North West Regional Assembly Media

  The population of Bamenda, North West Region on Thursday, December 16, 2021 received  in ululation, the official Mascot of Total Energies African Cup of Nations ( AFCON) 2021. Mola was recieved, on behalf of North West Regional Governor by Viang Mekala, Secretary General to the said Governor's Office at the Governor's Office courtyard before handing him over to the population for jubilation. Mekala, infront of a cross section pressmen at the Courtyard of the Givernor's Office, thanked President Paul Biya for having worked tooth and nail to have Cameroon host AFCON 2021. The Governor's representative equally hailed the Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Narcisse Mouelle Kombi for having thought and included North West in the Masot parade itinerary despite the fact that North West does not have a pool for the play of AFCON 2021. On his part, this time around at the Esplanade of the Senior Divisional Oficer for Mezam' s Office, on behalf of th

A Non Governmental organization, Community Initiative for Sustainable Development (COMINSUD) in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation, Yaounde, has drilled over 50 persons on hate speech and its concomitant effect on social cohesion within North West Region. This was during a one-day training workshop organized at the Bamenda EPIC Centre on Thursday, November 18, 2021. The workshop that was held under the theme: eliminating extremism amongst youths for a safer, secured and non-violent North West Region, brought together religious leaders, communication experts, youth leaders, community leaders, and other stakeholders across various communities within the North West Region. The workshop, according to the organizers falls within the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation’s program that focuses on conflict hotspots and is supported by the European Union. The program identified the Northwest, Southwest, and Far North Regions as three hotspots. Njike Celestine, Regional De

Newly installed SDO, Mr Menyong Gilbert Sunday The new Senior Divisional Officer for Bui, Mr Menyong Gilbert Sunday was on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at the Tobin Municipal Stadium, Kumbo given the Command baton for the Division.  Commissioning the SDO into function, the Governor of North West Region, Mr Adolph  Lele Lafrique urged Mr Menyong to mobilise the population in order to bring back peace in Bui. This, the Governor asked the SDO to do through maximum cooperation between the security and the population. "The security officers can only succeed when the SDO, the security and the population work together", he affirmed. Mr Lele Lafrique equally set the SDO on the following tasks inter alia: to facilitate the return of all Bui indigenes who have fled home due to the crisis, continue appealing to the misguided youths of Bui who have picked up arms against the State to drop them and join the DDR centre that is already accommodating over 600 youths who have dropped arms, in

Fai Simon Tamfu taking oath of office The first ever Public Independent Conciliator for the North West Region has taken oath of office. The oath taking ceremony took place this Thursday July 8, 2021 in the North West Court of appeal, Bamenda, up station. Presiding officials of the oath taking The ceremony took place at the North West Court of Appeal, Bamenda and the oath of office was administered before their Lordships ; Sonkem Ngale Mborh, Vice president, Nchu Julius Cheo, Vice President, Njukeng George, Vice President, with Solange Kindeh as lead Registrar in Attendance. His appointment comes as a fall out of Cameroon's Major National dialogue of September 30th to October 4th 2019 and his office comes alongside the creation of a regional assembly; an exclusive administrative set up to the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon included in the Cameroon Special Status package. His Lordship, Sokem Ngale Mborh In a word of encouragement from his Lordship, Sokem Ngale Mborh,

Minister of communication, Rene Emmanuel Sadi Minister, Rene Emmanuel Sadi has called on publishers and distributors to more than ever before respect the December 1990 law on the Freedom of Social Communication. This aforementioned law among other provisions states publishers deposit two signed copies of every newspaper at the external or central services of the Ministry of Communication no later than two hours after publication. The law also requires foreign media outlets deposit two copies of newspapers at the ministry of communication, at least 24 hours before making them  go public. Press release carrying the Minister's message The concerned foreign media  are hereby informed that the said deposits should be made at the central services of the Ministry of Communication, notably at the department of Private Media Development and Advertising. To that effect, register has been opened for this purpose and receipts will be made available for every deposit. VictoryMarshal Ayafor

The iconic State man has been interred in his Native home town of Santa, Mezam Division, Northwest Region of Cameroon, today July 3rd 2021. The State burial was massively attended by Northwest Elites and Political bigwigs from all across the Nation, Traditional authorities, top adminstrative officials of the North West region led by Governor Adolphe Lele Afrique who all gathered to pay their last respect and bid farewell to the fallen State man. The Right Honourable, died on May 4, 2021 in North Carolina, USA at the age of 86. Prime minister Dion Ngute posthumously decorating the deceased Prime Minister, Chief Dr Joseph Dion Ngute, Representative of the Head of State, President Paul Biya posthumously decorated the deceased and raised him to the rank of the Grand Cordon of the Cameroon Order of Merit. Rev. Miki Hans delivering the sermon for the day Preaching from John 14:1-3, on the theme, do not let your hearts be troubled, Rev Miki Hans called on everyone present to live a worthy

The Commander of the 5th military Region, Brigadier General Nka Valere has appreciated the work done by soldiers during the military operation code name "Bui Clean". For 33 days Operation "Bui clean" headed by colonel Matiang Charles Alain with over 300 men had as mission clean up the entire bui Division and her environs. The operation which started on May 15, 2021 permitted the troops to get to the hideout of seperatists within the Division which is considered to be the epicenter of seperatists within the northwest region. At the close of this operation, the Commander of the 5th Military Region Brigadier General NKA Valere was in Kumbo chief town of the Bui Division to assess the work done on the field. Brigadier General Nka Valere While presenting the result of the over 32days operation, Colonel Matiang Charles Alain said the operation was not easy just like the previous operation in bui given the topography which made it very difficult to access some of the area.

