2015 Shaa Festival Steams Up as Ndansi Led Team Comb Villages With Handsome Prizes

The Ndansi Led 2015 team for the Misaje  shaa Festival is presently combing all the earmarked villages to hand prizes to winners of this year s Shaa competition. This shaa festival which is its 3rd edition has as objective to promote hygiene and sanitation in the brewing of this local liqour made from fermented corn, grind and boiled. Before handing over the prizes in Cash and material, the promoter and organiser, Ndansi Elvis who doubles as National Youth President of the National Union For Democracy and Progress NUDP of Belo Buba Maigari, take time to demonstrate how shaa women can safe consumers from contagious disease such as cough, tuberclosis or typhoid by washing used cups using running water from stand bucket taps. Taking himself as an example he said his grand mother sold shaa to pay his school fees so women selling shaa today should do same for their children in order to give these children the opportunity other children have got which to acquire knowledge. He equally decried the rampant early child delivery common among young girl who should be going to school and not making babies in the house out of wedlock.
So far the team has been to Sabongida, Dumbu, Bakinchine, Kamine and Kidung. a grand finals is scheduled for Monday 3& in Misaje to round up with 2015 edition that is after Nfume and Nkanchi.

Ndansi Health talks to participants

 320 Liters of Shaa brought in for the competition in Kamine

 First Prize winner handed her trophy and prizes

 Ndansi Health Talks to Kamine people

 A young girl who participated and won in Kamine encouraged by Ndansi

 Winners of 2015 Misaje Shaa festival at Kamine pose with Promoter Ndansi Elvis

 First Prize winner talks to the Press at kamine

 Ndansi Elvis pays courtesy visit to the Fon of Bessa at his Kidung Palace

Prizes displayed for winners at Kidung

 Ben Colins busy enlisting participants at the Shaa Festival at Kidung

Ndansi  Health talks to Kidung people

 Demonstration on how clean cups

 Ndansi Elvis demonstrating how to clean used cups with running water from a tap bucket

 Winner of First Prize smile with fat envelop and a bucket including a trophy

 Jubilating Husband of First Prize Winner in Kidung

Ndansi Elvis and his team leaving Kidung Leaving behind a big smile


Compiled by Ignatius Nji in Misaje

Bamenda III Council/SEEPD MoU To Steer Hope For Persons With Disabilities

Mayor Fonguh Cletus, Bamenda III Council

Councilors of the Bamenda III Council have empowered Mayor Fonguh Cletus to sign a memorandum of understanding for collaboration in achieving comprehensive inclusive development. The MoU shall be signed between the Council and the Socio-Economic Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Program (SEEPD) an outfit put in place by the CBC Health Services to cater for the welfare of persons with disabilities. The said collaboration is with emphasis on disability inclusive development in the Bamenda III Municipality.

This decision by Councilors that would steer hope for persons with disabilities was arrived at during the midyear assessment session that held on August 14 2015 in the presence of supervisory authority represented by the first Assistant SDO for Mezam Mr. Jean Pierre Ndoumbe Dika. The MoU is in line with a training Councilors had recently on Disability inclusive development in the decentralization process. In This session Councilors did asked the Mayor to drag Tubah Council to court over the illegal occupation of the old council premises supposed to belong to Bamenda III council. Other councilors were of the opinion that Bamenda III Council should not waste resources on a matter which already in the courts given that Tubah Council has stage a legal battle with the Mezam administration and further more the administrative court does not entertain land dispute without proper demarcation with pillars planted. This plea was overwhelmingly turned down in favour of heading straight to court with the matter in order to forcefully throw out Tubah from that premises and rents on that premises would be paid to Bamenda III in arrears.

According to the Fon of Nkwen HRM Fon Azehfor III, this decision is appropriate given that the Council is about to use administrative procedure to settle the matter. The said land in question at Tubah was given by his Father given the central position for villages that constituted the then Tubah Council with Nkwen inclusive. Today autonomous councils have sprung up and is only right that Nkwen fondom takes back what rightfully belongs to her.

