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Know the Cameroon Parliament


The University of Buea on Wednesday 29th August, 2009 played host to another book launch. The book – The Cameroon Parliament: A political and Administrative History (1940 – 1990) is written by Professor Henry Akwo Elonge, associate professor Clark Atlanta University, USA.

The book amongst other things explores the different functions of Cameroons National Assembly in line with the passing on of National Legislation’s, case of the Federal National Assembly of 1962.

The book also showcases the Presidents of the Representative Assembly within the specific time frame (1946 – 1960).

In a review of literature on the book given by Professor Lovert Elango, the role of committee leadership in the Assembly took central stage.

The event which brought together many dignities like the vice chancellor of the University of Buea, Professor Vincent P.K Titanji, Dr. Ntui, the moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, Rt Rev.Dr. Nyansako Ni Nku, also brought together great following of the Bafaw – to support their son.

The book launch exercise ended with a call on Cameroonians to read this book alongside others so as to better understand how their country’s institutions operate.

 

 
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Posted by on June 19, 2013 in EDUCATION, POLITICS

 

2012 LONDON OLYMPICS: the Plight of Cameroon. How Dead can a Dead man be!


 

I have been living in this illusion that Hollywood is the biggest, strongest, most formidable, outstanding, most prosperous, tactical movie industry and world/country in its own right, but lately have i understood all of these though true is nothing compared to Cameron.

Cameroon I must say is the biggest and most formidable movie industry both geographically and ideologically.

It is the industry with the most complex political plot and maneuvers ever developed, with high social and economic misappropriation all wrapped in speeches and faulty presumptions.

one of the most recent movies or moves on curbing unemployment probably turns out to be a broken ledge, with a rather mark increase in the country’s unemployment rate.

some treacherous ones would rather prefer to call it increased rate of ‘unemployables’. when i graduated from the University, I thought i was so qualified with a second class upper division degree, at least, the University told me so even as it found me ‘worthy in character and learning’. But since then, I have worked with 5 employers in just a year, not that I like to be on the move.

How can you stay still when employers consider you a philanthropist working in a profit making/driven enterprise. Nobody thinks it expedient to even pay your transportation to/back from ‘work’ though its appropriate referring to it as internship or as the employer would…philanthropist gesture…for you lack experience…’, experience which you are thus expected to acquire without working somewhere.

Just so i thought i could make it on my own, by being my on boss, start up my own establishment…but i was short sighted to see that the guys whom i had hitherto worked for are those who control the nation…they are meant to enforce policy/laws for such establishments to take effect. it’s useless telling you they make conditions so difficult because they do not want any competition from any body…they control everything…

Why then should i go to Britain for the Olympics and return back to Cameroon when i could stay there and make a new and better life? “After all, the money we had to be given to prepare for and as compensation for our participation in the games is nothing to write home about.” I understand they would say we have brought shame on our ‘beloved’ Fatherland…really, there isn’t no others death for a dead man.

poor preparations beget poor performance, sure you know this. when we loose sight of that thing which brought the country glory, made her honourable, for which we are known and recognised the world over and in tribalistic hate, blunt political aspirations and utter blindness we deny our Heros the pride of place, in this we sheepishly console ourselves that the future is bright? What then is left of babbling lips…?

 

 
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Posted by on August 13, 2012 in POLITICS, SOCIETY, SPORTS

 

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50 years after, 50.000frs the horse to ride


Some University of Buea students at the Arts Lobby, waiting anxiously to receive their share of the presidential ‘excellence award’ to meritorious students. Monday 8th August 2011.

Now the Cameroon ailment eating down the fabrics of society. Some students who want to be different are overtaken on the lines by those who can pay their way…giving out a portion of the 50 box to ‘security guards’ who are meant to instill order.This act leaves so many frustrated and in deep-seated thoughts of when all these shall end…

to be cont…

 

 
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Posted by on August 15, 2011 in POLITICS