Freed hostages Nine young men kidnapped on the night of April 11, 2021 by separatist fighters in Pinyin, a locality in Santa Subdivision, Mezam Division of the North West region have been freed by security and defense forces during a targeted operation they carried out. According to the commander of the 5th Joint military region, Brigadier General Nka Valere, two separatist fighters were also killed and many others injured. The operations he said came as a result of threats from separatist fighters to block circulation along the Bamenda - Babadjou road. While handing over the freed hostages to their family members Sunday April 18 in Bamenda, Brigadier General Nka Valere and Ekongwese Divine called on more collaboration from the population so as to secure them and their assets. Family members jubilating with their children Kept under precarious circumstances, the nine young men went for days without eating. "It was on Monday April 11 at about 1:00am when I heard a knock on my door.

Hon Malomba Esembe Under the banner of the Parliamentary Network on Road Safety (LEGIS-SECU-ROUTE), Hon Malomba Esembe Donald has embarked on a campaign that would see the number of road accidents along the high-way drastically reduced. The Buea Urban MP has called on all stakeholders no matter the social class, age group and place of residence to take the challenge of ensuring accident- related causes are mitigated. He made the call during a special plenary sitting chaired by the senior vice president of the National Assembly, Hon Hilarion Etong.The sitting on road safety also brought together the ministers of transport, Justice, Public health, public works, gendarmerie, finance, and the civil society to answer questions from the lawmakers. In his opening address, Hon Malomba Esembe, President of the Parliamentary Network on Road Safety saluted the esteemed collaboration between law makers and the government bench which he described as formidable. On the worrisome situation of road ac

Hon Agho Oliver and Tubah Mayor Hon. Agho Oliver, Member of Parliament for Tubah/Bafut, this Thursday morning made an on-the-spot visit and assessment of the distruction caused by the unfortunate sink caused by the heavy rains of yesterday, and that led to the obstruction of traffic and destruction of property. The Hon. MP was satisfied that all was quickly put in place for traffic to resume and that the local company charged with the road works was putting all in place to see to it that all ends well. Hon. Agho Oliver was however disappointed that the local contractor carrying the repair/reconstruction works has so far been high handed and not cooperating with local authorities of Tubah. He was concerned about reports presented to him by Tubah Council authorities that since the contractor started work, he has refused to collaborate with Tubah Council authorities. It was further revealed that the road sink could have been avoided if the contractor did not, in the course of opening up t

Colonel Matiang Charles Alain, commander of the 51st motorized infantry brigade has disclosed that 12 separatist fighters have neutralised, several camps destroyed and locally fabricated weapons retrieved in Bui Division by forces of law and order during an operation dubbed "Operation Bui 1". The information was disclosed to Brigadier General Nka Valere, commander of the 5th Joint military region and other military officials during a visit to Kumbo to evaluate the 8-days operation. The operation which lasted for 8-days saw the military destroying camps in Yelum, Verkovi, Tatum, Nkor and Kumbo. "General Asan" was also neutralised, others injured during the operation. During the process, a weapon manufacturing camp and a training camp was destroyed by the military and several locally fabricated weapons recovered. Speaking during the evaluation in Kumbo, Tuesday March 2, 2021, Brigadier General Nka Valere saluted the defense and security forces for their resilience in

Colonel Boum Bissoue, Regional Delegate, freed captives and families. The two students and other freed captives  from the Ntankah Military raid of Saturday, February 6th 2021,  were this afternoon handed over to their respective families, by the commander of the North West Gendermarie Region, Colonel Boum Bissoue. These families couldn't hide their joy, for getting back theirs in one piece. This was done in the presence of the Principal of the school the students attend and the Regional Delegate of secondary Education for the North West, Mr Ngwang Roland. The families thanked the military for the great job well done and promised their unflinching collaboration and  support behind the military to crack down terrorist activities in the region. The freed  hostages reunited with their families after a night full of torture and beating, spent in a seperatist camp at Ntankah.  Father of the freed Students In his word to the press, the father of the two freed students, Genney and Gerald 

A mix detachment of defense and security forces made up of the army, gendarmes and the police carried out military raid at a seperatist camp in Ntankah, Mankon. An operation in which  4 seperatist fighters were neutralized, 4 others captured  and some 4 hostages freed from captivity. The freed hostages comprised of 2 students, and 2 men who all acknowledged the timely intervention of the military on Saturday February 6th 2021. One of these hostages was hit by a stray bullet but is fast responding to treatment at the hospital. This happened  in the early hours of February, 6th 2020, where the defense and security forces hit unannounced.  For the balance sheet, the operation harvested 2 Ak47,  6 automatic rifles, 4 pistols, artisanal guns, canons, gun powder, phones, fetish items, marijuana, IEDs  and other items have been seized by the military. General Nka Valere holding one of the seized automatic rifles Genney and Gerald, students of G.B.H.S Bayelle explained how they got captured: