Monday 1 June 2015

New Boss installed at Batoke Specialised Research Station, Limbe.


Dr. Ngegim Jules Romain has been installed as the Chief of Center at the Institute of Research for Agriculture and Development, IRAD Batoke, Limbe. This heavily attended installation which took place recently at the Batoke Center which is a Specialised Research Station for Fishery and Marine Science marks the starting point of a new beginning for IRAD Batoke if the words of Doctor Etchu Agbor Kingsley, the representative of the Director General of IRAD is any thing to go by.
Speaking at the installation ceremony in a keynote address, Dr. Etchu Agbor Kingsley said the Batoke (Limbe) Specialised Research Station for Fishery and Marine Science fell in the Aggrozoological Zone four and that the importance of the center was highlighted by the presence of the chief of stations for Njombe in the Littoral and Barombi Kang in Kumba as well as experts in the field who founded the Limbe Station at Batoke not leaving out the out going station boss, Chambeng Georges.
Harping on the rich educational background of the new boss Ngegim Jules Romain, Dr. Etchu Agbor Kingsley said he studied at the University of Dschang in Cameroon, the university of Brussels in Belgium, the Yaounde University I in Cameroon and later on in France. Dr. Jules Romain he said is a member of both the French and British Ecological Society  adding that he'd been working since 2002 till his appointment as chief of station for Limbe in 2015.
Touching on the problems to be addressed, he mentioned marine pollution and poverty eradication through the improvement of research activities. He called on the new boss to foster the spirit of assiduity and discipline at work adding that the importance of humility and loyalty to hierarchy could not be over emphasised. He further called on the new director to secure the land and property of the station and at the same time beseeched the Divisional Officer for Limbe II to collaborate with the new director in the task of securing the land of the station.
Approached for comment at the end of the installation ceremony, Dr. Jean Calvin Njock, founder of the center and proprietor of Etisah Services in Limbe said "all the structures you see here today were planned by me and my team. I equally sent some of my staff for further training from here. Most of the colleagues  that you see here today grew under my guidance. In 1980 I had a Master Degree but I was sent back to school to do my Doctorate degree(PhD) focused on fishery after which I was appointed here.From the year 2000 I moved on and worked with the United Nations in Benin Republic and in Rome. From there I retired and came back to Limbe where I am presently doing my consultative activities and also involved in fish farming."
The International consultant further explained that when the Limbe center was created there was no structure at the time focused on aquatic or marine issues. He said the importance of Limbe lies in the fact that it is the first structure in the country that took care of marine issues in general and fishing problems in particular. " At the time, research was focused on Oceanography and Marine life but I don't know the guidelines that have been given to the present team. I think Limbe is the center which takes care of the sea and of fishing in particular."
Dr. Etchu Agbor Kingsley on his part said "each of the research stations under my jurisdiction will always count on hierarchy  for collaboration and support. We do this by coming together, sharing our challenges and providing solutions and I think so far, for the fourth year that I am managing one of the biggest aggro-zoological zones in Cameroon, I think I have always had the support of hierarchy and Batoke will not be an exception. Fortunately, the outgoing boss already introduced fingerling production and I believe the incoming director will just intensify what his predecessor already started."
Talking on the importance of the Specialised Limbe Research Center, the new boss Dr. Jules Romain said his sole aim was to improve upon the quality and quantity of fish production through research work and the provision of Technical assistance to fish farmers. " This will reduce the national importation rate of fish and will go a long way to contribute towards poverty eradication. Though there is a drop in financing from Government when compared to the past, success will depend completely on the hard work of my personnel."
This colourful occasion was rendered more so by the presence of dance groups from the West Region and from the South West specifically from Manyu and Fako.

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