Cameroon: Former Minister Joseph Owona questioned by auditors of the Higher State Control

Marie-Rose Messi and Joseph Owona, general manager and chairman of the board of directors of the Debt Recovery Corporation (CBC), respectively have been questioned by elements of the Higher State Control over allegations of embezzlement dating 2007 and 2015.

The auditors revealed 847 million was misappropriated by the leadership under Owona and Marie-Rose. Cameroon Concord gathered both  the CEO and the PCA have already been heard by the Higher State Control (Consupe).

Inside sources deep within the company told Camcord that there was no misappropriation of public funds and that the said amount was handed to workers of the company following a reasoned decision taken in 1996 by the late Justin Ndioro, then Minister of Finance.