FINAL COMMNIQUE OF THE FIRST PLENARY
SESSION OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROMOTION OF BILILINGUALISM AND
MULTICULTURALISM WHICH HELD ON 20TH OF APRIL 2017 AT MONT FEBE HOTEL
On Friday 28th April 2017, at 11:00am, Mr.
Peter MAFANY MUSONGE, presided over the first plenary session of the national
commission for the promotion of bilingualism and multiculturalism, at Mont Febe
Hotel.
The
meeting was attended by all the members of the said commission.
There
were four main points on the agenda of the meeting, namely:
- The introductory statement of the
president of the Commission;
- The presentation of members of the
Commission;
- General discussions;
- Others matters.
In
his introductory statement, the president of Commission, Mr. Peter MAFANY
MUSONGE, started by congratulating the members of the Commission for their
brilliant appointment into this organ, as well as the confidence bestowed upon
them by the Head of State.
He
also used the opportunity to acknowledge the recent appointment of the
secretary general of the said Commission, in the person of Dr. CHI ASAFOR
Cornelius. He continued with recall of the attributions of the no 2017/013 of
23rd January 2017, laying Commission its establishment, organization and
functioning. He finally called on all of them to totally engage themselves for
the attainment of the assigned objectives, and generally not to spare afford in
view of meeting the expectations of the people.
Subsequent
to that, there was individual presentation of the members of the Commission.
This phase of the meeting permitted the different members to speak of their
respective experiences either as civil servants and State dignitaries or simply
as citizens intervening in diverse sectors of the society, bringing out
contributions which could be expected from them for the attainment of the
objectives assigned to the Commission. At the end of this exercise, the
president was delighted to note that the Commission was sufficiently rich in
terms of competence to be able to surmount the numerous challenges it will be
faced with.
The
third point of the meeting was on general discussions, notably members taking
turns to speak. This permitted to record the vision of the members on the
activities of the Commission as well as the social crisis in the North West and
South West Regions of Cameroon. In this regard, and upon the request of the
President of the Commission, proposals for short, medium and long term
solutions were made by the various speakers. In that respect, the following
suggestions were made:
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“Bench marking” in countries which like Cameroon live with bilingualism and
multiculturalism on a daily basis, for example Canada, to get inspiration from
their success model;
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The identification of priorities and an introspection with could permit an
understanding of priorities of the causes of the social malaise;
-
Field work, to come into direct contact with the realities, and to find
appropriate solutions to the identified problems;
-
Keen reading, by the members of the Commission, of the speeches of the Head of
State, and the Prime Minister, as well as the content of the decree laying down
the establishment, organization and functioning of the Commission, to better
understand the missions assigned to the Commission;
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To obtain the authorization of the president of the Republic, to enable the
Commission carry out a mediation in view of finding a lasting solution to the
socio-economic and educational crisis in the North West and South West Regions
of Cameroon;
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The elaboration of concrete proposals, by the Commission, for the High
Attention of the Head of State on the resolution of the social crisis in the
Anglophone Regions;
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The definition of the work methodology and the plan of action for the
Commission to guide its interventions.
Finally, under other matters, the following
issues were raised:
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The date of the next meeting of the Commission is scheduled to hold on 25th of
May 2017;
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The frequency of meetings of the Commission which will be in respect of the
previsions of article 14 of the decree laying down the organization and
functioning of the Commission;
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The date of the installation of the Secretary General is scheduled for the 26th
of May 2017;
-
Level of discipline to be observed by members when making public pronouncement
concerning the Commission.
At the end of the deliberations, the
President called on members to send within ten (10) days, concrete proposals to
the secretary general, in terms of contributions towards the stard of the
activities of the Commission and the resolution of the social crisis in the
Anglophone Regions of the country.
Also,
he requested the Secretary General to summarise all the contributions received,
regroup them into possible short, medium and long term activities, and to send
them to him before the holding of the next meeting of the Commission.
Yaounde, 28th April 2017
The President
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