By Noela EBOB BISONG
Limbe I Council, under the leadership of Pathfinder mayor, Mbwaye Eposi Florence, has lighted up Lower Bosumbo in the Limbe I municipality, bringing smiles to the faces of residents and enforcing security.
Recall that initially, only 10 councils in the South West region were shortlisted to benefit from the pilot Phase of Prolog’s support funds. The Limbe I Council was not among these 10 Councils but suprisingly enough, she is the first council to benefit from Prolog in the entire Republic of Cameroon.
Going by the Regional Coordinator of Prolog for the South West region, Tabe Ako Leo, in a bid to speed up the decentralisation process and to encourage local councils to adhere strictly to the decentralisation process, Prolog had to set a quiz for Councils in the South West Region, which Limbe I Council succeeded to pass with distinction. This permitted the Council to benefit close to FCFA 50 million.
The Mayor of Limbe I Council, Mbwaye Eposi Florence decided to invest the money in two different projects; one of them being the electrification of Lower Bosumbo village with Solar street lights.
The award of the contract went through a bid process and two months after the award, the Mayor and her team have received the project.
Mayor Mbwaye used the ocassion to thank the contractor for executing the work in time. She equally thanked the Divisional Delegate for Water and Energy and the Limbe I Council Engineers for proper follow up of the project, not leaving out the regional coordinator for Prolog for the gift which she termed a “Christmas gift”.
The Mayor was accompanied to the field by the Regional Coordinator of Prolog, the Divisional Delegate of Decentralisation and Local Development, the Divisional Delegate of Water and Energy, the Contractor and Engineers etc.
For his part, the Divisional Delegate for Water and Energy for Fako, Mukete Eric thanked various stakeholders for their collaboration which led to the smooth execution of the project.
Inhabitants of Lower Bosumbo expressed satisfaction for a job well done and thanked Mayor Mbwaye, while asking her to keep up with her good work to other localities in her municipality.