SW Regional Council : Executive Still Flexing Muscles
An edifice is as strong as its foundation, says the old adage. In this vein, the new Regional Executive Assembly (Council) has spent their first 100 days in office. Their electorate, and the general public are expecting physical achievements in terms of development. But the train is still steaming to take off. Sources say the executive is laying the foundation for a solid structure.Lire aussi : Situation in the NW/SW Regions : Cameroon, Britain Discuss Peace Mechanisms
However, three dates are already in the history records to buttress the new structure that has come to spearhead development at the regional level. Today, some 100 days away, public patience is already stretching out to savour the first development project realized with the mark of the South West Regional Assembly. It is called Assembly west of the Mungo for their Special Status and Regional Council east of the Mungo. Such expected realisations in terms of public
Cocoa Quality Premiums : 756 SW Cocoa Growers Bag FCFA 170 Million
The prizes for quality produce in 2017-2018 cocoa season were dished out on April 20, 2021.
Although the on-going armed conflict rumbling in Anglophone Cameroon has scaled down cocoa production power, growers in the South West Region have succeeded to snatch the second position on the national production chart in the 2017-2018 cocoa season. The effort earned some 756 cocoa farmers from Meme, Fako, Kupe Muanenguba and Manyu administrative Divisions a mouth-watering FCFA 170,063,460 as premium for good quality cocoa-beans processing. The South West Region with its apex producing basin in Meme Division fell from its first position in national cocoa produce rating when it generated 45 percent of all cocoa from Cameroon.Lire aussi : Nachtigal : le barrage sort de terre
SW Regional House of Assembly: Institution, Officials Raising High Hopes
Both Houses of chiefs and divisional representatives, whose executive bureaus were voted last 22 December, 2020, at the Buea Council hall, are now under unqualified expectancy. As has already been expressed by both men at the helm of the Regional representation, (Chief Atem Ebako for the House of Chiefs) and (Bakoma Elango Zacheus for Regional House of Representatives), “the people must be at the centre of all action.” Lire aussi : Peacekeeping: Cameroon Presents Strides Thus Far
On account of the general interest involved, the people’s representatives are now being given a blank cheque of applause, respect and honour for what is expected of them. Bakoma Elango Zacheus is pledging his experience in administration to facilitate development for the South West Region with roads and technical education as priorities. Chief Atem Ebako, will mobilise the custodians of culture to bring down social tempers, e