Yaounde pressures Anglophone Catholic Bishops to reopen schools

In the face of a well orchestrated campaign targeting the six Anglophone Catholic Bishops, who have been receiving threats and hate mails, accusing them of supporting the teachers strike, the men of God deflated the attacks.

After given them 48 hours to close down the mission and private schools, the Bishops were forced to sign a communique saying that their schools have never been closed.

"We therefore declare that in the current situation, all Catholic Educational Institutions have never closed down and their doors remain always open to receive the pupils and students,

noted a communique issued by the six Anglophone Catholic Bishops on Wednesday.After signing the communique, the Education Secretary of Buea Diocese in the sw region of Cameroon was calling on schools to resume on Friday 10th February and he also was pleading with students to participate in the 11th February national youth day celebration.

After news of the communique went out, the Anglophone consortium reacted with a counter statement.The consortium leaders issued the following statement below:

Considering the fact that this strike becomes officially the people\'s strike after the so-called teachers union failed to call it off, considering the fact that our leaders are still in jail and on the run; we are calling on all West Cameroon parents to not risk sending their kids to school.

This strike rest in your hands. Friday 10th and Saturday 11th are ghost towns. It will be a provocative move for Buea diocese and/or Bishops to force start school reopening. We hope each and every West Cameroonian takes his/her responsibilities to ensure that the strike continues.