PMUC Plays “Father Christmas” To Inmates

By Joe Dinga Pefok

Pari Mutuel Urbain Camerounais, PMUC, the citizen-friendly enterprise, last December 22, played “Father Christmas” to the over 2000 inmates at the New Bell Prison in Douala.

 

PMUC GM gives symbolic gift to New Bell Prison official

The occasion was the final of 13th edition of the annual PMUC football tournament for inmates of the prison.The annual competition, which is organised by the association in charge of sports, social and cultural activities at the prison, ASPLUDIC, is sponsored by PMUC.

The Chief of Missions to the General Manager of the company, Jean-Pierre Tosi, led the PMUC “Father Christmas” delegation to the New Bell Prison. The delegation included among others the Special Adviser to the General Manager, Gerard Atangana.

As has become an annual tradition, the PMUC delegation took along a large quantity offoodstuff, cooking oil, washing soap, among other items, for the inmates.As the Administrator of New Bell Prison, Joseph Tsala Amougou, said in appreciation of the PMUC gesture to the inmates, even prison inmates have a right to food.

 

PMUC's gifts at New Belll

He noted that due to inadequate means to feed the detainees, food supplies remains a very big problem. He thus asserted that the importance of the donations made by PMUC.  
On his part, Tosi said the donations are their show of solidarity with fellow human beings in an unfortunate situation. He asserted that the end of year feasts is for all human beings.

He argued that no normal human being would wish to find himself or herself in prison, and thus it could be assumed that all the inmates of the New Bell Prison, had never wanted to be in prison, but that situations put them there.

Prize, More Gestures

At the final match that was handled by FECAFOOT, Super 6 walloped Tiercé by 3-0 to lift the 2008 trophy.The tournament saw the participation of seven teams, most of which had the names of PMUC products.

All the teams received prizes as usual, whish depended on performance. There were prizes for the best player in the final and the highest scorer in the entire tournament.PMUC also dished out prizes to all the committees that organised the tournament