Vice Prime Minister's health: Yang Philemon cautions the minister delegate of Economy and Regional Planning

The health of the Vice Prime Minister at the Presidency of the Republic in charge of relations with the assemblies, Amadou Ali, has reportedly improved and the patriarch of Kolofata is responding to treatment. However, Cameroon Concord has learnt that the health of the ageing Vice Prime Minister has created tension within cabinet circles involving Prime Minister Yang Philemon and the Minister Delegate in the Ministry of Economy and Regional Planning, Abdoulaye Yaouba.

A request by Minister Abdoulaye Yaouba to visit Amadou Ali his political Godfather in a French hospital, met with a stone wall in the Star Building putting both men at daggers-drawn positions. The premier categorically refused the request stating to Hon. Yaouba Abdoulaye “You are not a member of the Vice Prime Minister’s family.”

This kind of “du jamais vu” rebuff that is not very common in CPDM leadership has angered some members of government who usually travel abroad for lame and ridiculous reasons.