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| H.E. Peter AGBOR TABI |
Leadership is a matter of
generation. This implies that people of a particular generation have the same
challenges and thus reason alike as they seek solutions to these challenges.
But this in itself does not imply that peers and contemporaries reason together
on the same wave length or have the same abilities to seek for solutions to
their challenges. Even identical twins may not have the same abilities. Thus in
every generation, there are role models who are people of exceptional abilities
and charisma. These role models are the spice of each generation as they
continuously seek to improve the lives of their generation through their God
given talents. And they do whatever thing they have to do with total
selflessness, patriotism and the love for mankind and the Almighty creator.
The very essence of the life of a
role model is to set the pace for others to follow. Not that others must
follow, but that every generation must chart a path that history has to record.
And history is full up of martyrs who did whatever took them to the pedestal of
martyrdom not for self aggrandizement but because they were convinced that
their actions were the best and the right ones at that moment. They were the
type of people who made things happen to them and others and not the category
of people who sit with arms folded, waiting for manna from Heaven. And if these
pacesetters did not exist, life would have been boredom as people who resigned
their fate to nature.
Fortunately, society is evolving.
The change in modern society is not an accident but a fruit of continuous
efforts by some particular people in various walks of life to push mankind
ahead. These people in their diverse domains may contribute only minutely but
their overall effects put together are marvelous.
Cameroon
has been variously described as Africa in
miniature. There is no exaggeration in that description. Those who coined that
description where in effect describing the physical features of Cameroon (geographical
location), they were absolutely right in many other aspects without knowing it.
Actually Cameroon
encompasses everything in Africa. This has not
been an accident either. It comes up with the fruit of a collective effort of
Cameroonians to come up with the positive image. And of those role models that have
help in shaping in their own small way the positive image of Cameroon are Prof.
Peter Agbor Tabi, a renowned University Don and Mbanwi Philip Njeko, a refined
educationalist. Meet them.
Politics is often described as a
dirty game and politicians as people with no consciences. This has been so
because some politicians have transformed politics into a war, with vicious and
deeds akin to a fight between bulls that only ends with the death of one of
them. These unscrupulous politicians have given politics a bad name. Fortunately,
there is s breed of politicians that understand the art of politics. Prof.
Peter Agbor Tabi belongs to the breed of politicians who play the game of
politics with a human touch. To him, politics is a game of numbers and interest
played by human beings for the benefit of the population. It is for this reason
that Prof. Peter Agbor Tabi has always been hailed even by his political
adversaries, because he harbours no resentment about his political rivals,
instead he does his best to convince his political adversaries to become his
political allies.
Prof. Peter Agbor Tabi is a staunch
militant of the ruling CPDM party. He is a mature politician with an unparallel
sense of direction. Manyu division was hitherto a bastion of the opposition SDF
party to a greater extent and the SCNC to s lesser extent. Prof. Peter Agbor
Tabi entered the scene and through his tact turned the tables and delivered
Manyu Division to the ruling CPDM. His popularly in Manyu Division in popularity
and Cameroon in general is untrained. He has garnered traditional as well as
intellectual titles within Manyu through his ability to deliver what he
indulges in to wit, Prof Peter Agbor Tabi is a political strategist. But unlike
other political strategists who often use underhand methods to coerce voters
and shout out unfulfilled political promises, Prof Agbor Tabi is a pragmatic
politician. He is a supporter of the
policies of President Paul Biya and the ideology of peace, unity and progress
of the ruling CPDM party. As a politician he fervently believes that CPDM is a
big enough umbrella to accommodate all Cameroonians and has been urging his
kith and kin to stop standing in the rains of the opposition and seek the
comfortable shelter of the CPDM. Prof
Peter Agbor Tabi is a genius. He is foresighted, visionary firm in action and
above all very focused. He is a man with a golden touch to al problems. In
fact, every obstacle crumbles like a pact of cards with the flair and touch of
Prof Peter Agbor Tabi. His educational background and his humble beginnings in
administration tutored him in the arts of governance. His experiences are
veritable assets to Cameroon. He is an intellectual par excellence. After a meteoric
educational race, he started parading the corridors of Mme Dorothy Njeuma when
she was Vice Minister of National Education. His exceptional abilities and
flair for excellence attracted the attention of the powers that be. He was
appointed Director of IRIC. Here he showed his managerial skills and zeal for
better reforms as he modernized IRIC to reflect its international standard as a
reference institution. And when he had put IRIC on the rails, he was appointed
as Chancellor of the Yaoundé University. His appointment came at a time when
the government was almost confused on what to do with the rising population of
the Yaoundé University and how to feed and accommodate the students. Pro Agbor
Tabi was the magic wand. He instituted the University Reforms that are being
hailed today as the landmark decision that has shaped university education in
Cameroon. After setting the records straight in the University of Yaoundé, Prof
Agbor Tabi was given the onus to restructure the Ministry of Higher Education.
And he did it successfully as he stamped out corruptions under his tutelage. It
is on records today that is was during his reign that children of peasants
enter ENS, as he stamped out bribery and corruption that favoured only rich
children.
Coming Up Next! Hon. AYAH Paul ABINE
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