Biya Appoints Government Delegates To City Councils

By Peterkins Manyong, Walter Wilson Nana, Francis Tim Mbom & Olive Ejang Tebug Ngoh

President Biya Friday, February 6, appointed new Government Delegates to 14 City Councils across the country.

Here is the list of those appointed:
Bamenda - Vincent Ndi Ndumu - Replaces Abel Ndeh
Kumba - Victor Ngoh Nkelle - Replaces Caven Nnoko Mbelle
Limbe - Andrew Motanga Monjimba - replaces Samuel Ebiama Lifanda

Kribi - Louis Jacques Mazo
Edea - Dieudonné Nzoke
Bertoua - Dieudonne Samba
Bafoussam - Emmanuel Nzeté

Nkongsamba - Basile Nkolo
Ebolowa - Roger Guy Zo'o Oluman
Garoua - Amadou Alhadji Bouba
Maroua - Robert Bakary
Ngaoundere - Amadou Dawa

Meanwhile, the incumbent Government Delegate for Yaounde - Gilbert Tsimi Evouna - was maintained while Fritz Ntone Ntone - Government Delegate to the Douala City Council was re-appointed.

Profiles
We profile the Government Delegates to the Limbe, Kumba and Bamenda City Councils.

Andrew Motanga; Limbe Gov’t Delegate

I'll Make Limbe Reflect The Petroleum Town It Is
He is the third Government Delegate to head the Limbe Urban Council, now city. He replaces Samuel Lifanda who was Government Delegate from 1998. Henry Njalla Quan, now CDC General Manager, was the first, lasting a year (1997 -1998).
 

Andrew Motanga, 50, was born in Mokundange, Limbe. After his primary school in his village, Mokundange, he enrolled into the National Comprehensive College, Limbe. He later moved to PCC Bamenda where he earned his GCE Ordinary Levels. Motanga started his working career in 1977 in Bafoussam.

While he worked, he obtained his Advance Level in 1981 and moved to the then Yaounde University. He left the University and wrote the professional entrance into the Government Training Centre, ETAF, where he graduated as an Administrative Secretary.

Motanga has served the Government in several capacities. Besides his appointment, Motanga is the Southwest Regional Chief of Transport and the Mayor of the Limbe II Council.

Motanga is a staunch CPDM member. In 2002, he was elected CPDM Fako I Section President, a position he still maintains. That same year, he was also elected Chairman of the Council, a position he held until 2007 when the three new councils in Limbe were created.

After the July 22, 2007, Municipal and Parliamentary elections, Motanga was elected the pioneer Mayor of the Limbe II Council. He served as Mayor until his appointment as the Government Delegate to the Limbe City Council.

Shortly after his appointment, Motanga told The Post that he intends to make Limbe to reflect the true image of a petroleum town of his dream. He also said one of his priorities would be the provision of potable water to those who are still in need.

"Our priority area will be certainly to give potable water to those who don't have. I think it is like a sacrilege today to think that there are still some people leaving without potable water," he said.

Victor Nkele Ngoh; Kumba Gov’t Delegate

I Will Transform Kumba
Victor Nkele Ngoh replaces Caven Nnoko Mbele; pioneer Government Delegate to the defunct Kumba Urban Council since 1996. Nkele of Bafaw origin was born in 1960 in Kumba. He attended Bethel Baptist Primary School, Kumba, CPC Bali and CCASS Bambili where he got his First School Leaving Certificate, GCE, 'O' and A'Levels, respectively.

Nkele later continued his studies at the University of Martburg, Germany, where he obtained a BSc degree in Economics. In 1988, he graduated from the same University with an MA in Cooperative Economics.

After working in Germany for some years, he returned to Cameroon where he worked with CIPRE, Bafoussam. He was later appointed SOWEFCU Director in 1998, a position he held until his recent appointment. The Government Delegate is married and a father of two.
Reacting to his appointment, an elated Nkele promised to transform the town. He said he

would collaborate with the three Sub-divisional Councils in Kumba and initiate developmental projects for the City.

