Atanga Nji Evokes Plot to Destabilize Cameroon
-Fires grim warning at NGOs and media outfits that aid and
abet atrocious activities of terrorists in Cameroon
By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaounde
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| Minat Paul Atanga Nji has condemned false accusations on Cameroon Army by NGOs |
Territorial Administrating Minister, Paul Atanga Nji, has
accused some national and international Rights NGOs, Civil Society
Organisations and media houses operating in Cameroon of being manipulated and
sponsored by some dubious networks within and out of Cameroon to give a blind
eye on terrorists attacks in the Anglophone regions, produce biased and fake
reports on the situation of the crisis aimed to continuously tarnish the image
of the Cameroonian military and the reputation of the government.
The
Minat made the declaration in a press conference Monday 9 March 2020 at the
conference hall of his ministry.
Assessing
the activities of the aforementioned bodies, Atanga Nji noted that by virtue of
Section 4 of Law N°90/53 of 19 December 1990 on the Freedom of Association
which states inter alia that “Associations built on something else or with an
objective contrary to the Constitution, as well as those that will jeopardise
the security and territorial integrity, national unity and the Republican form
of the State are null and void.” He said he can through an executive fiat, and
in accordance with Section 13(2) of Law N°90/53 of 19 December 1990 and section
22(2) of Law N°99/014 of 22 December 1999, dissolve all NGOs that derail from
their original objectives and whose activities pose a threat to public order
and State security.
The
interior minister disclosed that government has noticed with dismay that many
NGOs have clearly revealed themselves as enemies of the state and laboratories
of fake reports with the sole objective to tarnish the country’s image by
regularly propagating information that is completely false on the management of
crisis by government.
He
boasted to have uncovered a dubious network of underground funders within and
out of the country that finance the NGOs including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty
International, International Crisis Group, OCHA, REDHAC and others.
He said
verifiable facts have it that the sum of over FCFA 5 billion has been
distributed to these NGOs to “destabilise State Institutions, regularly
publish, through certain media and social media, fabricated information to
discredit the efficient management of the crisis in the North West and South
West Regions by the government; give the impression that Cameroon is not
managing internally-displaced persons properly; demonstrate by all means that
the crisis in the two regions is going from bad to worse and show through fake
reports that Cameroon army is carrying out acts against the civilian
population,”.
He
condemned the “irresponsible behaviour” of NGOs that are tele-guided to
deliberately minimise the glaring atrocities committed by terrorists in the two
Anglophone regions.
He
hailed government’s civilo-military actions and the Emergency Humanitarian
Assistance Plan which he said has assisted over 170.000 IDPs in the North West
and South West Regions, as well as those living in other regions notably West,
Centre and Littoral.
But
Atanga Nji at once frowned at the comprador NGOs for throwing a blind eye to
the efforts of government and the atrocities of terrorists.
