Anglophone Conflict Not on Agenda
Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute chaired the cabinet meeting
for the month of May on Thursday 23 May discussing other issues of general
interest but not the sociopolitical crisis in the English-speaking Regions that
is dominating national discourse.
During
the meeting, two issues; the reduction in the cost of road construction and how
to improve the quality of services in the transport sector came under scrutiny.
Cameroonians
had expected that the May Ministers’ meeting would dwell on the visit of the
Prime Minister and the follow up towards resolving the conflict. It was
expected that a roadmap would be announced at the end of the deliberations.
The
PM’s visit was one of the most important events of the month touching on the
life of the nation and one would have expected the government to review the
visit. It did not. Maybe President Biya at whose behest the visit was
undertaken would be the one to evaluate the success and/or failures of the
visit.
It is still not known whether the PM’s visit
was a mere showbiz without concrete actions, or that he has beien silenced by
higher quarters who sent him on the mission. Observers fear members of
government who are appointed and dismissed by Paul Biya are helpless faced with
bloodshed in Anglophone Cameroon.
The
cabinet meeting attended by Ministers of State, Ministers and Secretaries of
State takes place on the last Thursday of the month.
This
month’s meeting was precipitated because of the celebration by Christians of
Ascension Day on Thursday next week.
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