The capital City of the North West Region was the melting pot of activities on November 6 as militants of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement turned up to celebrate the accession of their champion, Paul Biya to the supreme Magistracy.
The uncommon ceremony which has for the past six years been grounded by security tensions in the region and the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 was observed in all pomp and flare; deserving of its age and national representation.
It could not be any less a national event which saw the presence of Jean Nkuété, Secretary General – the administrative engine of the party himself at the Bamenda Grandstand to grace the occasion at the birth place of the party. He was accompanied by Philemon Yang, former PM and Head of North West Regional Delegation to the Central Committee. A college of Ministers raised the bar of the ceremony which was attended by thousands of militants and sympathizers.
It was a moment for the people of the region to count their blessings and name them one by one having lived forty years of marriage with the New Deal Government. As held by most party scribes, for the celebrant – National Chair of the party to have authorized the SG to feast this day in Bamenda at such turbulent times speaks well of the position the region occupies in the heart of the President of the Republic.
Addressing militants of the region on this occasion, Jean Nkuété challenged the people of the region to mirror the glory days with New Deal and talk their loved ones who have been misdirected to drop their arms and enjoy freedom with the rest of the population. “I urge you all to return to peace and normalcy in Bamenda, and call on your brothers still hiding in the bushes to lay down their arms and come out to enjoy free activities.”
To the head of the Permanent Delegation to the North West, Philemon Yang, the achievements recorded by the region with the New Deal era are huge in leaps and bounds. Appointments to prominent positions of his successive governments, the advancement of democracy, consistent development efforts, were just a few among endless sleeves which the former PM pointed out.
“The reign of President Paul Biya is and will always remain one of the best things that ever happened in the history of this country,” Cletus Matoyah, President of Mezam 1B Section, monumented.
The challenges notwithstanding, militants of the region who traveled from all over the country for the august assembly were unanimous that the presidency of Paul Biya has been consistent with democratization, decentralization, economic, social and cultural advancements while topping the chart of growth in the Central African Subregion.
Jennyhans NDE
