-D.O, Tubah
The Divisional Officer for the Tuba Subdivision in Mezam Mr. Massango Metuge Narcisse has appealed to the people within the Subdivision to join him in his efforts to bring peace and development to Tuba. The Young and dynamic Administrator took over by Presidential Decree since the 15th of October 2021 and was installed on the 9th of November.
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| Mr. Massango Metuge Narcisse, D. O, Tuba |
Tuba is a Cosmopolitan Subdivision which harbours close to 20.000 inhabitants mostly made up of the University class. The Municipality is made up of four big Fondoms and one Lamidad. These are the Fondoms of Bambili, Bambui, Babanki Tungo and Big Babanki as well as the Lamidad of Sabga. He begins this interview by evaluating the Security situation in the Tuba Subdivision against a backdrop of the Anglophone Crisis. He was interviewed by Francis Ekongang Nzante and a host of other journalists in his Bambui Office.
The situation I met following my
installation as the Divisional Officer for Tuba was actually evolving. We met
with some stiff challenges but we've been doing our best to regain the people’s
confidence and make them believe once more in the values of the Republic. We met
a population which was very skeptical in accepting Government action.
How Successful have you been in convincing
the people to Once more believe in Republican Values?
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We have been carrying out lots of
field work which involves moving out, meeting and talking to the people. This
is very complicated because you can’t know where the danger may come from. But
somebody must always lead the way. From my understanding, that person should be
the Divisional Officer. I have been meeting the people and making them to know
that Government is aware of their problems and is actually putting in place
measures to have these problems solved. A
lot is already being done to sort out these challenges. No society can move
ahead without challenges. Unfortunately these challenges are taken differently
by some people in our society.
In our missions in the field we
try to gather the bike riders and the traders. It’s very complicated but we
talk to them. We try to give them tips and advise them not to give up. You know
that the activities of bikers have been restricted. For security reasons we had
to block some streets around the University to prevent them from reaching there.
We are aware that the obscure men use that means of transportation. We cannot
run the risk of having the University stopped. For their own safety the
students will have to move around on foot. We've been trying to bring back some normal
urban normalcy. In a state of law, there are areas where a certain category of
activities are supposed to be carried out and other areas where certain
activities can’t be carried out. Simply because we are in a state of crisis
doesn’t mean there should be lawlessness.
How do you collaborate with the
Security Force?
We constantly talk to them. You
know that in a household not every child behaves in the same manner. There are
challenges coming from that direction. But like a father we keep taking to them
and reminding them that we all have the same duty which is to protect the
people and their property.
These people have gone through
five or six years of torture by their own brothers so the military should
remain professional in order not to add to their predicament. I think it’s
paying off following feedback that I get from the field. They are doing their
best and we count on their professional behaviour for the successful holding of
this year’s 20th May
activities.
How do you envisage the 20th
May activities?
The population has missed this
celebration now for three years here and I hope that this year we should
celebrate it once more. We should be able to galvanise the population and I am
in the field for that. I was at “Three Corners” in Bambili recently and I will
continuously go into the field till the 20th of May to make them to believe
again in the Republican Day and trust in the mechanism that the Head of State
has put in place! The present stalemate has been caused by youngsters who have decided
to be abnormal. My mission here is to bring back these youngsters into the
fold. But I can’t do this if I can’t see them.
I can only channel the problems
of someone I see and not a ghost. I call upon these youngsters to come to us,
drop their guns. They are still children of the Republic. It is true that
there’s a lot of skepticism in the way
returnees are being treated but it should also be known that each Administrator
has a unique style. Two administrators can handle the same problem differently.
So for the benefit of doubt the youngsters should leave the bush and stop
kidnapping. It’s such a pity that one of my elites Senator Regina Mundi is
still being held captive. She brought in 500 kits which we distributed to
pregnant women and four days later she was kidnapped by her own children! An
abomination in African Tradition.
Any appeal to people in the Tuba
Municipality?
I call upon the people in Tuba to
believe in me and to join me let’s move Tuba forward. I am a young man who
knows exactly what to do and when to do it. I love community work and this
means my approach involves working with the people. We are using this tete a
tete approach with the population to create a different picture of Government
action.
The Government in Yaounde which
we represent has been held back in the realization of projects in the area as a
result of the security situation. There are schools pending renovation but can’t
be renovated because anytime contractors put their legs there, they are
kidnapped. I am having sleepless nights just like the forces of law and order
because of the problems in Tuba. I call on the people in Tuba to join ranks
with me let’s take the Municipality to where it is supposed to be. Apart from
being a transit town and gate way to two divisions, Tuba is host to the University
of Bamenda and together we can make use of this to take the town to its
rightful place. IRAD has stopped and our children can no longer be trained here
as Agronomists or Agro Engineers. The Regional College of Agriculture which is
struggling to function is receiving threats every day. I am very open to anyone
with a problem. Rather than take the Law into your hands, come and present the
problem so that together we can sort it out following well defined channels.
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