-Jude Nforngang
Mr. Nforngang Jude Thaddeus,
Director of Peace House CIG Bamenda has urged the Government of Cameroon to review
it’s policy of disarming Citizens in Local communities. This he says has given armed
robbers an upper hand.
He is a Legal Advisor and Mediator at the Peace House CIG Bamenda. He is an expert at law, professionally trained in Great Britain at the Institute of Legal Executives of England and Wales (CILEX Law School). He is equally a Community Development Expert and Philanthropist with over 23 years of work experience in Cameroon and other countries and has conducted several long-term researches relevant to solving problems on why majority of Africans remain poorer even with aid from the west. He co-founded the Peace House CIG Bamenda, the Elites Credit Union Cooperative, the Campus School Management System, the CashTelephone Project amongst others. He begins this interview by stating what inspired them to create Peace House Bamenda.
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The Peace House Common Initiative
Group Bamenda was founded
as a solution to provide urgent help
and support to destitute people affected
by conflicts, majority of whom are women
and children.
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So what exactly are the objectives
of Peace House Bamenda?
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The main objective of the Peace
House CIG Bamenda is to provide Entrepreneur Training, Advocacy, Mediation, and
Shelter to the Destitute.
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Let’s look at the
modus operandi of Peace House Bamenda.
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The methodology used in achieving our
objectives is simple.
Here at the Peace House CIG
Bamenda, we have developed in-house methodologies originating from our long-term
observations and research in local communities as a primary source as well as
correlation from experiences consulting multinational issues on poverty
alleviation, Human Rights Advocacy and Conflict Mediation processes.
We have developed the Social Media
Community Centered Responsive Approach in its current Campaign on Human Rights
Advocacy relevant to the Current raging Anglophone Violent Conflict.
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What are the grounds so far
covered by Peace House Bamenda?
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The Peace House CIG Bamenda is
currently well known and trusted as a Neutral stakeholder advocating for the
Human Rights Protection of indigenous Anglophone people especially women and
children. Our observations based on our social media responsive methodologies
currently indicate that all stakeholders of the current Anglophone Crisis in
Cameroon are looking up to the Peace House CIG Bamenda on the actual facts and data
on the effects of the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon as we are the main neutral
organization visible in the affected local communities able to give a credible report
on the actual visible facts.
The peace House CIG also provides
temporal Shelter and basic meals to IDPs who are mainly women and children escaping
domestic violence and effects of the current violent armed conflict in their
local communities. We provide psychosocial support and counseling to affected
IDPs and destitute local community members seeking our help both from our Mile
5 Nkwen Bamenda Head Office as well as live online from our social media
communication channels.
The Peace House CIG also currently provides
Free Legal Advise as seen on topical issues expressed on social media as a tool
to help ignorant communities to resolve conflicts and issues related to their
Legal and Human Rights processes.
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Given the insecurity that presently
reigns in the North West and South
West Regions, what challenges have been
encountered by your CIG in carrying out
its duties?
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The Peace House CIG Bamenda is legally registered in
Cameroon as a Common Initiative Group and as a standard not-for-profit charity
organization. Our personnel and members are experts professionally trained in
different areas relevant to our objectives. Members of the Peace House CIG
Bamenda are neutral and do not support or stand for any particular political
ideology. Some of our members have been victims of the current raging armed
conflict in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon. The Peace House CIG Bamenda's
current observations show that the Cameroon Government and the Separatist
Authorities are Negligent in the Protection of top economically strong elite
necessary for the current and future development of the country. A case in
point is the recent assassination of Madam Janna Fondo Anna in Bamenda. She was
a Philanthropist and an Economics Teacher as well as Co-owner of Janna
Enterprises and Super Market amongst other things. This highlights the alarming
Security Vacuum in the crisis hit regions. This lady was one of our Key
Advisors and Philanthropists. The lack of state protection is no doubt going to
affect over 60% of our Philanthropic works in Bamenda.
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What is the outreach of the
activities of Peace House Bamenda?
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It is legally registered with its
head office in Bamenda. Its area of jurisdiction covers the entire national
territory.
Our personnel are currently
providing relief services to destitute communities at its head office in
Bamenda, as well as directly to other affected communities in Cameroon. We also
provide services on call as well as through social media channels.
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What is your take
on the quality of Gorvenance in Cameroon?
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Our long-term observations show that Cameroon is a
Centralized Democratic Unitary State with a very strong Presidency Unique from
its State Government with the use of Elitist Political Governance. It would
appear the governance institutions of Cameroon makes great er use of its
retired administrators. This class of people are appointed as leaders of its newly
created institutions relevant to current national economic and conflict issues.
Our expert opinion would be that, the Government and
Presidency of Cameroon should seek credible neutral experts in their efforts of
bringing social change, especially relevant to the current economic issues and
conflicts raging in Cameroon.
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You certainly have national
and international partners.
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We do not yet have international
partners. Peace House CIG has relied on the Philanthropic support of its
members and participatory inputs of its beneficiaries towards achieving its
objectives.
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Any last message?
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The Peace House CIG Bamenda would urge the
Government and Presidency of Cameroon to urgently review its policy on disarming
the local ordinary citizens. We have observed over three years and counting that since the disarming of
local ordinary citizens in Cameroon armed
robbers are taking advantage of the Security Vacuum created by the circumstances
and causing grievous harm on local communities in Cameroon, especially in the
Anglophone Regions occasioning loss of lives and property. This was never So
when Citizens were perceived to be armed. Our observations also show that there
was no significant misuse of fire arms by ordinary local community members in the
Anglophone communities of Cameroon other than accidents occurring during funeral
ceremonies (less than 0.3 %).
Interviewed by Francis Ekongang
Nzante
Edev Newspaper
Email: edevnewspaper@gmail.com
Contact: +237696001/ 678401408
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