The Minister of Higher Education inaugurates the new campus of the University of Douala

The Logbessou campus of the University of Douala was inaugurated yesterday by the minister of higher education. The inauguration took place in controversy over the payment of indemnities to some inhabitants who once occupied the 132 hectares of land accorded to the University of Douala by the traditional authorities for the construction of the new side.

According to reports, the presence of the minister of higher education to inaugurate the Logbessou campus of the University of Douala yesterday was a clear indication that the payment of indemnities which had been the bone of contention between some inhabitants who occupied the land is now the matter of the past. Despite the fact that some individuals according to reports have continued requesting to be paid indemnities, the chief of Logbessou says the 132 hectares of land handed to the university had been surrendered to the state by the people of Logbessou.

Sources say a grater potion of the university land is still being occupied by some individuals, the Logbessou campus is hosting two faculties, the faculty of industrial engineering and the faculty of medicine and pharmaceutical sciences.