Cameroon: Biya's second voice now heads the National Communication Council

Peter Essoka has been appointed as the new President of the National Communication Council (N.C.C.). The appointment is contained in a Presidential Decree signed on 27th November 2015. Before his appointment, Peter Essoka was Vice President of the Council and recently, Interim President, following the death of the former President, His Lordship Befe Ateba. 

The new President of the NCC says he and his team will continue to work hard for a proper regulation of the media landscape. Born on 28th April 1943 in Kumba in the South West Region, Peter Essoka is a journalist who started practising in 1967 at Radio Cameroun. He later retired in 2003 at the Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV).

He has been the English interpreter of the Head of State’s messages since 6th May 1972, earning him the name, “the second voice of the President.” Peter Essoka is amongst other things a father, an excellent chorister and a great sportsman.