Meme politicians fighting and killing dev’t
By Doh Bertrand Nua in Kumba
The CPDM MP for Meme West Constituency,
Hon. Atinda Martins Mboni, has said that infighting among politicians is
killing the development of Meme Division. Hon. Atinda Martins made the
declaration on 12 July 2017 at the Kumba city council hall in his capacity as
the chairman of the divisional participatory follow-up committee for the
execution of public investment projects (PIB) for 2017.
The
MP expressed his dissatisfaction and disappointment at the funny attitude of
some mayors in the division who take delight in fighting for their political
ideology rather than concentrate on the execution of development projects in
their areas this, despite collecting huge sums from government.
"Infighting
among politicians is what is taking our division to the back seat of
development in the SW region. If we like we should continue fighting each
other, while other divisions are forging ahead…..let's keep on knocking our
heads while the division remains as it is," Atinda cried out loud, praying
Meme political elite to focus on development and stop fighting and elbowing
each other.
“Whenever
suggestions on how to better the situation of our division are made, some
individuals do everything to kill them. But these individuals fail to realize
that politics is about development and not war.,” Hon. Atinda lamented, firing
that the infighting should stop.
“If
i am defeated in 2018 in my bid for a second mandate, i will pick up my packets
of chalk and return to the classroom after all, i still have close to 20 years
before I go on retirement,” Atinda boasted.
The
chairman of the follow-up committee as well pleaded on the mayors and other
elites to down-play their selfish political interests for once and put the
development of Meme at the fore.
K’ba Mayors not helping the situation
While
lashing out at some mayors for the poor execution of PIB projects in the
division, Hon. Atinda revealed that the same mayors who are using the present
Anglophone crisis to clamour for the implementation of the decentralisation
process are the ones who are killing the process. Atinda said that by not
executing PIB projects put under their command, mayors in Meme division are
only killing development.
Shady deals with Contractors
As
part of improving the level of project execution in the division and to stop
the bottlenecks between mayors and contractors, Hon. Atinda cautioned all
mayors in the Division to steer clear of any shady deals with contractors in
the Division that will in future lead to the delay in the execution of
projects. He advised them to abandon all unproductive contractors and go for
those that can deliver.
Hon.
Atinda warned unproductive contractors who keep changing the names of their
companies after abandoning previous projects.
Mayors heap blame on city council
Reacting
to sundry worries raised by Hon. Atinda Martins, the mayor of Kumba II council,
Ndobengang Martins Forcha said that the Kumba city council has not yet offered
them a single franc as subvention. He declared that all markets and councils in
Kumba are still being controlled by the city council.
The
Meme Divisional Delegate for the Economy, Planning and Regional Development
MINEPAT, Godlove Buinda, pleaded on the Mayors of Kumba I, II, and Konye
councils to try and emulate the example of the Mayors of Mbonge and Kumba III,
who have all advanced in their PIB execution rates in their areas.
The
MINEPAT delegate revealed that the rate of execution of PIB projects for 2017
in Meme division stands at a disappointing 23.66%.
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