The
160 Million worth “Ngong Project” for the Training of Bambui Vulnerable Farmers
for Tomorrow Launched at Last
By
the Governor of the North West Region and constituted corp, before the British
High commissioner represented and the director\founder of reignite action for
development NGO Dr Mariana Matoso on the 27th of October 2015 at the
National Polytechnic Agricultural training centre in pomp and fanfare.
The 100s of million
project worth happens to be the biggest Grass root community based expert
training and skills impartation project financed by, or given to local
communities by the UK government for the training of over 680 farmers and most
especially the vulnerable and the most disabled sets in the Tubah Community.
The project lottery funded by the UK government through her prestigious funding
body after thorough examination of the “NGONG” community training project aimed
at training Bambui farmers of tomorrow to meet the expectations of changing
farming needs in the phase of evolution will run for two years. This projects
which is also there to improve the livelihood of these underprivileged, will go
a long way to improve standards, mechanize agriculture, vulgarize farming,
process perishable food stuffs, produce storage mechanism to conserve harvests,
improve yields and meet the needs of increasing mouths to feed with the advent
of the University of Bamenda and the Population explosion in the North West
Region of Cameroon. Reignite action for Development who since 2011 open
research in the Tubah Community of the North West Region shall be the project
executors with other North West grass root development authorities like
GP-DERUDEP, IRAD, with facilitators from IRAD and National Polytechnic Bamenda
etc. since conception, feasibility studies and project mounting was done by
them and submitted as a proposal which was later funded by the Big Lottery Fund
program. They shall from time to time render account to the UK government since
Big lottery funds are British people’s tax payers monies allocated to help
needy communities in developing countries.
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