Buea: CPDM supporters invite Biya eleven years after last visit
By Nchendzengang Tatah
Members of the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, CPDM Fako 3 section – Buea, made calls for the party chair, President Paul Biya to visit the town eleven years after he last did.
They sounded their invitation loudly at the ceremonial ground marking the 40th anniversary of the CPDM. The militants through the WCPDM section president, Dr Regina Wotani, begged Biya to launch his 2025 presidential election campaigns in Buea, the chief town of the South West region.
The last time Paul Biya visited Buea was during the 50th anniversary of Cameroon’s reunification. That was held in February 2014. Ever since then, the town has been abandoned with little or no maintenance of major infrastructures.
The Tiko-Mutengene stretch leading to Buea and going through to Kumba is riddled with potholes. Huge heaps of waste can also be spotted around the town, which largely suffers from irregular electricity and water supply.
CPDM 40th anniversary
The event had as special guest the Permanent Divisional Delegation (PDD) head of the CPDM central committee for Fako, who is Minister of Secondary Education, Prof. Nalova Lyonga. She was accompanied by the South West Governor, Okalia Bilai.
The party fabric-colored event served as a platform for members and sympathisers of the political outfit to name and praise what they said were the achievements of the CPDM through the Biya led government.
Prof. Nalova said the Biya years on the platform of the CPDM had been transformative in the secondary education sector which she heads. From less than 10 secondary institutions forty years ago, she counted 46 institutions under her ministry now operating in the Fako division. These are 31 grammar schools, 13 technical schools and 2 teacher training colleges. “Our president may be old in years, but not old in ideas”, she asserted.
Local party bigwigs on behalf of the section called for more Biya years. They made appeals for Paul Biya, 92, to stand in as their presidential candidate in October polls.
