Monday, 9 March 2015
Sunday, 8 March 2015
Fanning coup d’états: What The Press Is Saying about Old and Young People In Cameroon
The press in Cameroon is citing old people who still govern
Cameroon and giving their ages. One of such press stated that Cameroon is ruled
by “dead people.” This is an insult. To me this is a lack of information.
Leaders who change the world for the better
Remember it is often said the
foolish man is the one who does not read newspapers and that more stupid is the
one who takes everything from the newspapers to be correct just because it is
written in the newspaper. When people talk of old people ruling Cameroon what
do they mean? Do they know that from 21–65 years anybody is a mature person,
and after 65 years you are an old person? How old is old? When you hear those
guys writing on papers it is because they are suffering from unemployment. What
would have happened if they were all employed and the old men still in their
places in government? The media men fail to know that what we call “leadership
index” comprise the following:
1)
Influence
2)
Integrity
3)
Initiative
4)
Intelligence and interest
Now who are those who have
changed the world for the better? Is it Jean Duvalier of Haiti (less than 50years),
Samuel Doh of Liberia (less than 50years), Joseph Kabila of Democratic Republic
of Congo (less than 50years) etc? Now in the opinion of leadership qualities
that we have given above one need to take into account the following
personalities who were certainly more than 60 years and who are in the interest
of the so called press are “old men”.
In the interest of the world and
the world leadership we take account of Franklin Roosevelt of USA (>65
years), Winston Churchill of UK (>65years), Mao Zi Dong of China
(>65years), Joseph Stalin of Russia builder of the Soviet Union
(>65years), John Paul II of Vatican brought the greatest changes in the
Catholic Church when he was above 70 (>65years), Mahatma Gandhi of India
(>65 years), P. Nehro of India (>65 years), Korak A. of Federal Republic
of West Germany (>65 years), Humphrey Boigney of Ivory Coast (>65 years),
Nelson Mandela of South Africa (>65 years), Joseph Mugabe of Zimbabwe
(>65years), Julius Nyerere of Tanzania (>65years) etc.
Now those guys of the press in
Cameroon have failed to show us and the world that “young people” can change the
world for the better and the world blames them for fanning coup d’états in many
countries but forgetting to know that it is not the age per se but the quality
of leadership or administration that counts.
What happens if the youths in
Cameroon are appointed by old people? Will they reject or accept? The greatest scammers
are the so called youths who have not got enough experience to rule a country. What
the youths in Cameroon ought to press for would have been incorporation into
government at every level so that they can gather enough experience on how to
rule a country.
Instead once they are recruited
into the Police, Gendamerie and so on, they go along the road collecting money
(bribe) in broad day light from drivers, passengers etc. Is it because they are
young or the passengers and drivers are old?
Just imagine how the youths are
dragging the national symbols of Cameroon on the ground. They fly the flag but
refuse to pay taxes. They use the national symbols to steal money through
camouflage. Is it the old people who have sent them to steal and join Boko
Haram? They should talk about employment and leave old people alone because
employment and participation in government are both human rights.
Saturday, 7 March 2015
Money (riches, wealth etc) Money cometh
I prophesy
riches to you in Jesus’ name! Only believe all things are possible. Amen! Do
you believe? If not what do you think bring riches? For the unbelieving what
brings riches is hard work. I used to think like this and I admired the
Bamilike musician’s song titled “la vrai magie
ce le travail” i.e. the true magic is work. A lazy man is very complicated…
My uncle played this song in his car when we travelled most often. I fell in
love with this song and played it often times. I had believed that riches come
as a result of hard work. Now hear what most young English speaking Cameroonians in pidgin will ask one of
theirs who becomes rich. “Your money don came?” if
it is hard work that brings riches I think they would put it this way “Your don work hard soteh
your money came?” but I have never heard the latter. Hard work leads
to success. But when success comes why are these youths only asking “your success
or money don came?” and not “your hard
work don bring your success or money?”
When talking
with a friend he questioned “Coni do you think it is hard work that makes one
rich?” I said yes but doubting my answer. I tried to look at the book of life and what
it says. You see the bible says those who do not work should not eat. Now does God
mean we work or rather work hard just to eat? He did not say it the other way
round thus those who do not work should not be rich. I searched and didn’t see
this one. So we work no matter how hard just to eat? I meditated.
At this
juncture my memory took me back to 1998 when I had my ‘A’ levels and moved to
the city – Douala. I got a job and was working hard but would see my neighbours
and friends idling and most often statements like “your money don came” though
said in another way would come out from their conversations on success and
money. “l’argent, ça
va venir” “ca arrive” etc. This conversation was sparked by the news that the
son of a Minister was first in a competitive entrance examination, he is said
to be twenty five years and owns a company in France. His father uses state
money on him and himself.
Coni Kongkobo
Thursday, 5 March 2015
When top officials of the Biya establishment fraud and rig every public examination in the horizon
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Friends, I am going to be very
deliberate and I will pick and choose my words for reason of clarity, resolve,
mission and purpose. It serves no useful purpose to whine and moan regarding
the solid fact that the following 02 items are related. They have always been
related.
1. When top officials of the Biya
establishment fraud and rig every public examination in the horizon, like the
recent IRIC Entrance, they end up with an overflow of very corrupt graduates -
customs officials, magistrates, tax-collectors,
teachers, diplomats, etc. These people, usually the children and relatives of
the high and mighty in the Biya regime, entered ENAM and the rest of the
professional schools through corruption and fraud, you see. They can only
deploy their thieving practices to the field and thereby eternalize the already
very corrupt Camerounese system.
2.
Anglophone Cameroon (politically correct) to speak of Southern Cameroons has
always been the dumping ground for the surplus children of the corrupt who,
upon graduating from ENAM, etc...are now deployed to practice their corruption
culture the courts ( for example) in anglophone Cameroon where they demand that
anglophone users of these courts must now speak French to suit their whims and
caprices. My point is simple. There is a time to whine and complain and there
is a time to end the nonsense.
By Ntemfack Ofege
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