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Members of the Fako Divisional Conference of Traditional Rulers, who have been wrecked apart by infighting over who should take over the mantle of leadership of the South West Chiefs Conference (SWECC), are now blackmailing Chief Senator Nfon Victor E. Mukete of undue occupation of the SWECC presidential seat.
In an open letter to the South West Governor titled: Overdue and abusive occupation of the SWECC presidential seat by H.M Senator Nfon Victor E. Mukete of Meme Division, the Fako Chiefs write;
“Your Excellency,
With honour and revered respect, we are, once more, drawing your very high attention to the overdue and abusive occupation of the SWEC Presidential seat by His Majesty Senator Nfon Victor E. Mukete of Meme Division.
The 14th of May 2017 made exactly one year after the expiration of his mandate on the 14/5/2016. Despite all our efforts through letters and meetings with him, he has deliberately decided to give deaf ears to our several calls for the Elective General Assembly which is supposed to have been long hosted by Fako Division.
Instead of convening the General Assembly, he has rather opted, in complicity with some members of the outgoing executive, to stir confusion and anarchy amongst the ranks of the Fako Chiefs by challenging even decisions taken by our Conference. A vivid example is the case of some three (3) chiefs who were suspended and SWECC came out with famous disclaimer asserting that it’s only they who have the authority and mandate to sanction members when deemed necessary. This is a fallacy!
All of that was a calculated ploy to create the present stalemate while they continue to stay in office under the pretext that “Fako is not yet ready” to host the conference of the South West Chiefs.
Your Excellency,
We want to reiterate in very unequivocal terms that Fako Chiefs and their people cannot continue to be marginalised and trampled upon as if they are fools, by any Tom, Dick and Harry. It is even rumoured that HM Nfon Victor Mukete and his cohorts are planning to propose the hosting of the Elective General Assembly by another Division.
We cannot accept such an agenda and these are the reasons that again warrant us to prayerfully call on your personal intervention in your capacity as head of the Region to cause H.M Senator (Nfon) V.E Mukete to respect the SWECC Constitution and urgently arrange his handing over of the leadership to Fako Division as stipulated and provided in the Articles of Association.
While looking forward for your positive reactions,
Accept, Your Excellency, our usual respectful considerations to your office and person.”
Meanwhile, despite the above claims by the Fako Chiefs, the Fako Divisional Conference of Traditional Rulers has been in total disarray following the instruction of SWECC for them to provide a successor to Chief Mukete.
Several meetings that have been held in this regards have often ended up in a deadlock. During the first conclave that was held in Limbe, three candidates namely; Chiefs Samuel Epupa Ikom, Etina Monono and Johnson Njombe, expressed their wish to succeed the paramount ruler of the Bafaws.
But these meetings ended in disorder as the chiefs failed to settle for a unique candidates. Several other meetings have been held in this regard, but the chiefs have been unable to come to a compromise as intrigues, machinations, backbiting and witch-hunting have taken over the chiefs campaigns.
It is because of the tense atmosphere and the animosity that have animated the search for Chief Mukete’s successor that the Senator said that Fako is not ready and that it will be plausible for SWECC that a different Division host the Chiefs’ Conference since Fako Chiefs are not ready to bury the hatchet.
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Political actors, especially of the opposition parties in Cameroon have expressed worries to board members of Election’s Cameroon (ELECAM) that witchcraft, corruption and intrigues may mar the 2018 elections in Cameroon, if the board members fail to pre-empt the situation.
They were speaking in the South West Region recently, during a consertation meeting with officials of the elections organising body.
According to the political actors, some political parties used witchcraft to deter voters from voting their preferred choices during the 2013 elections.
“We saw witchcraft practised on the eve of elections. When we reported to those concerned, nothing was done,'' one of the political actors, Agbor Ayukeagbor averred.
To him, rotating ELECAM officials will greatly mitigate the effect.
Speaking at the event, an ELECAM Board Member, Christopher TambeTiku, said ''ELECAM cannot be involved in issues of witchcraft.
According to him, anybody who thinks he or she is a victim of witchcraft should make a formal complaint to the legal department.
“Witchcraft is an offense, but it is not ELECAM to start investigating issues of witchcraft; we don't have that competence, '' he said.
The ELECAM Board Member said they might have been some electoral hitches in 2013, but asserted that the electoral management body has recorded significant improvement in the past few months.
