Cleaning the Public Health Department: President Biya fires 2 GMs

President Biya has dismissed Oussoumanou Taoussé, the General Manager of the National Centre for the supply of essential drugs (CENAME) and Louis Raoul Massing Bias, the General Manger of the National Laboratory for quality control of medicine (LANACOME). The two structures are under the Ministry of Public Health.

President Biya replaced the 55 years old Oussoumanou Taoussé, after 17 years in office with Joseph Vaillam and also did appoint Rose Ngono Mballa to take over from Louis Raoul Massing Bias. The two officials dismissed were regularly accused by local media of feeding the Cameroonian public with fake medicines. 

Cameroon Concord Intelligence Unit however gathered that both Oussoumanou Taousse and Louis Raoul Massing were at daggers-drawn positions with the current minister of public health, André Mama Fouda who sought the intervention of the Civil Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic.