Big Nganjo immortalizes Chief Mayor Ekong
William
-Senator Otte Andrew Mofa used the occasion
to preach love and solidarity, in the wake of the Anglophone uprising.
By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba
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| Senator Andrew OtteMofa |
Senator Andrew OtteMofa who doubles as the
Section President of CPDM Meme-II, Mbonge, has called for solidarity and love
to reign in Big Nganjo despite the festering Anglophone uprising that has
witness the closure of schools and has crippled economic activities in most
parts, including the hinterlands, of the Northwest and Southwest regions.
Arguably
the most successful and popular son of Big Nganjo, Senator Otte was speaking
during the memorial service that he organized in honour of a fallen hero of Big
Nganjo, the late Mayor Chief Ekong Williams Samuel, who died on 15 January
2016.
The
very dynamic Senator used the occasion of the Memorial service to assure the
population that government is doing everything within its powers to ensure the
effective return to normalcy in the two aggrieved Anglophone regions by solving
the problems advanced by the Common Law Lawyers and Teacher’s Trade Unionists.
Expressing
surprise that the strike action has affected all the towns and villages of the
NW and SW regions, the Senator opined that “with the gravity of the crisis
Cameroon will never be the same again”.
He
took the opportunity to contrast those elites who have chosen to play the
ostrich in the face of the crisis, saying “only cowards shy away from their own
problems”. He expressed regrets that some people have been led by their
emotions instead of their brains in the handling of the crisis.
The
Memorial service according to Senator Mofa was a way of thanking God and
recognizing and acknowledging his will as well as a way of carrying forward
with the good works left behind by the late chief Ekong.
The
occasion was equally the sack cloth removal in purely traditional fashion, and
a way of invoking and appeasing the gods and ancestors of Big Nganjo to confer
love, peace, unity and solidarity on the people of Big Nganjo, especially after
he (Senator Otte) personally intervened and put an end to the chieftaincy
crisis that ensued following the passing of chief Ekong.
Senator
Otte could not conceal his joy that the vacuum created by the death of Chief
Ekong has finally been filled at all levels- at the council where he was mayor;
in Big Nganjo where he was the chief and in CPDM Meme-11, Mbonge where he was
the Section president. Yet the senator regretted that Chief Ekong’s family may
never be replaced in his family, giving the very far-fetched qualities that he
possessed.
The
memorial service in honour of the late Mayor Chief Ekong was presided over by
the chaplain of Presbyterian High School Kumba, Rev. Mbubeng John, who called
on all to turn to God as the master of all mankind, while also calling on the population
to emulate the philanthropic gestures of the late chief.
It
was attended amongst others by some chiefs of the area, the new chief of Big
Nganjo, MPs, mayors, CPDM bigwigs, the SG of the Ministry of Higher Education
and a stampeding crowd of friends and sympathizers.
It
featured traditional dances from various parts of the village as well as a
heavy feast all provided by Senator Otte Andrew Mofa.
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