Reunification and peace Batches take UB matriculation oath at HTTTC Kumba

Two Batches of the Higher Technical Teachers’ Training College, HTTTC Kumba, a campus of the University of Buea took the Matriculation Oath on Saturday February 6, 2016 at the Town Green Amusement Park in the city of Kumba. 

According to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea Professor Nalova Lyonga, it was during the orientation exercise of the two batches that they were given the names Reunification and Peace Batches respectively. 

Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea, Professor Nalova Lyonga

The Vice Chancellor explained that the name Reunification was given to remind the students that the campus was created just after the 50^th anniversary of the Reunification of Cameroon. The Head of State she believes was very pleased with the turn of events during the celebration of the 50^th Anniversary of the Reunification of Cameroon and decided to create the institution. For the Peace Batch, the Vice Chancellor explained that it was given because of the state of violence and insecurity in the country with an intention of letting the students see the importance and value of peace.

With the conduct of the institution which now is made up of some 1400 students, the Vice Chancellor said things had gone on marvelously for the students so far. Attracted by their closeness to culture as reflected in the way they danced, she commented that the teachers who would eventually graduate from HTTTC Kumba would be deeply seated in culture adding that this was very gratifying as there would always be cultural content in everything that they would eventually teach.

The Vice Chancellor seized the occasion to thank the Minister of Higher Education for admitting all the students on the Waiting List and called on the students to exercise patience as they await infrastructural adjustments to take in the increased number. She further went ahead to highlight the importance of mutual respect and tolerance at the level of Religion, culture among other things.

The Higher Technical Teachers’ Training College Kumba it should be noted is made up of 14 Departments. These departments are; Agriculture, Law, Guidance Counselling, Management Science, Administrative Techniques, Tourism and Hotel Management, Electrical and Power Engineering, Renewable Energy, Science of Education, Mechanical Engineering, Fashion Clothing and Textile, Civil Engineering and Forestry Techniques, Topography and Computer Sciences.

In the Academic Discourse presented by Professor Nde Ningo Tumambang, the students were reminded that they were making a contract with the Nation and with their future students to eventually contribute to building the culture of peace. Linking Technical studies and peace, he said scientific studies have helped in the resolving of disputes through Socio economic development. When there is an increased input through development in areas that felt neglected, conflicts are resolved. Conflicts he said had been mitigated through dialogue by providing scientific knowledge or providing content to dialogue.

The occasion was graced by beautiful Choral music and tradional dances from Manyu and Ndian as well as animation by the Zangalewa Group. It equally saw the presence of Senator Mbella Moki Charles and 1^st Deputy Seniour Divisional Officer for Meme among many others.   

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National Bilingualism Day: GTHS Barombi Kang sets pace for the creation of a truly Bilingual Cameroon.

The 14^th National Bilingualism week has just been celebrated across the National Territory with multiple Bilingualism related messages flashing across the pages of Newspapers and TV Screens.

 However, the real cord seems to have been touched at the Government Technical High School GTHS Barombi Kang in Kumba where at least eight secondary schools converged to participate in activities commemorating the end of the National Bilingualism week on Friday, February 5. The special message highlighted was the need for Cameroonians to be bilingual at the individual level for Cameroon to be referred to as truly bilingual. This call was made by Madame Mofor nee Yebmini Emerencia who represented the Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education for Meme Division at GTHS Barombi Kang.

Principal GTHS Barombi Kang Mukoto Mewwanu Mbone Elizabeth and Mofor Yebmini Emerencia, Representative of the Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education for Meme

The host Principal Mme Mukoto Mewanu Mbone Elizabeth in her bilingual keynote address touched on the theme of this years’ event “Bilingualism: Gateway to quality education for sustainable development.” She took out time for the sake of the students to explain what this theme meant.

She explained that two official languages give an added advantage for our students and give a better exposure to our education and country to the world. Being bilingual will not only permit us to speak two languages but will permit students to excel in their education.

