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New Buea Mayor Mafany Namange congratulated by Limbe Gov’t Delegate
Andrew Motanga and others
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A stormy session of the Buea Council held on Tuesday, 18
February 2020 saw the election of David Mafani Namange as the new mayor of the
administrative capital of the Southwest region following the victory of the
CPDM list in the municipal elections 9 February 2020.
The
very discreet banker, lawyer, longtime CPDM section president triumphed over
his challengers including Dr George Mafany Teke, journalist Kange Williams
Wasaloko and Dr Amos Namanga Ngongi.
After intense negotiations with the aforementioned aspirants
under the leadership of Dima Gabriel and Motanga Gerald of the CPDM Central
Committee, Mafani Namange tipped the scales in his favor.
Mafani,
who became president of the Fako III section of the CPDM in 2015 with a mission
of change and renewal, won 39 out of 40 votes. The Buea council has 41
councilors. One of the candidates, Kange Wasaloko, staged a walkout against the
overbearing precepts of the Party’s Central Committee. The party had opted for
investitures rather than primaries to choose municipal officials.
Mafani
Namange is currently the South-West regional director of the Cameroon housing
loans fund, Crédit Foncier, where he has served in various capacities in
Yaounde, Buea, Bamenda and Douala for more than 20 years.
He was
recently sworn in as a lawyer and is currently pursuing a doctorate in
international law at the University of Buea. The soft-spoken politician is
married and a father.
Deputy
Mayors of the Buea council were also elected. They comprise the following:
First deputy mayor, Akawoh Minerva Epse Molinge; Second deputy mayor, Mosoko
Edward Motuwe; Third deputy mayor, Marcus Motove Etonge; Fourth deputy mayor,
Enjema Mbonde Magdalene epse Vevanje.
Mafani
Namange replaces Ekema Patrick Esunge who died suddenly in Douala Sunday 27
October 2019 after a malaise. The former mayor of Buea is said to have suffered
a heart attack.
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