Communiqué by NW Elite, Senators and Members of the National
Assembly calling for Peace and Resumption of Schools in the NW Region
Mindful of government resolve to give commensurate attention to
teachers’ and lawyers’ grievances through constructive dialogue as testified by
the Head of State, sending the Prime Minister, Head of Government to dialogue
with Teachers, Lawyers, and Civil Society in Bamenda on 25th and 26th
November 2016,
Mindful of the first meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee presided
over by the Minister of Higher Education to look into teachers’ grievances at
the end of which a comprehensive recommendation arrived at was submitted for
consideration by Government,
Mindful of the special meeting chaired by the Minister of State, Minister
of Justice and Keeper of the Seals to examine and dialogue with Members of the
Bar Council that was held on Tuesday, 22nd November 2016 to seek solutions to
Anglophone Lawyers’ grievances,
As concerns Anglophone Lawyers’ grievances;
1. Considering the formal handing over to Cameroon Government of the
English text of the OHADA Uniform Act which was subsequently handed
over to the Bar Council President in both hard and electronic versions, and
posted on the websites of the Ministry of Justice and Bar Council,
2. Considering the imminent holding of the Stakeholders Meeting (Etat
Generaux) of the Justice sector as requested by the Head of State, a forum in
which the other grievances of Anglophone lawyers will be detailly examined
by an Ad hoc Committee and resolutions thereof submitted for consideration
by the Head of State, guarantor of our judicial system,
3. Considering the opening of judicial investigations by the Attorney Generals
in NW and SW regions on allegations of molestation, brutality, seizure of
wigs and other acts against lawyers in Bamenda and Buea which will permit
the appropriate sanctioning of authorities guilty of acts of violence in
consonance with the laws in force.
As concerns Teachers’ grievances;
1. Considering the creation, organisation and functioning of the ad hoc inter-
ministerial committee tasked with examining and proposing solutions to the concerns raised by Anglophones teachers’ trade unions in the format
requested by the leaders themselves in their 8-point resolution submitted to
the Prime Minister, Head of Government following the meeting of 26th
November 2016 in Bamenda. And trusting that the resolutions accruing from
the deliberations of the committee shall be submitted directly to the Prime
Minister, Head of Government and all pertinent recommendations shall be
examined by Government to improve the Anglophone subsystem of
education,
2. Conscious of the allocation of a sum of 2 billion (2,000,000,000) Francs
CFA by the Head of State as special subsidy to lay private and
denominational schools which will help alleviate the burden of cost in
running these schools.
3. Cognisant of the special recruitment of 1000 bilingual technical school
teachers to address the problem of shortage of teachers especially in
Anglophone Technical schools and colleges,
4. Considering that on the instruction of the Head of State, formal judicial
enquiry has been opened by the Attorney Generals in the Southwest and
Northwest Regions on alleged violence on students in Bamenda and Buea
and trusting that at the end of the on-going investigations appropriate
measures shall be taken in accordance with the laws in force,
5. Considering that the boycott of schools and classes by teachers is penalising
our children some of whom have to sit for official national and international
examinations with other children and pupils who are regularly going to
school unperturbed thereby jeopardizing the future of our children,
6. Convinced that the eventual resolution of all pertinent grievances by
government cannot bring back the immense consequences on the children
and universities due to the time lost,
7. Trusting that government has in the past listened to problems of the
Anglophone subsystem of education as testified by the creation and
management of the GCE Board, sole agency managing official exams at
secondary school level; And that Government will continue to do so,
We the North West Elite, Senators and Members of the National
Assembly hereby:
1. Appeal to all teachers, lawyers, school proprietors, the civil society,
politicians, traders, bayam selams, parents, economic operators, taxi men, motor bike riders, students, pupils and all citizens of good will, to see reason and trust
the government’s good faith for dialogue and peaceful resolution of all the
pertinent grievances presented by teachers and lawyers;
2. Appeal particularly to teachers, pupils and parents for normal resumption of
schools to avoid jeopardising the future of our children;
3. Pray the lawyers to end their boycott of the courts which have a negative
effect on their clients and call on them to instead hold meaningful consultations
in view of tabling pertinent and exhaustive grievances during the imminent
upcoming Stakeholders of the Justice system meeting in their quest to preserve
the bi-jurial nature of our justice system;
4. Pledge our total support for peace, stability and tranquillity in our Region;
5. Affirm our unflinching support for a one, united and indivisible fatherland,
Cameroon;
6. Strongly condemn the exploitation by unscrupulous politicians, Southern
Cameroon’s National Congress (SCNC) infiltrators of teachers’ and lawyers’
grievances to call for ghost towns and secession of the Anglophone part of
Cameroon;
7. Fervently condemn all forms of violence and social tension that jeopardize
the peace and security of our beloved fatherland irrespective of the source;
8. Pledge our unflinching support to His Excellency, President Paul BIYA and
the government with the continuous open door policy as they find lasting
solution to the pertinent grievances put forward by Anglophone teachers, and
lawyers and eventually others;
Done in Yaounde, on Sunday, 4th December 2016
Signed:
MBAH ACHA ROSE F., FUH CALISTUS GENTRY, DOH JEROME
PENBAGA, ATANGA NJI PAUL , SOLOMON AZOH-MBI, FONYE
FRANCIS, FOHTUNG SAMUEL T., SIMON ACHIDI ACHU, FON TECHE
NJEI II, WANLO CHAMOA JOHN , AWANGA ZACHARIAS, FON
GANYOGAH, EMMA ENO LAFON, WALLANG DAVID, DINGHA
IGNATIUS, NJINGUM MUSA, KWEI ANDREW, MBUMSECK GENESIS,
BANMI EMMANUEL, WALLANG RICHARD, ENWE FRANCIS, ABETY
PETER; KIBUH HENRY, SHEY JONES YEMBE, NJI FIDELIS, MELO
UPHIE CHINJE, LANTUM DANIEL, FONGOD EDWIN, MOH SYLVESTER, SAMMY CHUMBOW, Fon. CHAFAH ISAAC, FRU
ANGWAFOR, MBAYU FELIX,TAN PAUL, NWANA SAMA BERNARD,
GABSA WILFRED, AGWARA MOISE, KILO ASHERI, SHEY PETER
MABU, CHIMANGHA LINUS, CHI ASAFOR, SAMA JUMA, FRU
JONATHAN, SIMON TAMFU, AKWA PATRICK, BUNGO JEAN PAUL,
OKIE JOHNSON, GABSA WILFRED, DOH ANDERSON, NDZO
CELESTIN, ADAMU MUSA, NUHU SALI, GABCHE VINCENT GABCHE,
CHIANGEH GRACE, TAMANJONG MOSES, FORYANG GODFRED
FUMBI, DIMLA LAMBERT, NGORAN AUSTIN, KAAH ERNEST MBUH,
ISA ADAMU, ABBAS MOHAMADOU, NYING DIVINE
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