Comment Le Président Paul Biya Tricheurs Les Anglophones Dans Les Nominations Gouvernementales Haut Des Ministres, Ministre Délégués, Les Secrétaires d'État Et Secrétaires Généraux/How President Paul BIYA Cheats Anglophones In Top Government Appointments Of Ministers, Minister Delegates, Secretaries of State and Secretary Generals

H. E. Paul BIYA

  1.   Prime Minister, Head of Government:                   Mr. Philemon Yang (Anglophone)

2.   Director of Prime Minister’s Cabinet:                    M. GHOGOMU Paul MINGO (Anglophone)

3.   Secretary General Prime Minister Cabinet:         Mr. Louis Paul MOTAZE (Francophone)      

4.   Vice Prime Minister, Minister Delegate at the Presidency in Charge of Relations with Parliament:

Mr. AMADOU ALI (Francophone)                   

5.   Ministers in Charge of Special Duties at the Presidency:

Mr. Paul ATANGA NJI (Anglophone)

Mr. Victor Arrey MENGOT NKONGHO (Anglophone)

Mr. HAMADOU MOUSTAPHA (Francophone)

Mr. Philippe MBARGA MBOA (Francophone) 

6.   Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation

Mr. Rene SADI (Francophone)

7.   Minister Delegate in charge of collective territorial decentralization

Mr. Jules Doret NDONGO (Francophone)

8.   Secretary General                                                       Mr. ESSOMBA Pierre (Francophone)

9.   Minister of Social Affairs                                           Mme Catherine BAKANG MBOCK (Francophone)

10.    Secretary General                                                    Mme ABOUTOU Rosalie (Francophone)

11.    Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development: Mr. Emmanuel ESSIMI MENYE (Francophone)

12.    Minister Delegate in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Mme Clémentine ANANGA MESSINA (Francophone)

13.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. EKO’O AKOUAFANE Jean Claude (Francophone)

14.    Minister of Arts and Culture                                   Mme AMA TUTU MUNA (Anglophone)

15.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. Mouhtar OUSMANE (Francophone)

16.    Minister of Commerce                                            Mr. Luc Magloire MBARGA ATANGANA(Francophone)

17.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. HAMAN OUMAR (Francophone)

18.    Minister of Communication                                    Mr. ISSA TCHIROMA BAKARY (Francophone)

19.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. NJERE, Emmanuel (Anglophone)

20.    Minister of Supreme State Control                      Mr. EYEBE AYISSI Henri (Francophone)

21.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. Paul Emmanuel TONYE (Anglophone)

22.    Ministry of Defence: Minister Delegate              Mr. Edgar Alain MEBE NGO’O (Francophone)

23.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. HAMADOU VINDJEDOU (Francophone)

24.    Secretary of State National Gendarmerie          Mr. Jean Baptiste BOKAM (Francophone)

25.    Secretary of State in Charge of War Victims  Mr. KOUMPA ISSA (Francophone)

26.    Minister of State Property and Land Tenure      Mme KOUNG à BESSIKE Jacqueline (Francophone)

27.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. NASAKO Fritz Gérald (Francophone)

28.    Minister of Water and Energy                                Mr. Basile ATANGANA KOUNA (Francophone)

29.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. Manaouda MALACKI (Francophone)

30.    Minister of Higher Education                                 Mr. Jacques FAME NDONGO(Francophone)

31.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. NGOMO Horace MANGA (Francophone)

32.    Minister of Economy, Planning and Urban Development

Mr. Emmanuel NGANOU DJOUMESSI (Francophone)

33.    Minister Delegate                                                     Mr. Yaouba ABDOULAYE (Francophone)

34.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. EDOA Gilbert Didier (Francophone)

35.    Minister of Basic Education                                   Mme YOUSSOUF ADOUM ALIM (Francophone)

36.    Secretary of State                                                    Mr. Benoît NDONG SOUMHET (Francophone)

37.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. Ivo TAMBO LEKE (Anglophone)

38.    Minister of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Dr. TAIGA (Francophone)

39.    Secretary General                                                    Mme OULI NDONGO Monique (Francophone)

40.    Minister of Employment and Vocational Training Mr. Zacharie PEREVET (Francophone)

41.    Secretary General                                                     Mme Jeanne Aimée NGOBO EKOTTO (Francophone)

42.    Minister of Secondary Education                         Mr. Louis BAPES BAPES (Francophone)

43.    Secretary of State                                                    Mr. MOUNOUNA FOUTSOU (Francophone)

44.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. POUGOUE Gérard (Francophone)

