essentially the youths of age ranging between 15 and 35. Thus uneducated youths, school dropouts, unemployed graduates and individuals and/or groups with viable and innovative projects are all eligible to benefit from the Fund. 

                Programmed to run for a period of three-years, the Fund is expected to impact the lives of at least 500,000 youths who would be shortlisted in waves of 160,000 annually.

                The official launching ceremony last week culminated in the signing of partnership agreements between the Ministry of Youth Affairs and nine finance houses (two banks and seven micro-finance establishments) that have been shortlisted to finance the Fund.