Short People Take Grievances To Governor

By Chris Mbunwe

Northwest Governor Koumpa Issa was treated to a pleasant surprise recently while receiving New Year wishes from his collaborators at the Bamenda Congress Hall.

Fru (left) President & Henry Chi Treasury of Short People's Association

A delegation of a newly created NGO known as Association of Short People, suddenly appeared in front of him to wish him happy New Year.

The over 1000-man crowd went mad with laughter when the Chief of Protocol in the Governor's office grabbed the microphone and announced that it was the turn of an Association of Short People to come forward with their New Year wishes.

At first, the Governor looked embarrassed. But when the executive members of the short people were close to him, Koumpa burst out laughing and the crowd joined him.When the laughter subsided, the President of the association, Jonathan Fru told Koumpa that they had several grievances against tall people.

"Today, we have neither come to present our grievances nor the objectives of our NGO, but to wish you and your family a happy New Year," Fru said.Outside the hall, The Post caught up with Fru and sought to know the objectives of their association. 

"We have discovered that we are marginalised during recruitment into the police, gendarmerie and the army because we are short. There is also the issue of carpenters who construct furniture like tables, chairs, billboards without taking us into consideration.

"Such furniture and a host of other public utilities constructed by the State and private companies favour only tall people. Also, in public gatherings, people mock us and claim that we are always troublesome, which is not true. So, our association has been created to fight all these ills."

Comments

[Akoson]

Mr. Fru, the universa declaration of human rights surely protects you people. It protects all people short, tall, fat, slim etc. But the colonial agent is not the best person for your complain. Join the liberation struggle of Southern Cameroons...we've got a place for people like you in our country.

The Son.