45.    Minister of Environment and Nature Protection Mr. Pierre HELE (Francophone)

46.    Minister Delegate                                                     Mr. NANA ABOUBAKAR DJALLOH (Francophone)

47.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. AKWA Patrick KUM BONG (Anglophone)

48.    Minister of Finance                                                   Mr. Alamine OUSMANE MEY (Francophone)

49.    Minister Delegate                                                     Mr. Pierre TITTI (Francophone)

50.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. Urbain Noël EBANG MVE (Francophone)

51.    Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform Mr. Ange Michel ANGOUIN (Francophone)

52.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. Pierre Vincent NGAMBO FONDJO (Francophone)

53.    Minister of Forestry and Wild Life                         Mr. Philip NGOLE NGWESE (Anglophone)

54.    Secretary of State                                                    Mme KOULSOUMI ALHAJI (Francophone)

55.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. Denis KOULAGNA KOUTOU (Francophone)

56.    Minister of Housing and Urban Development Mr. Jean Claude MBWENTCHOU (Francophone)

57.    Secretary of State                                                    Mme Marie Rose DIBONG née BIYONG (Francophone)

58.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. AHMADOU SARDAOUNA (Francophone)

59.    Minister of Youth and Civic Education                Mr. BIDOUNG KPWATT Ismael (Francophone)

60.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. YERIMA Joseph (Anglophone)

61.    Minister of Justice                                                    Mr. Laurent Esso (Francophone)

62.    Minister Delegate                                                     Mr. Jean Pierre FOGUI (Francophone)

63.    Secretary of State in charge of Penitentiary Mr. DOH Jerome PENBAGA (Anglophone)

64.    Minister of Mines and Industrial Development Mr. Emmanuel BONDE (Francophone)

65.    Secretary of State                                                    Mr. FUH Calistus GENTRY (Anglophone)

66.    Minister of Small and Medium Size Enterprises Mr. Laurent ETOUNDI NGOA (Francophone)

67.    Secretary General                                                    Mme NSEKE Marie–Louise (Francophone)

68.    Minister of Post and Telecommunication Mr. Jean Pierre BIYITI BI ESSAM (Francophone)

69.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. NDJODOM Armand (Francophone)

70.    Minister of Women Empowerment and the Family Mme ABENA ONDOA Marie Therese (Francophone)

71.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. MOUSSA Aoudou (Francophone)

72.    Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation Mme Madeleine TCHUINTE (Francophone)

73.    Secretary General                                                    Mme EBELLE ETAME Rebecca (Anglophone)

74.    Minister of External Relations                               Mr. Pierre MOUKOKO MBONJO (Francophone)

75.    Minister Delegate in charge of relations with the common wealth Mr. Joseph Dion NGUTE (Anglophone)

76.    Minister Delegate in charge of relations with the Islamic World Mr. ADOUM GARGOUM (Francophone)

77.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. MBAYU Felix (Anglophone)

78.    Minister of Public Health                                         Mr. Andre MAMA FOUDA (Francophone)

79.    Secretary of State in charge of the fight against epidemics and pandemics

Mr. HAYATOU ALIM (Francophone)

80.    Secretary General                                                    Mme KOULA, née SHIRO Sinata (Francophone)

81.    Minister of Sports and Physical Education Mr. ADOUM GAROUA (Francophone)

82.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. WONYU Emmanuel (Anglophone)

83.    Minister of Tourism and Leisure                           Mr. BELLO BOUBA MAïGARI (Francophone)

84.    Secretary General                                                    Mme NGOMO Angeline Florence (Francophone)

85.    Minister of Transport                                               Mr. NKILI Robert (Francophone)

86.    Minister Delegate                                                     Mr. MEFIRO OUMAROU (Francophone)

87.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. SOH Jean–Pierre (Francophone)

88.    Minister of Labour and Social Security               Mr. Grégoire OWONA (Francophone)          

89.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. Jean Baptiste BASKOUDA (Francophone)

90.    Minister of Public Works                                         Mr. Patrice AMBA SALLA (Francophone)

91.    Secretary of State in charge of roads                 Mr. Hans NYETAM NYETAM (Francophone)

92.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. ZO’O ZAME Philémon (Francophone)

