By a correspondent
The Minister of State Property, Surveys and Land Tenure, Mr. Henri EyebeAyissi, on August 16, 2022 signed a history-making Ministerial Order No 1745 declaring as Public Utility Service works to fix and secure the boundary limits of sites necessary for the development of the Limbe deep seaport activity.
The Limbe Deep Sea Port sites concerned by the Ministerial Order are: Downbeach, Bota, Ngeme, Cape Limboh (Sonara, National Shipyard), Isongo, Idenau and Tiko. These sites are all situated in Fako Division of the South West Region.
Article 7 of Minister Eyebe’s Ministerial Order clearly suspends all land property and real estate transactions as well as the issuance of Building Permits on these chosen sites.
All private property found on these chosen sites will be expropriated and their owners compensated so as to give the new Limbe Deep Sea Port enough land on which to carry out its ports activities.
A Commission presided by the Senior Divisional Officer for Fako will be put in place to define the boundaries of the sites, identify owners, and submit to Minister Eyebe Ayissi who shall prepare files for expropriation and compensation to be signed by the Prime Minister, Head of Government after the visa of the Head of State.
Thus, the Limbe Deep Sea Port is happening. Minister Eyebe’s move confirms the Prime Minister Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute is at The Star Building working on the Limbe Deep Sea Port file.
Six months ago, there was a split between the Douala Port and the Limbe Port with the appointment by the Port Authority of Douala followed by the installation of Limbe-born Dr. Thomas Ndive Molungu as Director Delegate of the transitional administration of the Port Authority of Limbe on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
With Tiko and Idenau in the chart now, The Limbe Deep Seaport would be the biggest Sea Port complex in Cameroon.