By Nchendzengang Tatah
Some workers who identified with one of the opposition candidates in the just-ended presidential elections say they have been arbitrarily dismissed from duty at the Limbe City Council.
A cleaner, Efokoa Thomas, and his wife stated that their six-month work agreement was abruptly cut short on October 29, 2025. Two days after the proclamation of the results, in which incumbent Paul Biya secured an eighth term with 53.66 percent of the total votes, according to the Constitutional Council, though contested by opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary.
Culminating an electoral process that remains contested by opposition leaders due to irregularities. Efokoa’s candidate, Issa Tchiroma, was named the best loser with 35.19 percent.
Efokoa explained that his head of unit, Nako Daniel, informed them of their dismissal from duty for allegiance to a party other than the ruling CPDM, on whose canopy the council authorities earned their mandate.
This in effect undermines the Preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon, which states that, “no person shall be harassed on grounds of his origin, religious, philosophical or political opinion or belief; subject to the respect for public policy.”
The 45-year-old man has worked as a cleaner at the abattoir for the City Council since the renewal of his contract for the third time in June for six months. Efokoa further disclosed that he had not been paid for September or his last work month, October, which ran out before their closure.
These claims were put before the head of the municipal executive, Mayor Paul Efome Ngale, on November 4, 2025. He did not issue any response by the lapse of 24 hours. Other sources in the town, however, admit of punitive actions taken against temporal council workers aligned to the opposition.
It is worth noting that workers of Efokoa’s categories are not issued contracts according to findings, though their services usually run for six months, renewable at the discretion of the authority.