Talking about evaluation of Council activities in the last six months, Mayor Fonguh Cletus intimated that though resources were so scarce, the Council was able to realize a good number of projects. In the sector of roads, a good number of roads were graded and new roads opened, in education, didactic materials were distributed. The Council received a huge consignment of equipment for the giant water project ongoing in the municipality. The percentage of realization on the projected budget stood at 29% which the Mayor said was not very good yet promised that by the end of the year the council must have attended above 80% of her budget. On the other hand most of the competences transferred to local councils are yet to be imputed in to council account thereby slowing down execution. On the way forward, the Mayor reiterated that his management would ensure that all recommendations made by the various committees are put in to effect.

By Ignatius Nji

Misaje Race For CPDM Reorganization Goes Deathly, Imported Witch Doctor ‘Marabou’ Swings To action Caught Sodomizing Children

An imported witch doctor “marabou” who goes by the name Mahamat Adams from Nigeria was arrested along side her importer one Madam Lami Djibril and taken to Nkambe to answer charges of alleged criminal activities in Misaje. The witchdoctor is said to have had in his possession a Cameroonian Identity card issued in Nkambe. Caught in the act satisfying his carnal edge on a male child, a Gendarmerie Officer heard a child screaming inside the marabou’s room so he forced the door open only to find this agent of darkness struggling with an erected penis to penetrate the anus of a minor.

When he was apprehended and locked up in a gendarmerie cell in Misaje, his host Madam Lami Djibiril is said to have made several calls to some top Government officials in Yaounde and the culprit was released on bail. The said Mahamat Adams was later aided to flee to Nigeria jumping bail and later he found his way back and the population of Misaje threatened to burn down the residence of Madam Djibril if the culprit is not put behind bars given the pandemonium caused already. This time the DO for Misaje stepped ignoring all the calls from high places and ordered the arrest of the Marabou, Madam Djibril and her husband and their subsequent transfer to Nkambe.  Sources in Misaje say reasons for this high profile calls is because Madam Lami Djibril is presently the care taker of  cattle own by the said top government officials in Misaje so enjoys their protection in times like this. The administration of Donga Mantung is said to have cautioned  one of these top government official to stay off this case for the act is against the constitution of Cameroon. The Assistant State Counsel for Donga Mantung Division who was presented the case file confessed to Eden that in his four years working in the Division, he has never witness such show of concern in a matter still under investigation from top personalities such as this one.

 According to this concerned elite and SDF strongman for Misaje, Maah Gabesin Isaac, he says the CPDM elite in Misaje imported this fellow to come and fortify them in preparation for the upcoming reorganization of the party structures. Madam Lami Djibiril is vying for the post of WCPDM in Misaje after she was denied the opportunity to be elected alternate Member of Parliament for Ako/Misaje constituency last 2013 twin election. According to him this “marabou” has caused untold harm to very young children in Misaje committing sodomy in exchange for a gift of a bicycle. The story of stolen “body of Christ” communion from  Catholic Church Misaje that was later on dump along the street as reported in the Post Newspaper early this year is linked to this “Marabou” following a confession by one of his victims on his dying bed. According information gathered, this young man who was a mass servant, he said the marabou who was also abusing his anus, tricked him in to stealing the communion for black magic in exchange for some spiritual powers to be a star in sporting activities.

The population of Misaje Sub Division holds their Chief Executive Officer, Nkwenti Acha Gilbert in high repute as he ensured that the culprits of this demonic act were re-arrested and taken to Nkambe for justice to follow its course in the area especially at this time when security is threatened. The culprits were dragged before the courts of first instance Nkambe on Wednesday August 12 2015 to answer charges of practicing homosexuality on children in Misaje.

