Underprivileged persons benefit gifts and cash worth over 9 million CFA

The underprivileged persons in the Kumbo Municipality within the context of the yearly celebration of the Kumbo Council Mayor's day which was in its 10th edition in 2015, have benefited from gifts and raw cash worth over nine million CFA (9 million CFA). Those who benefited from Mayor Njong Donatus Fonyuy's largesse were the inmates of Kumbo Principal Prison who received sweet drinks, cartons of savon and cooked food; the CBC Integrated School for the Blind Kumbo which received an electrical corn mill; the CBC Integrated Deaf School Mbingo where the Council paid the school fees of the impaired children worth over 600,000 CFA; the Shisong Catholic Orphanage where the children received food items, milk and honey and are registered by the Council in the Kumbo Mutual Health Organization; the elderly persons of Takum and Melim received a corn mill each to economically empower them to generate income and help themselves; and five handicapped persons were given wheel chairs from the Ministry of Social Affairs to ease their movements.

Mayour Njong Donatus Fonyuy and his suite including Hon. Dr. Joseph Lukong Banadzem kick started the day's activities with a visit to the Kumbo Principal Prison where he was received by the Senior Superintendent of Prison, Mr. Jacob Salomo Dioni and communed with the inmates. At the prison Mayor Njong Donatus Fonyuy laid a foundation stone for the prison resort worth 700,000CFA to be constructed near its fish ponds. Mr. Jacob Salomo Dioni in his welcome speech said the inmates while in prison are transformed and rehabilitated in order not to be rejected in the society when their prison terms are over. He thanked the Mayor for helping to transform and develop the structures of the Prison.

A spokesman of the inmates said "we have repented for good". He said the Kumbo Council coming to give them gifts was a sign of love, friendship and unity attach to the prisoners. The Mayor of the Kumbo Council Mr. Njong Donatus Fonyuy and his team left the prison and staged a walk march from the Tobin round about to Kumbo Council Hall where the rest of the beneficiaries were assembled. Mr. Njong Donatus Fonyuy in his speech said the Kumbo Mayor's day was in its 10th edition this year. He said we love the underprivileged because they are part and parcel of us. He announced that the competition for the Mayor's trophy will take place in the Municipal Stadium and prison yard respectively.

He recounted the items of gifts to be given to the various underprivileged groups of persons. He encouraged the elderly persons to continue to work hard to make their groups productive so as to deserve more assistance. He told the press that Council spent over 9 millions francs for the programme this year. The leaders of the various underprivileged groups in their various presentations traced the history of their groups and thanked the Mayor for his generosity while promising to use the gifts judiciously.

The Divisional delegate of Social Affairs for Bui on behalf of the Minister of Social Affairs thanked Mayor Njong for this gesture to the underprivileged persons. He wishes God to give him the strength and means to continue to assist the underprivileged persons. The Senior Divisional Officer for Bui, Mr. Nzeki Theophile who presided over the occasion said from the feedback of the beneficiaries the organizers did well to assist and support the underprivileged persons. He congratulated the organizers of the programme for its sustainability.