Moma Sandrine in Bamenda
Minister Atanga Nji Paul has congratulated the Governor of the North West Region for his efforts towards managing the crisis plaguing the region. He was speaking after a closed door meeting with the Governor and other administrative authorities of the North West region that held at the conference hall of the Governor’s office on Friday March 16.
Minister of territorial administration
While speaking to the press after the meeting, minister Atanga Nji said the Head of State has been able to meet up with a greater proportion of the teachers and Lawyers demands “All the worries that started from the lawyers and teachers, we can tell you with confidence that the Head of State has resolved more than 90% of those problems and he has gone above, even giving the lawyers and the teachers what they did not ask for” Minister Atanga said.
Being his first official visit to the North West region after his appointment as minister of Territorial Administration, Minister Atanga Nji said his mission is that of dialogue
“His Excellency President Paul Biya has asked us to dialogue with the people to have all their worries and send it to him”.
Being the head of MINAT, he believes getting to meet the people and know their worries is a step towards achieving a desired result. After the meeting, the minister later paid a visit to Batibo sub-division one of the towns most hit by the crisis. This was in a bid to know exactly the happenings there so as to report to the Head of State.
Minister Atanga Nji, 58, was appointed Minister of Territorial Administration during Biya’s March 2 cabinet reshuffle. His appointment into government got an array of mixed reactions from the Anglophone community due to his early stance on the Anglophone crisis.
The minister during a panel discussion on state tv had categorically denied the existence of an Anglophone problem in Cameron.