By IKOME CHRISTIE-NOELLA EPOSI
The Minister of Territorial Administration says government plans to intensify the distribution of humanitarian aid to displaced persons caused by the ongoing socio-political crisis in the North West and South West Regions.
Minister Paul Atanga Nji was speaking Friday, November 1, 2019, as he chaired a high level security evaluation meeting in Buea, on high instructions from the Head of State, Paul Biya.
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To the Minister, calm and serenity is gradually returning to the South West Region: “Calm is slowly returning to the Region. The population are returning to their homes while equally going about and carrying out their daily activities. In the coming week, the government plans to intensify the distribution of humanitarian relief aid to all the subdivisions of the Region,” Minister Atanga Nji noted
The Minister called on administrators in the Region to work with ELECAM officials in making sure they identify various challenges and address them as elections loom. According to him, they (administrators) have to be vigilant as elections could be convened at any time.
The country is scheduled to head to the pools in February 2020 in earnest, for the Municipal and Parliamentary elections, two elections which will be very pivotal as the ruling CPDM looks to strengthen its grip in the councils and Parliament. It will be equally a test for a party and leader who has been in power for decades now, and who equally won another seven year mandate in 2018.
Speaking on the Major National Dialogue, aimed at bringing solutions to the crisis, Minister Atanga Nji indicated that the dialogue was a huge success.