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| Donga Mantung Fons |
The mandate of the executive of North West Fons’ Union (NOWEFU) has
expired. NOWEFU leadership has had five successive Fons from five of the seven
Divisions of the North West Region as its President. Starting first with Fon
Abumbi of Bafut (Mezam), Second with Fon Sehm Mbinglo of Nso (Bui), third with
Fon Chafah XI of Bangolan (Ngoketunjia), fourth with Fon Francis Aneng of
Bafmen (Menchum), and fifth with Fon Senator Teche of Ngye Muwa (Momo), Donga
Mantung is now expected to produce the sixth NOWEFU President.
When President Paul BIYA in 2010 confessed
to the Fons of the North West that when the Senate would be put in place,
NOWEFU leadership would be made Senator and it actually happened, Fon Teche the
then NOWEFU President became Senator, so by this argument, in 2018 a Fon from
Donga Mantung would as well be appointed Senator. It is on record that the
rotatory NOWEFU Presidency has seen the divisions of Mezam, Bui,
Ngoketunjia, Menchum and Momo at the helm. Only Donga Mantung and Boyo are
left. Donga Mantung's time is now to produce the next NOWEFU President. During the voting in November, votes from Momo, where Fon Teche hails, can dictate who become
NOWEFU’S next President and Senator in April 2018. Momo Division is therefore
poised to dictate the pace in November 2015 for NOWEFU Presidency, which undoubtedly is
a Fon from Donga Mantung Division. Since votes from the Fons of Momo will dictate the fon of Binka, Mbot, Tabenken, Kungi, Nkambe, Ndu etc who has backing and blessings Momo Fons would carry the day in November.
Senator Fon
Teche who doubles as senate bureau member said he has already summoned an
executive meeting to hold in Nkambe in two weeks for members to finalise plans
for a hitch-free elective general assembly in November.
He added that
he was personally mobilizing funds to organize the elective assembly that will
cost not less than two million francs. The NOWEFU boss said for the first time,
the elective general assembly will hold in Donga Mantung division. It should be
said that going by the NOWEFU constitution, the next president general should
come from Donga Mantung division.
Reacting to
the development that it was his own secretary general who is pressing for an
elective assembly this March, Fon Teche said he’s being manipulated by a
handful of those he referred to as trouble-makers and power-mongers within the
union.
“Trying to let
the world know that I am hanging on to the NOWEFU leadership is utterly
misleading, smacks of bad faith and is same as giving a dog a bad name in order
to hang it…I am quite aware my mandate at the helm of NOWEFU is over but I need
time and money to ensure a peaceful and successful handover to my successor…”
Asked why he
has for three years during his tenure never summoned a general assembly to
brief members on the financial situation and activities of NOWEFU, Fon Teche
recalled with anger that a planned general assembly in 2013 was punctured by
those he said called themselves Council of Elders who attempted but failed to
pass a no-confidence vote on him.
“I got angry
and decided that I will present my financial records only to the executive. I
felt so betrayed to the point I didn’t have the courage to mobilize funds or
use that which was raised to complete the NOWEFU secretariat project…every
franc I collected for the secretariat project will be accounted for in two
weeks’ time when my executive meets in Nkambe,” Fon Teche said.
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| NOWEFU secretariat |
But Fon Teche
boasted that he has nothing to gain remaining at the helm of NOWEFU for the
next eight months. He, it should be noted, is the only traditional ruler in
Cameroon who is CPDM section president. He is equally a CPDM central committee
member and a bureau member of the senate.
His supporters
within NOWEFU claim the traditional ruler enjoys a lot of favour and admiration
from Yaoundé authorities for ensuring that his Momo II section where he is
president, bought the highest number of CPDM party cards in the North West
region.