Principal GTHS Barombi Kang, Kumba

In her bid to further divulge the theme, she said since bilingualism brings with it intellectual richness, it remains the only gateway to sustainable development.  

Mofor Yebmini Emerencia the special representative of the Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education for Meme in her speech said “our struggle for a truly Bilingual Cameroon must begin with our personal efforts.” The Bilingual option chosen by Cameroon she said is the best in a world where English and French are the leading languages for democracy, politics, communication, aviation, Navigation and Science. “Now more than ever before, Cameroonians should stop creating barriers such as Anglophone or Francophone Cameroon. She further explained that the government in a bid to promote quality education for sustainable development has put in place the effective implementation of the special bilingualism education programme which is intended for both Anglophone and Francophone learners of the observation Sub cycle of Secondary Education.

At the end of the activity loaded session at GTHS Barombi Kang, Mofor Yebmini Emerencia said it had been a very effective day with total commitment and collaboration. She said she appreciated the activities which were streamlined to the theme of the occasion. Meantime the Principal of GTHS Barombi Kang summed it up in the following manner; “Today we had a host of schools that were part of this zone. They were eight schools in all. Some of them are CCAS Kumba, GTHS Kumba, KUCAS, Baptist High School, GSS Kang Barombi, Seventh Day Adventist College and a host of others. It was a wonderful day and I think I am happy to have hosted this occasion. My students were so happy accommodating other students here on campus and everybody here at GTHS was ready to welcome them. I want to believe the students and the teachers are going to implement this wonderful idea that came from the Minister.”   

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Japanese company “Japan Power Plus” poised to provide immediate solutions to correct and overcome electricity load shedding.

 In Yaounde, the Japanese Delegation paid a working visit which paved the way for them to place their fingers on certain realities and thus strengthen the partnership.

 

The Japanese Delegation and Partners
with the General Manager of Arsel, Jean Pierre Kedi

Japan Power Plus Delegation was led by the CEO Hiro Nishina, accompanied by Mr Takeya, Vice Group President and Co-Founder,Mr.Tchankou Ahmed, Director of the Africa project, and Serge Henri Kelbe, a partner. They were received in turn by the Japanese Ambassador to Cameroon by the Technical Adviser at the Presidency of the Republic, the Secretary General at the Prime Minister's Office,the Coordinator of CARPA Marcel Mbella, the Director General of the Agency for Re-regulations  in the Electrical Sector (ARSEL)the Directors of ENEO on the instructions of the Director General,and by the Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma Bakary.

It was however not possible for the Ministry of Water and Energy the titular ministry to take part in this lofty initiative due to the fact that submissions that were made at the level of the ministry with regards to this initiative did not receive any feedback.As a result of this, the programmed meeting with the Divisional Delegate of Water and Energy did not take place. It is a shame to miss such an opportunity that offers solutions to correct and overcome the power cuts that is almost putting Cameroon on its knees and disheartening to learn of the contrary expectations the Minister who believes that solutions can only be found in 2020.

Japanese company “Japan Power Plus” poised to provide immediate solutions to correct and overcome electricity load shedding.

Prominent worldwide since 2014, and since then, “Japan 

Power Plus” has been working in partnership with a 

Cameroonian Enterprise MATRIX POWER to install this 

scientific development in Cameroon and Central Africa. 

Everything started from the premise that the generation, 

transmission and distribution of electrical energy has 

encountered great difficulties that results in the loss of

 electrical current in the range of about 30%.

 This phenomenon is caused by obsolete equipment; which 

has the effect of reducing the amount of energy available 

during the distribution. Cameroonians have had bad times 

and have learned to live with frequent power cuts and

 untimely cuts of electricity. The production sector often

 takes a big hit, especially Small and Medium Sized 

Enterprises, which typically have a relatively small 

financial base and who cannot afford to adopt a fuel 

generator to compensate for all eventualities. The 

populations of those slums and suburban localities may 

suffer interruptions of up to several hours at a time on

 several days in the dark.