93.    Minister of Public Contracts                                  Mr. ABBA SADOU (Francophone)

94.    Secretary General                                                    Mr. TCHOFFO Jean (Francophone)

95.    Projected Minister of Youths, Civic & ICT Education Mr. Cornelius TFURNDABI TAWONG (Anglophone)

Out of ninety seven (97) Ministers, Minister Delegates, Secretaries of State and Secretary Generals there are seventy nine (79) Francophones and eighteen (18) Anglophones. Considering that Anglophones are made up of two regions and Francophones eight the normal fair distribution for Anglophones and Francophones should be as follows;

Anglophones = 2/10x97= 19.4 appro. =20 positions (2/10x97)

Francophones =8/10x97 = 77.6 =appro. =70 positions (8/10x97)

Therefore Anglophones are cheated of two top positions in the present government. Going by the two state federation which the Social Democratic Front (SDF) publicize could solve the anglophone marginalisation, the Anglophones are cheated of thirty (31) positions in the present government which accounts for their marginalization.

Analysis: Coni T. Tawong

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Why it is misleading to say that there was no legal Reunification.

Dr. Nfor N. Susungi

By Dr. Nfor N Susungi

1.   My attention was drawn to a recent interview by Hon. Ayah Paul Abine in which he stated that “there was no legal document on reunification”.  This was further stated on his Facebook page.  I am prompted to react because Hon Ayah Paul lends to this statement his status of a man of law.  Any kind of clarification on reunification must be based on a dispassionate review of the facts (in the legal sense of the word). What are the facts as we know them?

2.   The starting point for discovering what really happened on October 1, 1961 is to look at a document which was signed in Yaoundé by President Ahidjo and Prime Minister John Ngu Foncha on 14.10.60 innocuously entitled:  Joint Communique.  In this document, the Cameroun Republic, represented by President Ahmadou Ahidjo and Prime Minister Charles Assale and the British Southern Cameroons represented by John Ngu Foncha agreed on the terms and conditions for merging the two territories to form a federal union, in the event that the people of the British Southern Cameroons vote in favor of joining the Cameroun Republic in the UN plebiscite that was scheduled for February 11, 1961.

3.   The term Joint Communique was a misnomer because, in reality, it was an agreement between two sovereign states as attested by signatories to the document.

4.   The key question is whether the Joint Communique which Ahidjo, Assale and Foncha signed in Yaoundé on 14th October 1960 can be construed as a legally binding union agreement between the British Southern Cameroons and the French Cameroun Republic.  The simple answer is that it was not intended to be that.  It is now clear that it was merely a conditionalagreement which would only become operable in the event that the people of the British Southern Cameroons voted for the 2nd option in the plebiscite of 11th February 1961.  If the people had voted for the 1st option of integration into the Nigerian Federation, the Joint Memorandum would automatically become useless.

5.   We are told elsewhere that Foncha was keen on concluding a deal with Ahidjo simply because he needed a document which he can show the British Government during a future Conference in the UK that he was serious about pursuing the 2nd option with Ahidjo.

6.   Foncha and the KNDP never really wanted to join Cameroun Republic.  According to classified documents, it is Dr. Endeley who insisted that the 2nd option should be to join Cameroun Republic because he thought that the prospect would frighten people to vote to remain in Nigeria.  Foncha’s party wanted total independence as the 2nd option; but this option was ruled out at the UN in 1959 when John Ngu Foncha, N.N Mbile, and Ndeh Ntumazah all testified before the UN 4th Committee in October 1959 that the British Southern Cameroons could not stand on its own.

7.   The first problem with the Yaoundé Agreement (Joint Communique) was that although it was conditional on the outcome of the 11th February vote, it was nonetheless a document binding two states separated by internationally recognized borders.  That automatically gave it the character of a treaty.    However, the document was legally flawed because the Southern Cameroons government could not enter into such a “treaty” with a sovereign state (Cameroun Republic) without the authority of the UK, the Administering Authority.  But once it was signed by Foncha against Ahidjo, who was the President of a sovereign state, it became difficult to rectify the mistake.  It was not Ahidjo’s business to know whether Foncha had the power to sign “for and on behalf of the government of the Southern Cameroons” or not.

8.   The second problem with the Yaoundé Agreement was that it spelled out the final boundaries of the federal union between the British Southern Cameroons and the French Cameroun Republic, even though the Opposition parties had not been involved in its negotiation.  This was a violation of the guidelines which the British Ambassador stated to Ahidjo and Foncha during the first meeting held in Buea from 15-17 July 1960 in which he made it clear that theOpposition (CPNC) should be involved in final negotiations with the Cameroun Republic and final negotiations should be done between Her Majesty’s Government and the Cameroun Republic.