National Assembly: PANCEC Adopts Economic Transformation Road Map

 By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaounde

The President of the Parliamentary Network for Circular Economy, PANCEC, has revealed that an implementation of the adopted road map of the network will fast-track Cameroon’s 2035 emergence vision and help transform the country like it did for China.
  

PANCEC adopts economic transformation road map

 Hon. Ngala Gerard Ndombang made the revelation Wednesday 4 October 2020 at the Yaounde Conference Centre. He was speaking during the annual General Assembly of PANCEC.
    The meeting focused on putting in place the governing body of the network, adopting its action plan and laying proper foundation for effective implementation of the circular economy at both micro and macroeconomic levels.
    “We are going on an aggressive industrialisation process in this country. Circular economy will transform Cameroon like it has done for China; that is the intension we have behind this network…we want to create industries at the level of all councils so that they can be financially autonomous,” Ngala said, adding, that it would help in wealth generation, jobs creation and development in municipalities.
    The adopted action plan he explained will focus on rallying stakeholders nationwide, creating win-win partnerships with most of them and explaining to them the importance of recycling, engage them in training workshops on insights of how they can contribute to the emergence of the country through circular economy.
    Aside this, Ngala, said the network will sensitise the public on importance of recycling waste, help councils to encourage waste collection, clear streets of waste, associate national and international partners in the advocacy and bring on board resource persons, organisations and international partners.
    He pledged that PANCEC will accompany government institutions in policy formulation and implementation while advising stakeholders on their compliance to all international conventions ratified by government including; The Basel Convention, The Paris Agreement, The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2015 and The Stockholm Convention alongside locally enacted instruments regulating the production, importation and commercialisation of non-biodegradable plastic bags, management of pharmaceutical waste and conditions fixing environmental permits on waste management.
    PANCEC president disclosed that the aforesaid legal instruments are most often disregarded and not effectively enforced, consequently injuring the environment, exposing communities to pandemics as well as retarding the state’s ability to meet up with international commitments.
    Ngala Gerard appealed to all adopt new sustainable consumption habits that will help transform the country, impact change and help usher government to emergence by 2035.
    In a presentation titled “The Circular Economy: A Pathway to Sustainability in the Decentralisation Context on Cameroon”, Achu Maxwell Ngu, PANCEC’s Consultant in charge of Cooperation schooled members on the importance of circular economy within the decentralisation context.
    He said decentralisation is the platform on which circular economy thrives and ensures that councils collect their own waste and turn into wealth and green jobs and thereby boost their economy.
    Achu expounded on the 3-R approach of reduce, reuse and recycle process which he said relaxes pressure on products already in the environment by ensuring all economic operators become compliant to national legislation and those stratified by international conventions.