43rd National Day Celebrations in Cameroon: Tiko DO calls on Cameroonians to join in fight against insecurity

The Divisional Officer of the Tiko Sub Division in the Southwest Region of Cameroon Che Patrick Nwashi has called on every one to join ranks with the military and other forces of law and order as part of the National effort to fight against insecurity and the insurgency in the Far North Region of the country. He was reacting recently to the theme of the 43rd National Day Celebrations on May 20, 2015 at the Tiko Grand Stand.
The Divisional Officer said it was in response to this security focused theme of the National Day celebrations that this year's turn out  for the May 20 celebrations had witnessed a considerable increase touching all segments of the society. His appreciation of the celebration in Tiko was done in glowing terms as he drew attention to the more than 50 schools and associations  as well as the military that had turned out for the annual occasion."I want to thank the population of Tiko for not just participating but for taking part in all the activities leading up to this wonderful formulaic closing. You also saw the exercise of the cleanest village competition an initiative of  the Tiko Council which was put in place about four years ago and is still continuing. This is to say that the whole society is in a way implicated in the 20th May celebrations. The peculiarity of this year's celebration is that it comes at a time when there are the Boko Haram attacks in the North and the rebel attacks from the Central African Republic. That's why the focus has been on our forces together with the other forces to face the challenge together."
A zoom through the participants who marched past in front of the Divisional Officer at the Tiko Grand Stand, saw schools and associations from all parts of the Municipality. Schools ranging from Government Primary Education came in from Mutengene, Tiko Town, Motombolombo,Missellele, Mudeka, Mondoni and many other places.
The colorful passage of the Secondary schools did a lot to make the occasion more lively and spectacularly dressed schools like Regina Pacis College Mutengene, FET Col Mutengene,Christ The King'sCollege Tiko, stole the show. This is not all as it will be unfair not to mention the Higher Educational Sector with the passage notably of the Maflekumen Institute of Health Sciences amongst others.
In order to get the feeling of some of the participants, this reporter caught up with Mbigha Samuel, the Founder of Foundation Educational Trust Complex and he had this to say: "I am very happy with what I have seen here today. The large group of kids you see here today started off timidly but today we have three primary and nursery schools, and a secondary school which runs the grammar, commercial and the technical sections. I came into education when I discovered that I will be useful there and today I don't regret it. Education is the only legacy you can give to your children. That's why since I created this Foundation, I have been spreading it to other places like the Holy Spring Nursery and Primary School in Likomba still in the Tiko Municipality. I invite other young people who have this interest to delve into education because we still need much in this domain.
This reporter also caught up with Jilly Fombe, the proprietress of Lumen Christi Bilingual Nursery and Primary school in Tiko and her satisfaction knew no bounds. "It was so wonderful here today. When I started in 2004, I could not imagine I was going to see the wonderful spectacle my children presented here today. We timidly started with two kids in the nursery and seven in the primary and today after settling in our permanent site we already have above 600 pupils. I am very proud of them as they marched well and their marching showed the discipline that is in them."
A participant from the higher educational sector whom this reporter caught up with was Doctor Anselm of the Maflekumen Higher Institute of Health Sciences and school of Health Sciences was also not out of rythm as he praised the organisation of the event. "The higher institute of health sciences trains and prepares students for HND in Nursing and professional Bachelor Degree in Nursingand Laboratory sciences while the other school trains candidates to come out as state registered nurses.The entry and the exit in these two schools are strictly controlled to guarantee quality and to further ensure this, Maflekumen has signed partnership with state universities like the University of Buea."
The occasion was graced by the presence of the Lord Mayor of the Tiko Council, Sub Divisional heads, traditional rulers, the Nigerian Traditional head of the All Igbo Assembly in Cameroon Eze Jonathan Thomas Onyenguba amongst others.