– In the ruling party old habits hardly die
– For long names of dead militants especially prominent ones continue to appear on official documents talkless of ailing and bedridden personalities
By Noela EBOB BISONG
The campaign teams of the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement CPDM party, published last September 3, has attracted the attention of not only militants and loyalists of the party but that of all and sundry, with some questioning some of the parameters considered in the building of the teams. For one thing, not only longtime party bigwigs have again taken positions, but some level of fresh blood has been pumped in. However, what has gotten many talking, is the featuring of names of ailing comrades whose main concern is apparently their health conditions and worse still, the enlistment of some who have already journeyed to the world beyond.
A case in point is the enlisting of Prof Ako Edward Oben, as member of the CPDM South West Regional campaign committee. Prof Ako passed on some weeks ago on August 18 and his mortal remains are currently in the mortuary. The scenario has left many in doubt as to the actual strategy of the party, that is, if they are engaging campaigns both in the physical and spiritual realms, or if rather it’s simply a matter of sticking to old habits and not taking note of the state of militants.
With regards to the subdivisional campaign presidents, after being echoed that Section Presidents should not feature as campaign presidents, the case in Fako appears controversial. The status quo has been maintained in Limbe III and Muyuka, where Section Presidents, Mayor Nseke Luma and Hon. Findi Stanley are campaign presidents respectively, but Buea, Limbe I, Limbe II, Tiko and Idenau have seen new faces.
In Limbe I for instance, Limbe City Mayor, Paul Efome steps into the game, which has been described by some observers as a litmus test for him. He has the huge task of uniting a fragmented Limbe I CPDM to bury all hatchets and rally totally behind their champion, Biya. Should Efome succeed in navigating the slippery CPDM Fako IA to harvest a huge victory, in the highly cosmopolitan Limbe I municipality which has a strong opposition following, then the youth will in no small way make his mark, barely few years after assuming the high office as Limbe City boss.
The CPDM South West Regional campaign team is headed by Peter Mafany Musonge.
-October 12 presidential poll: Billionaires lineup behind Biya
Over a hundred heavyweight Cameroonians, drawn mostly within the parastatal and private settings of the country, have lined up behind the candidacy of incumbent president, Paul Biya of the ruling CPDM party. The crack group, drawn from across the country, is now finetuning strategies to give Biya a heavy win come October 12, within their various spheres of command and influence. With power and billions of FCFA at their disposals, the about 140 big names who will be heading campaign teams on the ground, now stand as a major threat to the country’s opposition, still grappling to build a strong force ahead of d-day. The list below tells of what Biya, 92, has at his arsernal:
