BCM Ebah Ntoko Justice South West Lawyers Flag Bearer for Bar Presidency
It has
always been the North West and the routine has always been the North West.
History holds it on good records that from the very onset of the creation of
the Cameroon Bar in the early 70s,(1974), that office has consistently and
persistently been headed by lawyers from North West Province and lastly Region by
Barrister Sama Francis.
Should
North West take home that prestigious post again on the 18th of June
2022 with Barrister Mbah Eric running with Barrister Duga Titanji from the same
Region? she will be offering the 6th
President in a line up of 14 legal minds who have held that post since
creation. We are talking of the Pioneer President, Fon Gorji Dinka, Barrister Ben Muna, Luke
Sendze, Akere Muna and Barrister Sama Francis of late.
After the all memorable era or days of Barrister
Eta Besong Junior South West has been on break for long. 2022 comes with the
unique opportunity for the South West to take the upper hand to revamp and reanimate
a one time dormant Bar under Patie Tchakoute.
NOWELA (North
West Lawyers Association) as against FAKLA (South West Lawyers Association) to be
frank has donated quite a good number of Bar Presidents and it is but normal
this time for NOWELA to give FAKLA that God given opportunity.
If for
all these while South West Lawyers have thrown their weight behind North West
Lawyers for them to pick the crown of the Cameroon Bar consistently, it is but
normal this time around, for North West Lawyers to front for a South Westerner
in the midst of increasing pressure from their Francophone counterparts to enable
the flag of common law fly high in Cameroon like that of the UN in the world. Meaning if all Anglophones rally
behind an Anglophone, which is not even the case, they will affront their rivals
strongly.
Barrister
Sama Francis handed the baton to a
Francophone Charlse Patie and it is but normal that power should rotate and
most necessarily move to the South West.
The
Cameroon Bar knows quite a good number of authoritative names in the South West
that have made it in the Cameroon legal system or before the courts and
deserves a better place at most, this time in the Bar.
South
West Lawyers without mincing words will only have their own faire share of the
cake, if given the push factor and the moral booster by it’s North West
counterparts as campaigns deepens.
Not
giving the South West a chance to head the Bar gives the lee way or opens the
door for another Francophone lawyer to take up Presidency most especially as
they have at the head of their campaign lists a very powerful and instrumental
go getting Barrister, Ngoulla Alertte Fotso the “Margaret Thatcher” of the house.
A lady
for that matter who has tried her hands severally to take up Presidency to no avail.
Her coming in this time should be with full force, leaving no stone unturned.
Any
mistake, by men Lawyers, I mean from the North West and South West Maitre Ngoulla
Alertte Fotso will grab that prestigious office through a slide victory as a
woman. Given that it will also be a unique opportunity for the voices of women
to be over heard in the Bar for gender sake.
Coming
back to FAKLA (Fako Lawyers Association) the one Billion dollar (1$b) question
is amongst the cream of Lawyers contesting who carries the mandate, the mantle
and benediction of all South West Lawyers Association?
The
former CCASTERIAN born in the second half of early sixties, heads Justice Law
Firm Mutengene a renown law firm that speaks for itself.
He bears as
vision, to strengthen the Bar, seek her Monopoly and source for her
Independence.
Adding to
his great vision, he has plans to open a law school to ease entrance exams and
proper training of lawyers.
Coming
back to the stakes of the grande conclave;
The real
match encounter is between Barrister Ebah Ntoko Justice and Maitre Ngoulla Alertte
Fotso. And if Anglophones dare make the error to pick the office of the
President of the General Assembly first, the Presidency of the Bar will
automatically go to a Francophone.
Where we are
the aspirants are many just like the camps. Division, double dealing and the
game of interest will not play favorably well for Anglophone lawyers. Guess what,
all the shady deals played by Anglophones may end up playing favorably for
Maitre Ngoulla Alertte a female legal right advocate for over 30 years who has the
money and is ready to spend to rescue the Bar. Not some of the loud sounding aspirants
who are not ready to spend a frank. A Good gospel without money does not give listening
ears.
Money has
now taken central stage of the campaign whether the public like it or not and it
is money speaking and it is now the air ticket to decipher where each lawyer belongs ahead of the grande rendezvous.
The Aspect of Gender
Going by
records since 1974 a female lawyer has rarely found her rightful place in the Cameroon
Bar. We are all aware that attempts were made by some but could not reach the
peak. Even the Maitre Ngoulla Alertte in question we are talking of tried her
hand eight years back (2015) but could not sail through. But this time you will
bear with this analyst that she is not coming “in bear and empty handed”
meaning she is coming in with full force.
Not only
that, she is coming at a time when world forces of diplomacy are clamoring for the
representation of more women in high offices. Note should also be taken that
with the caliber of female lawyers we have in this generation, nothing should
be taken for granted from any of them.
Who is
Maitre Ngoulla Alertte Fotso
The
bearer of the campaign slogan “Together we will Arrive” or attain our goals,
The “Margaret Thatcher Tasha” of the house cum Iron Lady, is a seasoned Lawyers from
Douala, holder of a Masters degree in Business law, retainer of most big
financial institutions in Cameroon and abroad. She is a lawyer with integrity, high
moral standing and of the exceptional class.
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