By Elvis Tah
The President of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, NACC, Paul Tessa, has donated five golden frames containing the national anthem in French and English, to Bakassi Peninsula.
One of the symbols bequeathed to Bakassi
Tessa handed over the frames at the Southwest Governor's office on Thursday, August 21.
The frames are destined to Isangele, Bamusso, Idabato, Kombo Itindi and Kombo Abedimo (the five Subdivisions of Bakassi.)
Speaking during the handing over ceremony, Tessa said NACC is an independent public body placed under the authority of the President of the Republic and charged with contributing in the fight against corruption and nation building.
"It is in this light that NACC seeks to popularise the national anthem and other symbols among all social walks of life," Tessa stated.He further stated that the initiative would go a long way to bring a major and lasting contribution to the struggle against corruption, through the revision of the values of patriotism, public spirit and responsible citizenship towards the national anthem.
For his part, the Social and Cultural Affairs Adviser to the Governor, Edwin Nkenya Ngwana, who represented the Governor, Louis Eyeya Zenga, pointed out that after gaining total ownership over the disputed Peninsula from Nigeria, Cameroon is doing everything to fully implant herself there.
Nkenya said NACC is sending a strong message of patriotism to the people of Bakassi and the nation at large, through the national symbols."As the Bakassi population go embracing the national anthem and the flag, we shall be building a strong and faithful generation through our national symbols, and foster the sentiment of patriotism, good citizenship, national unity, moral rectitude, ethics and integrity," said Nkenya.
He assured the NACC President that the frames would be visible proof to generations to come, of the existence of NACC.As a show of patriotism, Nkenya implored the host to join in singing the anthem.
At the end of the ceremony, Tessa told the press that it is essential to revive the flames and the devotion and unite the nation through the national anthem."The aim here is to move towards a new understanding, a new attitude and a new religion with the view of massive adherence to the call of moral rectitude, honesty and the respect of public property," Tessa explained.
On why it is NACC instead of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation to donate a national emblem to Bakassi, Tessa said NACC is a body that encourages good governance and it can only be achieved through patriotism.
"If the people are patriotic, they are not going to be corrupt. We want to instil patriotic sentiments into the people of Bakassi through the love and respect for national symbols," said Tessa.
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You see? Can you people see what a Francophone country can do? Instead of building hospitals and supplying them with drugs, building schools, constructing roads to proof to the Bakassi brothers that the government can do much better than the Nigerian counterpart, here you go with Tassa and the foolish government instead sending golden frames to the Bakassi people.
Do we eat frames?
Can gold cure simple malaria?
This shows that if a referendum was conducted in Bakassi for the inhabitants to choose whether to join Cameroon or Nigeria, they won't have made the very mistakes our fore parents did
Do we eat frames?
Can gold cure simple malaria?
This shows that if a referendom was conducted in Bakassi for the inhabitants to choose whether to join Cameroon or Nigeria, they won't have made the very mistakes our fore parents did
Posted by: massamoyo | Wednesday, 27 August 2008 at 03:10 PM