‘The Guardian Post’ Inaugurates New Head Office
By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaounde
The newly constructed Head Office of The Guardian Post
Newspaper has been inaugurated. Situated at the Efoulan Lac quarters in
Yaounde, the two-floor edifice was inaugurated Friday 24 January 2020 by the
Fon of Bangolan, Senator Fon Chafar Isaac, in the presence of other traditional
rulers from the NW, renowned lawyer and peace crusader, Ntumfor Nico Halle,
politicians, business moguls, former ministers, veteran journalists and many
others from different walks of life.
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“This
edifice sends a clear message for a change in narrative especially to those who
qualify journalists as beggars and hand-to-mouth persons,” a discernibly happy
and proud Mbipgo said.
He
promised to the paper’s ever-hungry readers special weekend editions on
Saturdays and Sundays. He announced the imminent publication of quarterly
magazine to be called The Guardian Post Magazine.
Mbipgo
recounted that the idea to create a newspaper was born after a disappointing
job interview at Cameroon Tribune. Starting with a capital of FCFA 150.000 in
2001, the project has gone through a tortuous path and is now not only the
pioneer and lone English language daily in Cameroon, but has gained a
reputation lately as one of the leading, reputed, professionally ethical and
consistent tabloids in Cameroon.
In a
keynote address at the inaugural, Ntumfor Nico Halle lifted Christian Mbipgo to
the skies, equaling him to a prominent American business magnet and scholar on
the classification of human beings.
Nico
Halle described Mbipgo as a veritable go-getter, who falls among the category
of people who make things happen, work for the good of society, put smiles on
the faces of others, respect the rule of law, promote peace and believes in God
Almighty.
He advised Mbipgo to steer clear of evil-doers
and hypocrites who are only out to destroy, hate, steal, and perpetrate
falsehood.
Describing
Mbipgo as a shooting star, Nico Halle cautioned him to be very careful with
those he talks and moves around with.
He
charged journalists to rally together, fight moral decadence, youth and adult
delinquency by reinstating spiritual and moral education in their reports.
Speaker
after speaker including the President of the Cameroon Association of English
Speaking Journalists (CAMASEJ), Viban Jude, and the eldest member of the
Cameroon English Newspapers Publishers Association (CENPA), Martin Nkemngu,
hailed the initiative by Mbipgo, which they said has made the print media and
entire Anglophone media family proud.
They
urged government to step up grants to private media, ensure equitable
distribution of advertising to guarantee sustainability, decried information
hoarding by government and challenged journalists to remain courageous and
truthful in their reporting.
For his
part, Senator Chafah, visibly touched by the beauty of the edifice, rallied his
colleagues of Guzang and Mbot to clad Mbipgo in the traditional regalia of the
NW as a mark of recognition to his success.
He
urged the Fons of Donga Mantung to protect the trail-blazing publisher and
guide him to continue opening doors that bring more jobs to youth.
The
representative of the Mayor of Yaoundé III, on her part, lauded the publisher’s
contribution to the development in the municipality and thanked him for
‘tarring’ the street leading to the structure.
The
two-floor building is constructed on 350m2 out of the 800m2 piece of land
acquired and fenced by the media house.
The ground floor hosts a printing press; the first floor
hosts the publisher’s office, a newsroom, a conference hall, office for
secretaries and toilets.
The
top-most floor hosts modern apartments for living or for office purposes.
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