Mbum People Celebrate Academic Achievements In Bamenda

Mbum Is Looking For Developers And Not Elites

“Mbum has now joined the community of tribes that single families now have three PhD holders with children at the age of 24 years obtaining PhDs a thing we only heard of”. Mr. Bakary David, a Municipal Council at home said at the maiden occasion in Bamenda during which Mbum people converged to congratulate one of theirs Dr. Nfor Emmanuel Nfor. Expressing joy, Mr. Bakary said “Mbum should unite and put politics behind else as he said the peoples of non Mbum Councils in Donga Mantung who have taken sides and united for political gains will benefit more than Mbum people.

Two professors; Ta-Nformi Professor Ndikontar Maurice, Dean of the Faculty of Science UBa, Ta Nformi Professor Isaac Njilah of the University of Yaounde I, Ngenge Alfred Tamfu – a doctoral student and a host of other participants at the occasion rose with pride to heartily congratulate Dr. Nfor Emmanuel for the brilliant academic achievement after a certificate of achievement from Mbum elites was presented to him by Ta-Tamfu Prof. Ndikontar, Dean at UBa and hopefully Dr. Nfor Emmanuel will be joining him in that faculty of the University of Bamenda soon.

News broke out at the occasion about the tarring of the Kumbo–Nkambe stretch of the ring road disclosed to participants by Ta-Nformi Isaac Njilah who travelled far away from Yaounde to take part in the occasion. He said he got the news from the Secretary General, Ministry of Public Works that the memorandum of understanding has been signed already and contract awarded to a Chinese company and in less than three years from now we would travel safely on tarred road to Ndu and Nkambe.

Speaker after speaker at the occasion encouraged Mbum people to lease their guns, raffia bushes, houses etc and send their children to school. One speaker narrated how a person came to look for money at Ndu some years back to go and study how to feed fowls in Nigeria. Pa Ngala and friends laughed and asked whether he did not know that fowls are fed with corn. That was in the past, now if we send our children to school and they study to feed fowls; we will have more eggs than the fowls that were fed with corn.

The participants sounded messages of encouragement to the Mayor of Ndu to come out of the classroom and be Mayor so that they could enjoy him. They appreciated the works so far done by the Mayors and urged them to do more; redouble their efforts collaborate with their councilors, cooperate with their hierarchy and so on in the name of development of the Mbum municipalities. They were equally told and encouraged to consider social utilities such as water supply, schools, agricultural projects like the buying of water pumps, building of fish ponds which would assist farmers keep fish and grow especially vegetables at home in the dry season.

They said they did not understand why in the dry season vegetables should be lacking at home that it was not fair that Mbum people instead go and buy vegetables from Nso at Melim.

It was also added that a project to bottle gas at home was not useful asking councilors and mayors to consider useful projects to their communities, most especially infrastructural projects which will generate income to the local people.

Ta-Nformi Prof Isaac Njilah again disclosed that there are two masters’ degree students and one PhD they sent home who are doing studies to map out Mbumland and make available results of what is inside all of Mbum sub soil. One of the student researchers is doing studies on the coal deposits in Tabenken and the other two will map from Njap through Wat.  He appreciated the support of the Mayors concerned to these studies.

After disclosing that we have a lot in our sub soil he called on foreign investors to come to Donga Mantung Division and invest in industries that can make things like plates, cups, tiles etc whose raw materials are abundant in the Donga Mantung sub soil.

The organizing committee charged Dr. Nfor to take responsibility of such occasions as there are many other Mbum doctoral students undergoing studies who would be defending their thesis soon. A participant brief members about e-Connect and how to register with it and its advantages.

There was much merry making and feasting and the Chairman of the Organizing committee ‘The Teacher’ thanked all present and told Mbum people that when chasing an animal you go across and don’t follow but from behind; encouraging all to go across other areas such that soonest Mbum would be celebrating again. Mr. Karawa Lawrence closed the occasion with prayers in which he called on the Almighty God to give us Mbum people who would study and use their studies to develop Mbumland and for a safe and journey mercies to the participants.