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By Raymond Dingana Cab Drivers in Bamenda, chief town of the North West Region of Cameroon have invited the powers that be to stop military extorting, initiate a Complete Suspension of Taxes, the complete suspension of control of Car Documents by security officials, a reduction in fuel prices among others so that, they can better contribute their own quarter in arresting the situation.  According to Nji Pius, North West Regional president of the National Trade Union of Workers of the Land Transport Sector, SYNESTER, if all these are not taken into consideration, the fight against the deadly COVID 19 by Cab Drivers in Bamenda may just be heading for the rocks. “ We have decided to avoid over loading of our vehicles as a way to limit the spread of the deadly COVID 19 Virus.  From now hence forth, we will be transporting one in front and two behind in order to respect the one meter social distance. This can only be possible if security officers stop extorting monies fro...

By Raymond Dingana The National President of the Presbyterian Education Authority Trade Union-PEATTU, Comrade Afu Stephen has decried what he says is the poor working condition of members of PEATTU who are all workers of the Presbyterian Education Authority. Mr .Afu Stephen was speaking Wednesday March 18, 2020 during a press briefing that held at the conference room of the North West Regional Delegation of Labor and social security. “It is saddening to note that some of the PEA teachers have been working without salaries while others just try to keep their work places afloat . We   note, unfortunately, that some of our members have been abandoned to themselves by the employer, while others have simply been laid off or redeployed elsewhere. This puts PEATTTU in a fix. This is because the silence from the employer could either be a tacit way of saying they have been laid off. We use this opportunity to call on the Presbyterian Education Authority to clarify the situation befo...

By Raymond Dingana The Nigerian union President in Bamenda, Prince Otobong Ituen has appealed to both the presidents of Cameroon and Nigeria to come to the aid of victims of what is now known as Women’s Day bomb attack in Bamenda, chief town of the NWR of Cameroon. He was speaking to DrayInfos Tuesday March 10, 2020 at the secretariat of the Nigerian union in Bamenda. According to Prince Otobong, the victims lost all what they have worked for more than 20years saying the governments of Cameroon and Nigeria should consider given them a helping hand. “I want to appeal to the country of Cameroon and Nigeria to deem it necessary to consider assisting these victims of the fire outbreak triggered by the bomb blast. All what they have worked for, for many years were destroyed. They have taken loans from the banks, and if care is not taken, they can even commit suicide. I belief that, the government of Cameroon and that of Nigeria will deem it necessary to come to the aid of the victi...

By Raymond Dingana Tougher days lie ahead of commercial biker riders who after enjoying a Ten Months period of grace for them to abide by the rules and regulations governing their sector, have still not been able to do so. During a security meeting   that took place at the NW Governor's office, chaired by Territorial Administration Minister,  it was disclosed that, from Tuesday March 17, 2020, commercial bikers still to   undergo the registration process will not be allow to embark on their day to day activities in Bamenda. “   As from Tuesday March 17, 2020, those whose bikes have not been identified and registered will not be allowed to exercise their duties as transporters. We gave them six months to start the identification process, the syndicates pleaded that we give them nine months which was given. Now we are ten months and we have to start the identification process. If they default, the bikes will be confiscated  and kept at the police and ...

By Gweningom Raymond North West Governor, Adolph Lele L’Afrique has challenged Elites of the region to spare no effort in bringing back peace in the region. Lele L’Afrique was speaking a day after a bomb went off killing one soldier and wounding seven others including one civilian at the Bamenda Commercial Avenue Grandstand when women were celebrating the 35 th edition of the International Day of the Woman. On Monday March 09, 2020 after paying a visit to the exact location where the locally made bomb went off around Santa Park, few meters away from the grandstand, Lele L’Afrique challenged Elites of the region to work for peace to return to the region and fight against those he said are fighting for the devil. “I’m asking the Elites, Traditional and Religious leaders and people of all walks of life to mobilize every day to do something towards life coming back to normalcy to the region. I am therefore appealing to the North West population that, they started by troubling the...

By Raymond Dingana The Center For Advocacy In Gender Equality and Action For Development, CAGEAD working in closed collaboration with the International Civil Society Network ICAN has launched a campaign dubbed ; She Stands For Peace#StandWithWomenPeaceBuilders. During the launching that took place at the EPIC Center, Ayaba Street in Bamenda, Thursday March  13, 2020 with several women groups answering present,  Madam Waah Clotilda Andiensa of  CAGEAD  underscored the need for the population to stand by women in their efforts to build peace. “ We call on all stakeholders in the ongoing conflict, religious and traditional authorities and the international community to recognise women as key actors within the civil society family who can lay the foundation of long lasting peace. To stand with Women Peace Builders, we are looking at four different pillars. The first is safety meaning the powers that be should ensure that Women Peace Builders are safe as they go ...

By Raymond Dingana After suffering two heavy attacks by suspected pro independence fighters in Galim, West Region of Cameroon and in Bamenda on the night of Saturday breaking Sunday March 8 th and on Sunday march 8 th 2020 respectively, the government of Cameroon have denounced what it says is the silence of Non-Governmental Organizations and other actors of the international community.This is contained in a communique dated 08 March 2020  signed by Rene Emmanuel Sadi: ''the Cameroon Government denounce the silence of Non-Governmental Organizations and other actors of the international community.  The Government of the Republic calls on the friendly and international partner countries of Cameroon to condemn with equal determination these terrorist attacks against the Cameroonian people. '' Indicated the communique which also   gave a balance sheet of the attacks: “The attacks in Galim left four elements of Cameroon’s defense forces dead, including two Gendar...

By Raymond Dingana Before the Current socio political crisis in the two English Speaking Regions of Cameroon degenerated in to a bloody war, women’s day celebrations were done in pump and pageantry with women in the informal sector added more color to the event. From 2017 till present date, women’s day celebrated every March third has been a shadow of its former self and this has been blamed on the current socio political crisis which has given birth to an unprecedented level of insecurity. On Sunday March 8 th , 2020, a day that saw women observing a minute of silence in honor of women who have died as a result of the socio political crisis, women who answered present at the Bamenda Commercial Avenue Grandstand to partake in the 35 th edition of the International Day of the Woman came under attack when an explosive device said to be a locally made explosive went off few meters away from the grandstand from Santa park causing panic as many could be seen running helter-skelter. ...

By Raymond Dingana If there is a canker warm that has eaten right deep in to the fabrics of the city of Bamenda, that canker warm is insecurity which has paralyzed activities in the city. During the first council session which was dedicated to the putting in place of the various committees that will see in to it that, Bamenda is given a new look, the pioneer City Mayor of Bamenda, Paul Achumbang  said the situation of insecurity and the return to peace will be handled through reconciliation among others. “I was privileged to meet the Arch Bishop of Bamenda and the issue of insecurity was raised. We are going to start first with an approached which has to do with reconciliation, an approach that is Godly, religious, from the moral point of view, and we are going to make it possible for everyone to be everyone’s keeper. In the past years, people have lost loved ones and properties and bitterness has been in the mind of all of us but it doesn’t matter the degree of our bitterne...