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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