Cameroon: New Meme SDO Chides Kumba Gov’t Delegate over dirty city

The Government Delegate of the Kumba City Council, Victor Nkelle Ngoh, was recently chided by the new Senior Divisional Officer (SDO) for Meme, Chamberlin Ntou'ou Ndong, over the dirty nature of the city.

The SDO feared that the current piles of refuse littered around the metropolis, may trigger a cholera outbreak that may have untold consequences on the population.

Ntou'ou Ndong told the Government Delegate, other mayors, administrative officials and the entire population that they must share in the shame of living in a very dirty city under questionable hygienic conditions.

“Kumba has every resource needed for its development and beauty,” he said. 

Ntou’ou Ndong swore that no one would have peace until the city of Kumba is given a facelift in terms of cleanliness.

He said during his stay in Kumba, he has visited the three subdivisions and none is clean.

He castigated the municipal authorities for failing to live up to the expectations of the people whom they are to serve.

Commenting on the administrative accounts of the city council, the SDO lamented that the level of budget realisation and investment do not represent the accounts of a city council.

Kumba City Council budgeted over FCFA 1.8 billion in 2016 but accounts submitted at the session indicate that it realised just over FCFA 800million, representing 46 percent of the budget.

Out of the FCFA 800 million, just a little over 14 percent was used for investment purposes.

In this light, the SDO noted that something is not working right at the City Council in terms of revenue collection. He decried alarming reports of revenue collectors swindling money meant for the treasury of the KCC.

As the administrator jolted those in charge of revenue collection and the municipal treasurer, the SDF grand councillors greeted his pronouncements with deafening ripples of applause.

He charged the treasurer to maintain a firm grip over revenue collectors to block leakages. Besides proffering remedial measures, the administrator expressed the wish to sanction council staff for any form of malpractice especially misappropriation of council funds.