By Joe Dinga Pefok
The brain behind the Northwest Development Organisation, NOWEDO, Ntumfor Barrister Nico Halle, has prescribed love, unity, understanding, solidarity among Northwesterners if NOWEDO must succeed in its mission.
He made the recommendation in an interview he granted The Post in Douala. He urged all sons and daughters of the province to rally behind the new organisation to make it achieve its lofty objectives.
Besides conceiving the idea of NOWEDO, Ntumfor had, last year, thrown the challenge to journalists of Northwest extraction to create and launch the organisation. The Northwest spokesperson also admitted drafting the Constitution of the baby organisation.
On the successful launching of NOWEDO, Ntumfor said: "Permit me seize this opportunity to congratulate one of the kingpins of NOWEDO, Chris Mbunwe, the Bamenda Bureau Chief of The Post, who worked so indefatigable in fine-tuning that draft Constitution".
Besides providing the draft Constitution, Ntumfor said he also provided the funding for the journalists to be able to do all what it took for them to put up the structure, as well as do the launching.
As to why he reportedly refused to accept the proposal to go in for the post of President General of NOWEDO, Ntumfor Halle explained that for him to have accepted that post or any other post in the Executive, would have been a betrayal of his own idea, his conscience and image, as well as a betrayal of the promise he made to the journalists when he met with them last year. "I told the journalists that the structure will not in any way be meant for Ntumfor Nico Halle to project or position himself. We have created NOWEDO solely for the development interest of the province."
Also, Ntumfor Halle said even though the organisation is apolitical, it is open to people without consideration to their political or religious leanings. But he insisted that whereas politicians will freely come in, they will be in the organisation as sons and daughters of the Northwest, and not as politicians. "We had said from the beginning that NOWEDO is apolitical. No politician or group will succeed to hijack NOWEDO for selfish political interest," Ntumfor cautioned.
Objectives Of NOWEDO
Quizzed about the mission of NOWEDO, Ntumfor Halle said the organisation will be more of a facilitator to development drives in the provinces. "NOWEDO will make suggestions that will go down to the Divisions, Sub-divisions, and villages. NOWEDO will come up with projects that they think are good for the different pars of the province, depending on their viability or resources".
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