Minister Confiance Ebune Representing PM Dion Ngute
The All Ndian Conference has closed with both the Elite and local population taking a decision to rally behind the Head of State, through a Son of the Soil, the PM; Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute, to discuss best ways through which Peace can be achieved in Ndian division.
The host, Mayor Samuel Osang of the Mundemba municipality, welcomed all, highlighting the tourism potentials of Ndian such as the Korop National Park, the maritime area of the division, PAMOL and much more.
The Coordinator of the Conference, Chief Fritgerald Nasako stressed on the fact that the conference is far from partisan. Whatever is not right, should be fixed by everyone in Ndian. Everyone has the duty to support the PM who has been holding consultations with the population of the NW/SW to seek a lasting solution to the crisis.
On Friday 22 April 2022, all roads led to Mundemba, seat of the oil rich Ndian division of the South West region of Cameroon, with an agenda dubbed: The All Ndian Conference. The conference from every indication is coming against the backdrop of the ongoing socio-political crisis in the two Englishspeaking regions of Cameroon.
While the crisis is raising its ugly head, sons and daughters of the division have been speaking from a distance whose impact has nothing to ride home as more atrocities are being committed by the perpetrators.
Chiefs and the Population of Ndian Answered Present
The bold and decisive step to rally all living forces of Ndian origin to converge on Mundemba this time around, is a laudable initiative and the initiators must be saluted. The conference is expected to set the course for a return to peace and development to the division.
The gathering has galvanized the sons and daughters of all the clans of Ndian division to work together towards achieving these peace and development by undertaking a diagnosis of the problems and challenges facing the division and propose sustainable solutions.
The engaged sons and daughters of the division, even those in the diaspora who are sympathetic to the Anglophone crisis to see need in ceasing from funding and support for the Anglophone crisis.
Exchanges for a return to peace as well as chart ways for community development and restoration of the economic growth of the division through increased employment of youths, was key on the agenda at the All Ndian Conference.
Once all of these are put in place and fully implemented, socio-economic activities would resume and Ndian division would pick up the steam to be great again.
With the come together, an economic boom is sure to return as the crisis that has greatly affected the socio-economic life of the regions, divisions and subdivisions.
The conference in Ndian, Southwest region of Cameroon, was the first of its kind since the outbreak of the crisis that has left the once bouyant Ndian division into a shadow of itself.
Ndian division is hosting the agro-industrial giant, Pamol Plantations PLC , that greatly contributes to the economic development of Cameroon. The area equally serves as a gateway into the country with a vast maritime border with Nigeria.
As host of Pamol Plantations PLC and serving as a gateway into the country, Ndian division coupled with its rich crude oil Wells, there has been a large scale empowerment of the population in the various economic activities the people engaged in.
Pamol Plantations PLC employs close to 3,000 workers both skilled and unskilled and the remuneration they earn helps sustained their families in various ways. The company produces oil Palm and rubber products that also generate other sectors of the economy in the country which fetch additional income both at home and abroad.
The bilateral and multilateral trade Cameroon engages in with other countries are equally facilitated by the maritime boundary hosted by Ndian division that motivates economic activities and make the area boom. The rich oil resources of the division is a source of revenue and employment. That is why the division had been on the boom before the crisis broke out.
The violence accompanied in the course of the crisis has left the division begging for life support. Pamol Plantations PLC, the trade activities and the exploration of natural resources are almost moribund. The hardworking population of Ndian division has escaped to more safer zones out of the division.
All the economic activities are grounded thereby making living difficult to those left in the division and others who fled the area as they have little or nothing to rely on.
The representative of the PM, Balungeli Confiance Ebune viewed the conference as a new and bright beginning for Ndian, while expressing appreciation to Ndian youths for the initiative of the Conference, he noted that the conference was a true purveyor of the peace and development that all want to see in their division.
He therefore called on individual Ndianites to leave aside their divisions and personal issues to work resolutely for this peace that will enable everyone to access their various villages again. He regretted that the crisis has impacted Ndian so broadly with the closure of schools, impassable roads and more.
The August guest highlighted what the government has done to end the troubles but he equally seized the moment to urge everyone to denounce the evil boys in our forests and their sponsors.
In all, Minister Balungeli, chief of Cabinet at the Prime Minister's Office representing the PM at the conference, challenged Ndian sons and daughters to seize the momentum of the conference to make a difference in a division that has experienced the worst cases of senseless killings.
With the end of the crisis, he related, Ndian's resources will begin to be enjoyed by all and government's plans and programmes for the administrative unit will be actualized. However, the main applause of the key note speech was reserved for the announcement that negotiations are ongoing to determine when work can resume on the Kumba - Ekondo Titi road.
The conference settled for presentations on the empowerment of the youth, women's emancipation, and the need to revamp Ndian's river ports to boost trade with neighbouring Nigeria.
Traditional rulers, MPs, Regional and divisional delegates from Ndian division, développement and the civil society actors answered present to immortalize the event.
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