“Politics is a dirty
game only for those who are dirty”
CEO, NAPOCAM
Ayafor Napoleon is an Entrepreneur from the
Santa Sub Division. He stepped into the world of initiatives since the year
2000 through Timber. In this activity he collaborated with foreign exploiters
who did the activity for exportation. It is from 2009 that this young striving
Cameroonian ventured into the world of Small and Medium sized Enterprises when
he pushed through with his own initiative with the intention of getting young
Cameroonians involved as he grew and of fighting poverty along the way.
Commenting on his involvement in politics he explains that politics is a dirty
game only for those who are dirty. He was interviewed by Fr. Ekongang Nzante
Lenjo of EDEV Newspaper. He begins by talking about his company NAPOCAM.
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| Ayafor Napoleon |
Many people identify you
with your enterprise NAPOCAM.
Yes, NAPOCAM deals with construction, road works
and supplies. We deal with a number of issues in the job market. We are also in
the field of Marketing and there are a number of things that we handle at that
level. So apart from road work construction we do supply of equipments, office
material.
Can you identify some
Regions in Cameroon where you have actually been making your presence felt?
Our main office is at Metta Quarters in Bamenda.
You can also find the branch office in Buea at Molyko. I have been working all
over Cameroon from the Northern Regions to the South and in Yaounde and Douala.
As an entrepreneur as far as jobs are concerned.
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| AWICCUL Building Bamenda: A handiwork of NAPOCAM |
What can a builder get
from you in terms of building materials?
We do designing and if you get to my office, you
will find a Technical Director who takes charge of all products. Any work that
has to be done is presented to him just like any product or service that is
needed. Our services are wide and varied touching on all the domains I just
mentioned.
How deep are you
involved in road construction generally?
In order to get into road construction in
Cameroon I had to start with earth roads. That’s what the company has been
doing for the past years but NAPOCAM is now set to get into working on tarred
roads.
What has been driving
you forward in the way you relate with people and community?
People have the tendency of saying that politics
is a dirty game but I think politics is a dirty game only for those who are
dirty. I went into politics to see if I could learn something and take it back
to my people. In there, I found both dirty and clean people. To me politics is
togetherness and working together for the good of the people. The role of
Politics is not to make people popular but to bring development through
togetherness. I propose politics in which people talk not because they need
positions but because they have seen something from which people will benefit
if they talk about it.
What message do you have
for those you are reaching out to?
To young Cameroonians I simply say you cannot
sit at home and expect things to happen. You must get out there in the field
and work it out. I try to do what I do perfectly and I call on them to do the
same so as to contribute to the growth of our country as I am doing. It is not
everybody that can be employed by the government so this should not be the
aspiration of young Cameroonians. Apply what you learn in school in the private
sector. When you find yourself somewhere you should always adapt and see how
you can eke out a life for yourself.
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