Big wigs of the Momo IV section of the CPDM headed by Ujambeng Stephen Andong have agreed to build a common block and work for the interest of Ngie.
They met in the conference room of the regional assembly of- fice in Bamenda recently. Top on their agenda was a retro- spective view of road covered with the CPDM this far, and to re-strategize ahead of the important elections coming up in 2025. During this meeting chaired by Ujambeng Stephen Andong in the presence of Prof. Mbong Grace, secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and rural development, Awutah Philip MP; Ubangoh Helly Mayor, they brainstormed on what they expect for their section in the coming years especially as the 2025 presidential election are at the door.
Ngie people want to know what they stand to benefit in the next seven years, who are to be their representatives in the CPDM arena and what their section represents to the CPDM candidate. These and more were questions that the Ujambeng led team had to answer.
In the words of the chief organiser of the meeting Stephen Ujam- beng Andong, “We organised this meeting to reflect on issues affecting our section and see how we can be helpful to one another. We wish to see sons and daughters of Ngie uplifted to positions of responsibility in the administration, so that through them meaningful development can be envisaged”.
Ngie is still grappling with challenges like the lack of roads, elec- tricity, hospitals, schools. This meeting availed participants the op- portunity to reflect on the potentials of Ngie, its political history and development and agriculture which is the back bone for socio economic development. They also explored different means to em- power their youth, women and the Ngie man in general.
The handicaped and underprivilege were not left out, plans to em- powering them through skills for a more dynamic and flexible econ- omy were outlined. All of these and more they said are strategies aimed at enabling those of theirs who have escaped from the village to other towns and cities to see the need to return home, contribute in the growth, development and investment.
The discussions were summed up in a memorandum which CPDM local authorities plan to take to the party’s hierarchy as proof of their steadfastness.
There are nineteen (19) villages in Ngie headed by chiefs. The just ended meeting was open to all classes of persons but a second meeting is yet planned for only the chiefs. The section president has insisted on all to put hands on deck for 2025 to be a turning point in Ngie
Irene AWENEG