He reiterated ELECAM’s neutrality; ‘‘we are neutral and want to make sure that there is a level field for all political parties to compete. We have no interest to support any political party. That is why I invoked the penal provisions of the Electoral Code that people can be prosecuted for electoral fraud and this year we will not only end at handing over people to the police, but see that they are prosecuted. In fact, some fraudulent militants were prosecuted in the Northwest,” TambeTiku said.
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Only a decaying people will"re-elect" a president like Paul Biya, given the stinking state of affairs in the country.
Paul Biya has certainly been in power for over three decades already but that is not our major concern now. What we decry for the moment is the attitude of the president towards his people.
A man who calls himself president yet remains almost indifferent in the face of heart-breaking tragedies is not a leader at all.
Biya has such terrible attitude of remaining silent even when scores of Cameroonians perish in disastrous incidents. Sometimes,only useless messages of "sympathy" are passed by a governor , a divisional officer or by the so-called spokesman of the nation.
In a country where the president knows why they are in power, a tragic event like the mysterious death of Bishop Jean Marie Benoit Balla would have received great attention from the presidency. The president would have addressed his people, particularly the bereaved family, in a bit to make them feel home.
Even when scores of people perished in the Eseka train derailment in 2016 , the president did not take a moment to visit the scene of the tragedy. Instead, he shamefully declared a national mourning day, something that just anyone can do without any fore reflection.
Can Biya not copy the examples from his counterparts? Theresa May of the United Kingdom reacted directly to the Manchester bomb last that killed some 22 people and injured dozens more. Even Donald Trump condemned the attack, calling the terrorists"losers".
Such cases are uncountable, even in Egypt recently with the attack on Christians.
The president could use intermediaries at times but not all the time.
If age is his problem, let him rest. He is officially 84.
He could only unilaterally declare war against Boko Haram while in France but cannot directly sympathise with the victims of the insurgency today.
We may not have to talk again about his unwillingness to have a real dialogue with competent labour unions in order to solve the problems raised by Southern Cameroons.
It will therefore be irrational for Cameroonians to "choose him again" during the 2018 presidential election.
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Veteran jornalist, Larry Eyongechaw has replaced Boh Herbert as spokesperson for southern cameroons ambazonia consortium united front(SCACUF).
The organization just released a press statement which read:
Following the vacancy created in the Secretariat of the SCACUF and after the Leadership Council of SCACUF ordered for the search of a new Spokesperson, the Secretary General opened a file for applications. We decided to go this route so that SCACUF could pick from amongst the most committed and not be limited to a few people the leadership may know.
We also, for the sake of regional balance and gender, indicated SCACUF's preference for a strong female spokesperson and indicated also that while we would not by any means overlook competence and commitment, give preference to the Southern Region of Southern Cameroons Ambazonia.
Five applications were received. Of the five, 03 came from the Northern Region, 02 from the Southern Region and none was a female. After close scrutiny, eliminations were done. At the end of the day, the candidate selected was not based on Region of origin but on his competence and and commitment to the struggle.
We hereby present Comrade Larry Eyongechaw of Manyu County as the candidate elect for the office of Spokesperson of the Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front.
Comrade Larry Eyongechaw takes office immediately and is installed in Washington DC on Saturday, June 3rd by Comrades Elvis Kometa, Milan Atam and Carlson Anyangwe on the floor of the Washington Summit.
Statehouse Buea
2nd June 2017
Tassang Wilfred
Secretary General for the
Leadership Council.
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The Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front(SCACUF) has launched an Adopt a Teacher application and Adopt a Teacher platform to seek funds in helping Teachers in the North and south west regions of cameroon who have gone for months without salaries ever since the struggle for the restoration of the statehood of Southern Cameroons began.
HOW ADOPT A TEACHER WORKS
- Teachers will submit their applications.
- SCACUF will review and verify applications to ensure they are teachers
- Profiles of verified and approved teachers will be posted on SCACUF website.
- Sponsors will visit website and pick teacher(s) they would like to sponsor and how long they would like to sponsor those teachers.
- Sponsors will sends money to adopted teacher using any money transfer service.
- Sponsors will visit SCACUF website after wiring money and upload receipt from the money transfer service so SCACUF can confirm that teacher was sponsored in order to remove them from the list of teachers needing sponsors.
- Once receipt is validated by SCACUF, the sponsor is given access to adopted teacher's phone number so they could text them their names and the reference number.
Are you a teacher then click here to apply
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