Vincent Nji Ndumu; Bamenda Gov’t Delegate

Bamenda Needs Someone Who Can Tackle The Challenges
Vincent Nji Ndumu was born in Bamenda-Nkwen on October 16, 1960.  He grew up in Dschang where he started his primary school before moving to the Bamenda Ecole Francophone in 1966.

He obtained his Ordinary Levels at the Bilingual Grammar School, Yaounde, and then proceeded to CCAST Bambili where he studied for his Advanced Levels. After obtaining his Advanced Levels, he was admitted into ENS Bambili. From Bambili, he travelled to Nigeria and enrolled at the Ahmadou Bello University, Zaria.

After completing his studies in 1985, he returned to Cameroon. He was recruited in the Ministry of Equipment in January 1986 where he worked for nine years and was awarded a scholarship to study Engineering Management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, UK.

He bagged a Masters Degree and came back home in 1990. That same year, he was appointed Chief of Service for Direct Works and Evaluation in the Department of Construction in the then Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Then began a meteoric rise in his career:

- 1991:  Provincial Chief of Construction at the Delegation of Public Works and Transport in Bafoussam, West Province.
- 1993: Provincial Delegate of Public Works for the Northwest Province.
- 1997: Returned to the Ministry of Public Works.

- 2000: Sub-Director in charge of Standards and Road Protection cumulatively with his functions as the Head of the Unit in charge of the Management of Weighing Stations.
- 2002: Technical Adviser and Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the follow up of Road Weighing Operations. He was also appointed to represent the Ministry of Public Works at the newly created Specialised Commission on Road Construction in the Prime Minister's Office.

- 2004: Left as Technical Adviser in the Prime Minister's Office.
- 2007: Went on anticipated retirement and joined Swin, a road construction company, serving as the General Manager.

He is married to a lawyer with whom he has four kids (two boys and two girls).
Ndumu was preparing to go for tennis on Friday, February 6, when he learned that he had been appointed the Government Delegate to the Bamenda City Council.      

Talking to The Post by phone after his appointment, Ndumu said he felt "elated and very grateful to the Head of State who had the confidence to give me this responsibility. I'm also worried because Bamenda needs someone who can tackle the daunting challenges."

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Comments

[priso enoka]

What now for Abel Ndeh? Would he be arrested and charged for mismanagement? He has made Bamenda to look like a God-forsaken place.

[rolex]

you'll show what u've got. not all these fancy degrees .

[Ndunya]

fancy degrees? why are some people so jealouse and negative about everything? so you think having a good education is a bad thing for the development of our country? with numbskulls like this we can never make any headway in our struggle for self determination.

[federertheking]

Thank you Ndunya, i cannot believe being well educated has become a bad thing for our country.This are only people with canal and primitive way of thinking, we are suppoed to be opening our hands for civilisation, not morally demented illiterates like you rolex and some of the other stupid critics who are just happy to be using a computer.

[Roll]

It should be accepted that degrees do not necessarily tell how potent a man may be in meeting the needs of his position, but they are a good indication and should be celebrated. We congratulate these three Anglophones who have struggled to shine in a country where meritocracy has been crucified.

[Ted]

Please don't take the comments of "rolex" above out of context. He meant something beyond your grasp. Is Paul Biya not a degree holder? Put those scrap of papers aside. They're just to testify that one put in some time somewhere informing theselves. Go to Kumbo and visit "Kingomen Hydroelectric Project", an initiative of a guy never had formal education beyond class seven in primary school; but he's pulling people in his locality out of darkness.