BABA AHMADOU DANPULO
- EKEN Christophe
- MOHAMADOU FADIL BAYERO
- TALLA NJI Godlove
- MBAYEN René
- NANA BOUBA DJODA
- DJOMGOUE Paul-Eric
- KAMLA Albert
- FOKAM KAMOGNE Paul
- KOUINCHE Albert
- BOUGNE Dieudonné
Mme FOTSO Laure épouse NJITAP
- FEUTHEU Jean-Claude
- FOKOU Bernard
Mme SOHAING Colette
- TAWAMBA Célestin
Mme ELOUMBA MEDJO Thérèse
- ALI BACHIR
- NEOSSI Emmanuel
- ABOUBAKAR AL FATIHI
- MOCTAR HAMADAMA
- YAOUBA BELLO
- BIBEHE Alphonse
- DAHIROU HAMIDOU
- TCHOKOTE Clovis
- MEKULU MVONDO AKAME Alain Noël Olivier
Mme MANZOUA Véronique épouse MOAMPEA MBIO
Mme ACHIDI Judith YAH SUNDAY
- AKOA Philippe Camille
- NGO’O Cyrus
- MBAPPE PENDA Auguste
Mme PUENE Françoise
- CHATUE Emmanuel
- CHE LINIDOLF NDONGYAM
Membres :
- WANTOU SIANTOU Lucien
- ABOUNA Jean-Marie
- CHICK Marcus
- MOH TANGONGHO Sylvester
- TCHOUONGANG Elie Saker
- TIAKO Etienne
- DIMA Gabriel
- MBAKAM CHOUGHA Guillaume
- PEUGOUIA Emmanuel KHOM
- KETCHANGA Célestin
- KONDO EBELLE Gabriel
- NYODOG Perrial Jean
- FONGOD Edwin NUVAGA
Dr. NSANGOU Théodore
- MISSI Jean-Paul
- EVINA OBAM Richard
- NOAH NDONGO Adolphe
- SIMO NJONOU Jean-Paul
Mme ASSOUMOU Paule épse KOKIEDOU ALO’O Cyrille
- MATOYA Clétus
- MELOM Patrice
- MBEMI NYAKGA Victor
- ONANA NKOA Simon Pierre
- NDONGO Charles Pythagorre
- OKIE Johnson NDOH
- OWONA ASSOUMOU Thomas
- NGO Joseph
Mme NNANA Marie-Claire
- DEUGOUE FANSI Paul
- LEH Frederick ACHU
- SOUMBOU ANGOULA Pierre Bertrand
- ELANDI MBARGA Robert Brice
- MENYANGA BITOUMOU Champlain
- MOUSSA Issaïe
- MOTAZE Casimir
- EHOWE MOUSSIMA Emmanuel
- EFOME NGALE LISOMBE MBOLE Paul
Dr. NLEND Emmanuel
- BIKOÏ BINAM BISMACK Thierry Olivier
- DAHIROU SIDI
- NGAPANOU Michel
- NANFACK Alphonse
- ZO’O ZAME Philémon
- MOUTE à BIDIAS Camille
Mme MESSI Marie Rose
- SIMO KAM Rodolphe
- MOUSSA Blaise
- BAYEROU BOUNOU
- AHMADOU SARDAOUNA
- MVONDO Emmanuel Patrick
- MUKETE Colins
Mme FOTSO Kate
- FOYOU Samuel
- MANIMBEN Gabriel
Mme MINKA Colette Jeannine
- NDZENGUE Antoine
- WANDJI Philippe
- NGOUFANG HAPPY
- NGUELA Célestin
- HAMADOU SALI
- LONKEU DJOUBISSI Bienvenu
- NGA KOUMDA Jean-Marie
Mme GONI Madeleine épse WADEFAI
- NZEULIEU Gabriel
- MBONGNING Gabriel
EL HADJ RELOUANATOU
EL HADJ OUMAROU
- TCHAGOUM ONDIGUI Samuel
- HAMADJODA
- INOUSSA ISSA
- YU FENYUY FAI YENGO Emmanuel
- IBRAHIMA DJAOURO DAWA
- MESSI ATANGANA Luc
Dr. MBASSA NDINE Roger Victor
- NZOKI EPOH Fréderic
- TAFAM Roger
- SALI BANINI
- OUSMAÏLA MOHAMADOU
- DIBELE SODEA Jean-Marie
Dr. EDJO’O Daniel
- MEWANU Gregory
- ACHOUBANG Paul
Dr. KAMTO Inès Laure
- PEUGOUIA KHOM
- HAROUNA BAKO
- NZEULIEU Jean-Marie
Dr. MANGA Alexandre
- NKOU Jean Pascal
- BOYOGUENO Serge HervéDr. NTONE NTONE Fritz
- OWOTSOGO ENGUENE Ambroise
Mme CONVERS Michèle
- BIHIYA Junior
- BESSALA NSANA Jean
- OYEBE EMGBANG Francis
- EFFA MESSI Grégoire
- ELLA MBANG Géraldin
- NKOA Pierre Bertrand
- KEGNI KOUT Levis Dieudonné
- BINGONO BINGONO Expédit
Rapporteurs :
- EPASSY DOUMBE Raymond
- MEKONGO Fidèle
- EKOUMOU TSIMI Alexandre
- ATANGANA NDENGUE Christophe
Mme MBALLA Michèle Florence