Belo Council puts in place Strategies to continue with Development projects

Tefu Emmanuel, Lord Mayor of Belo Council has insisted that despite the unfavourable conditions for the implementation of projects at the moment the council under his guidance was poised to put in place the most feasible approach to guarantee the continuity of development initiatives. Lord Mayor Tefu Emmanuel also disclosed that despite the multiplicity of things to be handled, the Council was putting in place a strategy to handle the increasing problems of Internally Displaced People from his Subdivision. He further said the present crisis rocking the two English Speaking Regions of the country had not helped matters. He made this declaration recently in an interview accorded "Le Gideon" Newspaper recently in Bamenda.
He intimated that the Council he recently took over, had a lot of ear marked projects yet to be completed. "We hope that things will quickly return to normal so that we can continue from where the former mayor stopped" he said adding that working  now at home was a herculean task.
The mayor further intimated that the main challenges being faced at the moment included working on projects to meet up with the aspirations of people in Bello. "We are still studying the situation and trying to sort out possibilities of continuing with our projects. Nothing could be done in 2018 and we want to make sure that we forge ahead with our projects in 2019," he explained.
Lord Mayor Tefu Emmanuel further explained that there was actually no life in Bello at the moment especially for those who were operating petit businesses and stores. He however said when you left Bello, the center of the municipality and moved into the villages you could find some activities but that in the heart of the municipality no activities were really going on.
The mode of operation the mayor said was that of team work. Hear him; "Our mode of operation has always been that of collective team work. During campaigns I promised my people that my style of work would be the team work approach. I work with council staff as one just like I work with the people as one."
Mayor Tefu Emmanuel said there was the persistent problem of increasing numbers of Internally Displaced People from the municipality. He said though the Council had been doing something in that direction, the problem still persisted and that he would continue to reach out to IDPs in the Subdivision. "Last time when I went to Yaounde, I noticed that there were about a thousand IDPs from the municipallity and that something had to be done and that we should do something there as a team. In Bamenda there are very many IDPs and  I am looking forward to doing something about this in the days ahead" he intimated.
Talking about council activities, he said they carried out all activities on the council premises albeit security challenges.
"The only thing I plead for is that authorities should do everything possible to make sure that things return to normalcy so as to permit us continue with the development of our municipality."