[rolex]

Thank you Ted . I know most of these guys who are delegates now . I'm a graduate my self I don't look down on their literal achievements we all appreciate that . What I was trying to say is that these guys have put behind that status quo of education . these same guys have been in these same game for long and nothing changed even around them .I for one will not call these an achievement because is a compensation for what they did which u and I didn't know about . Get up Cameroonian and be wiser. Bush was just a Bsc holder but be came the president of USA . and Franklin D Roselvert they did a great job for thier people . They have have being fooling us with all these academic profiles for too long . look at Ngole ngole with all he has but there is no tared road going to his village .with all these degrees we cant solve our won problem ?, with all these degrees some can't even put food on the table in our own country?.What are they for decorations to Biya ? my cry is that nothing is happen to the people with all these degrees that we have .
Let's give it a chance to work
God bless you all and Cameroon

[Rosemary]

Congratulations Mr. Ndumu. It is a well deserved position and May God strengthen and direct you to do the best you can.
As a young man yourself who can understand the plight of many young people back home, I truly pray that you will do well to make B'da a very secure and also a lucrative place for the many jobless graduates out there.

I was impressed with the work done by your predecessor Pa Tazong and it is my hope that you will do a whole lot better. Those of us out there are looking forward to joining forces with you all to make our country the best place ever and it is my hope that, you will tap strength from this new era of change.
Our nation is blessed with a lot of brains who unfortunately are being drained away on a daily bases. It feels good when young people are taking over from the old ones who need to rest.
We hope the wave of change which is sweeping the world today giving rare opportunities to ordinary people will soon hit our nation like a hurricane.

Every political party out there seem to have some very good ideas which are not being exploited. Tell your boss that if he is ready to see what some of us young brains out here are willing to offer to build the nation, he should feel free to start discussing with us.
When people become overwhelmed with fear, suspicions and hate, it becomes difficult for people to trust.

Lastly, I will like you to concentrate on development projects like;
Building of roads to facilitate transportation, Educational institutions and hospitals. It will be good to continue the monthly “Cleaning campaign
Project” so that people can all stay in a healthy environment.
During my last visit to B’da I noticed some few garbage containers sparsely located. Quite a good initiative but it will be worthwhile to have more of those containers. Like they say, “practice makes perfect”. If people are constantly being reminded to keep their surroundings clean or face the consequences, this will become habit overtime.

I might be making a lot of noise but we must remember that “ROME was not built in a day”. If we keep hoping, staying focused, we will have no choice than be successful. Don’t give up on B’da and I am sure your youthfulness will bring hope to some young ones out there who have turned into bandits because they have stopped hoping.
Keep hope alive. Change has come to stay!!
Congratulations more and stay blessed!!!

[Rosemary]

Congratulations Mr. Ndumu. It is a well deserved position and May God strengthen and direct you to do the best you can.
As a young man yourself who can understand the plight of many young people back home, I truly pray that you will do well to make B'da a very secure and also a lucrative place for the many jobless graduates out there.

I was impressed with the work done by your predecessor Pa Tazong and it is my hope that you will do a whole lot better. Those of us out there are looking forward to joining forces with you all to make our country the best place ever and it is my hope that, you will tap strength from this new era of change.
Our nation is blessed with a lot of brains who unfortunately are being drained away on a daily bases. It feels good when young people are taking over from the old ones who need to rest.
We hope the wave of change which is sweeping the world today giving rare opportunities to ordinary people will soon hit our nation like a hurricane.

Every political party out there seem to have some very good ideas which are not being exploited. Tell your boss that if he is ready to see what some of us young brains out here are willing to offer to build the nation, he should feel free to start discussing with us.
When people become overwhelmed with fear, suspicions and hate, it becomes difficult for people to trust.

Lastly, I will like you to concentrate on development projects like;
Building of roads to facilitate transportation, Educational institutions and hospitals. It will be good to continue the monthly “Cleaning campaign
Project” so that people can all stay in a healthy environment.
During my last visit to B’da I noticed some few garbage containers sparsely located. Quite a good initiative but it will be worthwhile to have more of those containers. Like they say, “practice makes perfect”. If people are constantly being reminded to keep their surroundings clean or face the consequences, this will become habit overtime.

I might be making a lot of noise but we must remember that “ROME was not built in a day”. If we keep hoping, staying focused, we will have no choice than be successful. Don’t give up on B’da and I am sure your youthfulness will bring hope to some young ones out there who have turned into bandits because they have stopped hoping.
Keep hope alive. Change has come to stay!!
Congratulations once more and stay blessed!!!

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