President Biya Leaves New York For Geneva Rather Than Flying Home

The Head of State president Paul Biya"absentee landlord" as he is fondly called has not yet returned back to the country.

Paul Biya has not returned to Cameroon after  the 71st General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) which was held between 20 and 26 September 2016 in New York-USA.

 Like many other world leaders, the President of the Republic attended the full sessions of the General Assembly, after which most of  the Heads of States and Governments representatives  immediately headed back  to their respective countries.

"The Cameroonian absentee landlord", chosed to divert his presidential chattered plane to fly in a different direction other than Nsimalen Airport. His present destination has just been revealed  in the columns of  La Nouvelle Expression's September 28, 2016 Edition. According to the newspaper, "the veteran Cameroon leader flew to Geneva in Switzerland",his favourite destination and "second home". 

The paper also stresses that Paul Biya has a history of never returning home  immediately after the end of the tops summits out of Africa.

Mr Biya, could not attend Tuesday's inauguration of Ali Bongo who was elected for a second term at the head of Gabon and whose contested victory by his main opponent, Jean Ping, was confirmed by the Gabonese Constitutional Court.Mr  Paul Biya chosed to rather send his close aid,Laurent Esso(Cameroon's Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals)to represent him at the ceremony.

It is commonplace to hear Cameroonians say with contemptuous chortles that President Biya lives in Switzerland, where his children attend school and where he spends weeks at a time, and then visits Cameroon once in a while.