Following his immortalization as Senator:

Bafaw Chiefs & Elites Re-Crown Nfon Mukete

-Pledge Total, Unalloyed Support to Paul Biya

By Tanyi Kenneth Musa in Yaounde

Representative of Bafaw Chief hands Bible to Nfon Mukete

Elites and Chiefs of the Bafaw Clan of the Southwest region have hailed President Paul Biya for renewing his confidence on their Paramount Ruler, Hon. Nfon Victor Essemingsongo Mukete, by appointing him to the senate for the second time in five years.

            The Chiefs and elites drawn from the SW and beyond on Tuesday 24 April 2018 rallied at Nfon Mukete’s Bastos residence in Yaounde, where they performed traditional rites in his honour and praise.

            Bafaw elites, both men and women, who also thronged the Patriarch’s residence, performed cultural displays to portray their unreserved joy for the mark of high confidence shown their Paramount Ruler by the Head of State, President Paul Biya.

            The colourful ceremony marked by speeches, dancing, singing and heavy feasting took place shortly after the close of the session to re-open the senate for the 2nd legislature. Nfon V.E Mukete was once again exalted at the opening session, as he was given the pride of place as the eldest member of the senate (Doyen d’Age) to preside over the business of the day.

            The Doyen d’Age used the occasion of the opening session to hail Biya for the mark of high trust and confidence bestowed in his modest person.

            “Your Excellency Mr. President of the Republic, Please accept the expression of my sincere gratitude for this new sign of trust with which you have honored my humble self by appointing me as senator for a second term. As a very enlightened Head of State and a great democrat seeking to let justice triumph wherever in the interest of national cohesion, you have renewed your utmost trust in me despite the fake news which was prepared and levied on my person in a bid to shove me out of the national political scene, and vast experience of positive action in the different projects carried out since the end of the British and French Trusteeships, to consolidate the borders of our country Cameroon……..I am conscious and I admire your policy and your action towards consolidating the borders of our fatherland,” Nfon Mukete said on the rostrum of the Senate.

            “Today, through this action, no responsible citizen can ignore the truth whereby Cameroon is a unitary state and one in which decentralization remains the only effective system of administrative management…..Mr. President of the Republic, I remain committed to this idea and I shall defend this till the end of my days, to support the great humanist and vigorous head of state who is committed to the unity of his country,” said the Doyen d’Age to the rousing applause of the full house of senators, government ministers and members of the public present at the re-opening ceremony.

            Meanwhile, at the residence of the Nfon, the spokesperson for the Bafaw Chiefs, HRH Akama, also hailed President Biya for his visionary leadership and prayed him to consider continuing at the helm of the state for many more years.

            As for the Paramount Ruler, Nfon Mukete, the spokesperson for the Bafaw Chiefs showered him with praises for standing by the truth at all times. HRH Akama said because of this mark of high honour shown to Nfon Mukete by the Head of State, the Bafaw community in Cameroon has also thought proper and expedient to re-crown the Nfon as their Paramount Ruler.

            Urging the Nfon to remain glued to his policy of truth and love for his people, Chief Akama on behalf of all Bafaw Chiefs handed a copy of “The Holy Bible” to the Nfon, saying it is a symbol of their wish for the Nfon to bequeath truth and only the truth to his people when God calls him home.

            In response to the mark of confidence from his native Bafaw community, Nfon Mukete said he was short of adjectives to use in expressing his joy.

            “All I can say is “thank you” for the honour and allegiance,” said Nfon Mukete, as he took the Bible.

            The ceremony was witnessed by dignitaries including the Minister, Assistant SG of the Presidency, Elung Paul Che, Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, Senators Tabetando George, Mbella Moki Charles and Papinatou Fonderson, GM of Camtel, Government Delegate of Kumba, Mayor of Konye amongst many others.