Considering that energy constitute an important segment 

of the cost of production and a very decisive factor in 

determining the competitiveness of our products, which 

face the products of developed nations rendered strong by 

the Economic Partnership Agreements that allows for the

uplifting of tariff barriers. The lack of control of this

 key sector penalizes the entire economic

 system of the country.

This is the motivation that pushed Serge Henri Kelbe to

 embark on the search for energy efficiency and security 

solutions to which he became addicted since his return to

 Cameroon with the installation of the Matrix Power 

structure level of energy production in Cameroon from 

multiple sources:hydro, heavy fuel generator, gas, solar 

and thermal, can be around 1.400 megawatts per day.

Unfortunately, we lose about 500 megawatts during the transportation thereof. This has pushed the State of Cameroon, to create an Electric Transportation company referred to as SOTREL that specifically takes care of all problems related to transport and security of the energy produced. Meantime, Matrix Power has started to develop a win-win partnership with Japan through the exchange of data and information, informal contacts, case studies, simulations, development pilot projects, the referral of the actors in the electricity sector and government authorities and other operators in civil society. All this long process culminated in the visit of the delegation of the Japanese company Power Plus, headed by the Chief Executive Officer CEO Mr. Hiro Nishina, accompanied by the Vice President and Co-Founder Mr. Takeya,inventor of the new dual carbon battery named Ryden Dual Carbon and Mr. Ahmed Tchankou, African Director of the project who is of Cameroonian nationality.

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President General of Djottin Area Development Authority Petitioned

FROM:  MR NDIKAKA ANTHONY SOGE                                                                  Date: 9^th March, 2015

TEL:        677-242-449/679-738-776

TO:         THE PRESIDENT GENERAL

                DJOTTIN AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

SUBJECT:             PETITION

Sir,

Ndikaka Anthony Soge

I wish to express my indignation on how Elect DADA conducted JOINT DADA LITTORAL Elections. Be informed that I out rightly won the election with a vote cast of 74 against 55 for my opponent and it was seized from me causing a lot of frustration on the part of my electorate which is not good if we really want to be transparent in everything we do during this era.

I had earlier on heard that my opponent instructed DADA MASSOUMBOU branch to have a pooling station and little believed this could happen. Further findings revealed that, it was not possible. It is usually said that there is no smoke without fire. This time around the issue of Massoumbou branch having a pooling station was coiled to suit their whims and caprices. But then what measures did DADA National take to make sure the election was properly handled?

I repeat, votes counted showed that I had 74 votes as against 55 votes for my opponent. It was when this result was obtained that the President of DADA Edea Branch presented an envelope of 21 votes all in favor of my opponent. My Vote Count Official asked to know the posts which these 21 votes were  cast for owing to the fact that, there were many posts to be contested? All elect DADA could do was to ignore this very pertinent question and validated the result. This is very scandalous especially during this era when everybody is talking of emergence. Who then authorized the pooling station? Who conducted the election and which method was used to carry out the election? Worst of all, I heard that the election took place earlier than the scheduled time and where on earth have elections been carried out on different dates and time?

President General, you need not be told that we are all Kedjottin. Djottin shall grow only when all of us put our hands on deck to see it grow. For us to succeed, we need to have clean ways of doing things so that God can at least usher in his blessings. When we do things the dirty way, we shall never forge ahead development because God’s blessing shall never be with us. The problem is not that of me being a Vice President. I have been there playing my own little part as you can be told. If you doubt me you can even find out. If today I want to also be a leader, I don’t think it is a crime. Why should Elect DADA handle Joint DADA Littoral Election with bias?

I am by this petition out rightly rejecting the result of Joint DADA Littoral Election. Without mincing words, I want to state that I cannot handle a post in a Rigged Executive Board. In a knot shell, I do not want to promote corruption.

Once more thank you for understanding. May Almighty God grant you wisdom and knowledge to truly understand this petition.

Signature:

Copies:

1.       DADA Secretariat.

2.       DADA branches in the Diasporas.

3.       File.

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