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The United Cities and Councils (UCCC) North West Region has called on Prime Minister, Head of Government to intervene and salvage the sad and precarious situation in which the Ministry of Finance and its principles of “UNICITIES” have placed the councils and FEICOM. In the letter dated August 30, 2016, North West mayors expressed disgust over the nonpayment of Council Additional “centimes” and CAC.

To them, the delay causes council workers to go for months without salaries. “We are also afraid of the delays in the payment of salaries to Municipal authorities”, they emphasized. The mayors also reiterated that when councils were under FEICOM disbursement was prompt and timely but “in the absence of this practice of “unicite de caisse”, council accounts never suffered the delays in subvention transfers that are the order of the day today”. 

NW mayors in the letter to Prime Minister Yang Philemon also lamented that today it is sad that since FEICOM sent transfers for councils in July, the Ministry of Finance has sat on them. They suggested that FEICOM be authorized to function as the council autonomous bank if transfer of competence to councils is to make sense. They expressed fears that if remedial measures are not taken, FEICOM may finally end up in the doldrums as one of the white elephant projects of government with excellent intentions but marred by human negligence and deficiencies.

In the concluding statements North West mayors expressed disgust over the maltreatment that could erode and frustrate grass root development yet prayed on the Prime Minister to help the powerless council leaders voted by the people in their task in fostering development in rural areas nationwide

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15.Sep.2016

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The remains of the President of the Association of Business people in Cameroon (GICAM) Andre Fotso will be laid to rest in his native Banjoun village, in the West Region of Cameroon  on Saturday 17th September 2016.

Mr Fotso Andre died at the age of 69 on the 2nd August 2016 in Paris after a protracted illness.He will be remembered as a rare Cameroonian business magnet who provided direct employment to more than 800 Cameroonians. 

His efforts to enlarge the Cameroon Business landscape earned him the post of a vice President of GICAM in 2008, after having contributed to establish the Ecobank group in Cameroon in 2003.

In May 2010, the organization registered some remarkable changes thanks to some innovations made by the deceased.

In July 2010 he laid a ground work of the construction of the Kribi deep sea port, and some road infrastructural projects in September that same year.

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14.Sep.2016

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Workers of (HYSACAM)company in charge of waste disposal no longer carry out frequent collection and disposal of waste as usual in the city of Douala.

This situation of garbage piling up in neighbourhoods and markets has been going on for the past two months. 

“The garbage stays in front of my restaurant. We do not breathe and the garbage stays there. Let them come and remove this garbage. I have my restaurant, but there are flies everywhere even on the cups. It is so painful. We are tired of seeing this, and we really want to know what is really wrong,” a restaurant owner said.

The company in charge of disposing the garbage, Hysacam, says Cameroon’s government has not paid its bills. The degradation of roads is also making garbage collection an uphill task.

The company has warned that at least 500 tons of garbage are not collected each day and Cameroonian authorities have been advised to intervene so as to resolve the situation.

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14.Sep.2016

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Four persons have died in a fatal road accident along the Bafoussam - Mbouda road on Tuesday, 13.09.2016 in a ghastly accident. Several other persons were trapped under the overturned vehicle,a HIACE transporter with 19 places collided with MUSANGO 70 seat Bus.

According to some passengers driver is reported to have been looking tired and was eating carrot to prevent him from sleeping on steering. The shock was hard,the HIACE vehicle destroyed beyond recognition. Eye witness accounts told Cameroon Concord reporters that the drivers were not vigilant.This accident totals over half a dozen in the West Region in one month.

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14.Sep.2016

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The Minister of Secondary Education, Jean Ernest Masséna Ngalle Bibehe, has reiterated that limiting admission into form one (6ème) is aimed at improving the quality of teaching in public and private schools.

This also applies to admission into the first year of intermediary classes.

Ngalle Bibehe was speaking in Yaounde on September 5 at the launching of the 2016/2017 academic year at the Government Bilingual High School Nkoleton under the theme: “Intensification of the professionalisation of education for more compatibility with socio-economic demands.”

“Measures to limit the intake of students was a subject of some misunderstandings.

I want to recall that this measure is not new. Circular No 48/G/8/MINEDUC/DESG/DETP of 1st November 1993 relating to the structure of secondary general and technical schools fixes the maximum number of students at 60 in all the classes of general secondary education, and the first year of technical secondary education; 30 in other classes of the first cycle of technical schools and 24 in the classes of the second cycle of technical schools,” Ngalle Bibehe stated.

He, however, acknowledged that following current demands for education, the Ministry is prescribing a maximum of 60 students in forms one (6ème) and first year of technical secondary schools; and 80 students in other classes.

“If the application of this measure is immediate in forms one (6ème), it will rather be progressive in other classes. Admission should not be open for classes that have attained 80 students,” the Minister insisted.

Noting that the 2016/2017 school year is already on the rails, the Minister advised students in examination classes that preparation for such exams starts on the very first day of school.

He expressed satisfaction that instructions on the limitation of intake is being respected. 

Regarding the closure of some private schools, Ngalle Bibehe said information at their disposal indicates that some of the schools are still admitting students.

He called for vigilance and responsibility on the part of the students and their parents who should not be deceived by dubious school promoters.

According to the Minister, closing illegal schools is aimed at cleansing the sector whose importance in the training of young Cameroonians cannot be overemphasised. He said unfortunately, some people who disregard the rules and laws of the nation have invaded the sector.

“On the whole, these measures were positively received by the national education community who are demonstrating their wish for quality education,” Ngalle Bibehe re-echoed.

Meanwhile, the Minister’s entourage also included the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Secondary Education in charge of Teacher Training, Boniface Bayaola, and the Secretary General, Prof. Ivo Leke Tambo.

According to an information sheet from the Communication Unit of MINESEC, Ngalle Bibehe and his collaborators were on the field to verify the effectiveness of school re-opening and above all, to ensure that instructions given ahead of the new school year are respected to the letter.

The Minister’s visit to Lycée General Leclerc was an opportunity to take stock of the 312 computers that President Biya offered the school within the framework of modernising teaching in schools.

President Biya initiated the project in 2001 through the creation of multimedia resource centres nationwide.

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13.Sep.2016

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Panic in Mutengene few meters from the Round-About a truck hired by SATOM construction company transporting Gravel suffered brake failure and hit a stationed bus belonging to the AVENUE travel agency early 9'30 am Sunday September 11, 2016. The truck TL 658 FU somersaulted before dragging the bus whose driver was seriously wounded. The truck ended its course on a construction site.Material damage enormous. The driver of the said truck disappeared after the incident.

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11.Sep.2016

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