-Nalova,
Teachers and Diaspora should leave the SDO Alone
It
is time to call a spade a spade, of late there have been a cloud of dust and noise
over some teacher’s salaries suspended in Ngoketunjia and it is almost taking
the SDO’s head.
Everybody
is in the know that government have since threatened to sack or suspend salaries
of government workers in the crisis hit Regions of Anglophone Cameroon for non
effective presence. Given that a good number of them had taken advantage of the
situation or were aligning with the crisis not to go to work while taking
monthly salaries.
Our finding
lately shows that teachers salaries of most of the Divisions strongly hit by the
crisis were suspended. Most Hancock and arrested for playing the spy and agents
to Amba boys. All in the name of not enabling schools to resume effectively. Through
these arrests many network of teachers discouraging or preventing school resumption
were dismantled.
Coming
to Ngoketunjia Division, why is the case of some suspended teachers very
particular? Because they are doing everything possible to hang the Kaisa, Quetong.
A
“Kaisa” who is only acting on instructions from hierarchy, asked to forward the
list of workers who have abandoned their duty posts for years and have been
called severally to resume duty and are not forth coming. Once the lists
reaches Yaounde through the Governor, the Ministry in question transmits to the
Minister of Finance where salaries are suspended without necessarily consulting
the SDO again.
Now,
let’s get it straight here, how did the SDO personally cause the suspension of
the salaries of teachers in his Division when the Minister of Secondary
Education personally caused the suspension of over 2000 salaries last year 2021
and today she is dissociating herself from the SDO of Ngoketunjia’s
Prefectorial order.
By
the way, were the teachers effectively at work and their salaries were out rightly
suspended? Is the most pressing question, Everybody knows that schools have not
effectively been on in these crisis hit
areas for the past years because of insecurity.
A fact,
the North West Regional Delegate of secondary education buttressed in the last
sector conference.
So
where did the SDO of Ngoketunjia go wrong just like all other SDOs and DOs in
the Region.
Government
workers and not only teacher’s salaries were suspended and not only those of
Ngoketunjia. Why is Quetong Handerson in the News?
As
an administrator he should align with activist, he should not comply with
orders from hierarchy and should not govern because he is son of the soil?
Let’s
have it straight here, Quetong’s records as a seasoned administrative officer
are so Telling and inviting. No Senior Divisional Administrator in the Region
has suffered the fate of the crisis more than him. Yet he has remained brave,
and loyal only to be paid back in bad coins by a Minister who is dancing “Bafia
Dance”. One thing is very clear, Quetong is a level headed Administrator and acts
only when it is required and judiciously not because he has scores to settle or
personal problems with individuals. That is why as much as media campaigns are hired
against him, he is mute.
Coming
back to the subject matter, who ordered for the list of effective presence of teachers
of North West to be send to her? the Minister. So Dr Nalova should be hanged not
Quetong, teachers should spare the SDO all the blames.
Administration
is a chained process and decisions are not or never taken in isolation.
Where
did Quetong go wrong or became overzealous to be auctioned for slaughtering? Minister Nalova Lyonga should carry her cross and
stop digging pits for others in attempt to safe her face. She suspended her teachers
salaries and there is too much noise about it. The Best thing is to reinstate their
salaries and stop making mockery and drama of the whole show. Pointing fingers left
and right will not solve the problem, in fact Biya should even call the honorable
Minister for questioning on attempt to excite teachers more in the crisis zone.
Just imagine teachers were to take the streets as the Anglophone liberation war
deepens. One will not be able to measure the consequences.
On that
note, we are by this special report appealing to the honorable Minister Dr Nalova Lyonga
to reinstate the salaries of those suffering teachers with all the risks they are
taking and stop pointing fingers in the wrong direction.