North West Regional Assembly Media

The Commander of the 5th Joint Military Region, Brigadier General Nka Valère presided over the graduation ceremony of some 40 combined Defense and Security Forces (Army, Gendarme and Police) who completed a three-week indepth training on Improvised Explosive Devices' (IEDs) detection. The graduation ceremony took place on Friday,  April 08,  2022 at the Up station, Bamenda Headquarters of the 5th Joint Military Region. Speaking during the event,  Gen. Nka divulged that a spiral of targeted attacks on the defense and security forces as well as on civilians in 2021 necessitated the first training in June 2021 which saw an earlier graduation of 30 trainees whose results have been palpable on the field. "For the past 06 months, they have been capable of detecting and detonating over 90% of IEDs laid in ambush for the defense and security forces as well as the population in North West Region." This he stated, on April 08, 2022 while graduati

Wilfred Wambeng Ndong, RD Basic Education The Regional Delegate of Basic Education for the North West, Wilfred Wambeng Ndong has intimated that priority projects for the delegation for the year 2022 will be reconstruction of schools destroyed during the socio-political crisis within North West region.  He made the revelation at the Bamenda MINEPAT Conference Hall on March 16, 2022 during the MINEDUB North West budget launch for the year 2022.  The MINEDUB boss regretted the fact that some persons have decided to turn schools which used to be a citadel of learning for our children into separatist camps. "Some schools have been turned to secessionist camps”, he lamented. Secretary General, NW Governor's office While launching the budget, the Governor’s Representative, Viang Mekala who doubles as the Secretary General at North West Governor’s office urged the various stakeholders to ensure that they evaluate the previous year’s budget execution so as to know where to ameliorate i

Dr Kingsley Che Soh, Regional Delegate Public Health The North West Regional Delegation of Public Health under the aegis of Dr Che Kingsley Soh, the Regional Delegate of Public Health, North West has revealed a series of strategies to scale down COVID-19 infection and spread within North West Region to zero.  This was during the Regional Launch of the fourth round COVID-19 vaccination campaign held at the Esplanade of the North West Governor’s Office on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Dignitaries present at the Launch Targeting 16000 jabs between March 16, 2022 and March 20, 2022, when the vaccination campaign will end, Dr Che Soh intimated that provisions have been made for the various vaccines to be administered in the following places: health centres within the various health districts, the Bamenda Regional Hospital, Regional delegations and other institutions ranking as such, churches, markets, palaces and other public places within the region.  Accor

Minister Manaouda giving his inaugural address The Minister of Public Health, Dr Manaouda Malachie, yesterday Friday, February 25, 2022 inaugurated the Bamenda Regional Hospital's newly acquired CT scan machine of mark, siemens to replace the old one that had gone haywire. The inaugural ceremony took place at the premises of the Regional Hospital, Bamenda, North West Region, in the presence of Governor LeLe Lafrique and other dignitaries  accompanying the Minister. Cutting of the inaugural ribbon by the Minister In his inaugural remark,  Minister Manaouda Malachie commended the tireless efforts of the entire health personnel of the North West Region for recognisable hard work, determination and commitment in the discharge of their duties, regardless of the current socio-political crisis plaguing the region. He affirmed that the Best Performance Award in the whole country recently received by the North West Regional Delegate of Public Health, Dr K

Regional Delegate of Communication giving a welcome address The North West Regional Multisectoral Communication Task Force for the fight against COVID-19 pandemic has fine-tuned  different communication stategies to peck-up COVID -19 jabs right into the rural areas.  This was during a one-day advocacy and capacity building meeting  organised by the Regional Delegation of Communication, North West and sponsored by Breakthrough, Yaounde. The one-day information workshop that held at the Conference Hall of the Regional Delegation of Communication, North West on February 16, 2022 was presided at by the Task Force Chair, Njike Celestine Atadebe who doubles as the Regional Delegate of Communication for the North West. Representative of Plan International giving her input Speaking during the meeting, the Regional Communication Boss intimated that the newly created Communication platform which is multi-sectoral is aimed at using the  various communication Focal point pe

Activities of the office of the Public Independent Conciliator (PIC) for the North West Region have officially kick-started following an inauguration of PIC’s office on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 by the Governor of North West Region, Adolph Lele Lafrique.  The launching ceremony took place at the office premises in Bamenda I,  up-station, North West Region with Governor LeLe Lafrique, the Head of State’s representative cutting the inaugural ribbon.  Governor Lele Lafrique giving his launching remark In his launching remark, the Representative of the State assured North West PIC that, the North West Region is fully behind him to accompany him to fulfill his mission in the Region. He called on the North West population in general and the North West Regional and local councils and those interacting with both the Regional and local councils to make good use of the new office as an additional tool to pacify the region. He finally assured the North West Public Independent conciliator; Mr Ta