Through a phone conversation with Journalists in reaction to these allegations levied against her person and that of her tenant, Mahamat Adams, Madam Djibril refuted any wrong doing on her part and the said Marabou saying proof of this is that he left after the arrest by overzealous Gendarmerie Officer and came back. According to her, the false allegations about her wanting to win the WCPDM Presidency using magical powers are the handiwork of her detractors who know her enormous contributions to the success of the party in Misaje and now are bent of robbing her good name in mud.

Budi Ebala 

SDF Challenges Government To Penetrate Boko Haram Through Previous Negotiators Of Ransom

Given the fierce battle between the Cameroon soldiers and the Boko Haram insurgents in the North recording many civilian casualties as perpetrated by several suicides bombing as witnessed of recently as orchestrated by the extremist sect, the government of Cameroon has been advised to change strategy. The government once held it self high as a good negotiator when French, Chinese and Canadian Citizens were captured by this same group after over four successful bargains rescuing the captives. The Social Democratic Front Party SDF which is 

 Cameroon’s main opposition party has challenged the government of Cameroon to penetrate Boko Haram through these negotiators who have been dealing with the insurgents in the rescue mission.

According to Chairman Fru Ndi, it would be a waste of time and resources beating about the bush when they are person within government circle that have had previous meetings with members of the Boko Haram and can safe the country of this trouble of chasing shadows. The use of guns and soldiers in uniform only help Boko Haram agents to carry out successful operations. SDF chieftain says in as much as the soldiers are doing a credible job there is need to change modus operandi and use soldiers in plain cloth in order to easily penetrate the Boko Haram. More civilians should be trained as military spies to monitor their activities and report back to the soldiers for a strategic attack.

By Ignatius Nji

Orange Cameroon Launch Pioneer Holiday Championship In Bamenda, Cash Prize FCFA 1 Million, A Multimedia Center For Community

Orange Cameroon after sponsoring so many sporting activities organized in the North West Region over the years has decided to launch an Orange Cameroon Holiday championship first edition in three of Cameroon’s cities thus Yaoundé, Douala and Bamenda. This Holiday championship with just four teams participating in this pilot face in the North West Region from Bamenda and Bafut has lots of prizes with a Cash prize of FCFA 1 million plus a multimedia center for the victor community that would be managed by the local Council.

According to the communication officer of the organizing committee, Yannick Tankeu who made this revelation in Bamenda said this is in line with the corporate social responsibilities of Orange Cameroon. As to how the participating teams were selected for this pilot face given that there are so many other football competitions is a culture at this time of the year. Yannick Tankeu intimated that in as much as not all the teams were to selected for this pilot face, the four teams selected especially those from Bafut performed marvelously last in a competition sponsored by the Council. This Orange Holiday Championship is said to for Students below 29 years only and not professionals.

The participating teams were scheduled play time through a ballot draw at the Regional office of Orange Cameroon. Abakwa II FC would be locking horns with Bafut II FC at semifinal one on August 8^th and Abakwa I FC would lock horns with Bafut I FC on August 9^th and the finals and third position matches shall take place today August 15^th at the Bamenda Municipal Stadium. All participating teams would take home handsome prizes thus: Victor gets FCFA 1million cash plus an Orange Multimedia center for the community while finals runner up takes home FCFA 500.000. The third position grabs FCFA 250.000 while fourth position gets FCFA 200.000. The best fan club cheering the teams as they play right to finals shall be rewarded FCFA 50.000. Selection of this fan club shall be determined by the number of members and originality in animation. In order to ensure that the teams meet the criteria of players filed in, Orange Cameroon has involve officials of FECAFOOT and other football technicians and on the days of play at the municipal stadium the forces law and order shall be present to ensure security as anybody entering would be thoroughly searched. The Coordinator of Abakwa I and II FC, Takang Federick (BBC Reporter) holds that his teams are well prepared for the matches and surely would take home the Orange trophy.

By Ignatius Nji