Mayor Tanjong Launch Phase II Strategic Development Plan on How to Manage and Recycle Waste in Tubah Municipality

That was in the conference hall of Icham Hotel in Bambili on the 29^th of July 2022 in the Presence of the DO of Tubah Metougue, who represented the SDO of Mezam Emile Moh, the Four Fons of Tubah and the Lamido of Sabga, all service Heads, religious authorities, Councilors and Tubah Council workers.

Phase II of the Tubah Council strategic development program comes against the back drop of the increasing need to beef up hygiene and sanitation in the Municipality as population increase or explode with the student population that is on the rise daily at the University of Bamenda.

Disposing of these garbage of late has and continues to pose as a serious problem and health damage not to talk of pollution which is what pushed the Tubah Council to go on all fronts to mobilize, source for funds and partner with Ministries to  combat.

Friday the 29^th of July 2022 gave the Mayor of Tubah Council Tanjong Martin the singular opportunity to explain and show case what the Council has done since 2013 as a passion to combat refuse, what the Council is doing and what the Council is embarking on seriously to completely sweep dirtiness out of Tubah and Make the Municipality garbage and pungy smell free.

On the occasion, a litany of equipments, heavy duty machines and waste collection, disposal cans, the operation team was presented to the officials and public.

With strict orders and firm instructions on how to go about the mobilization and clean up campaign from each household to the quarter from the offices to the streets and why not the suburbs.

In the program as projected in the conference center, waste recycling and management, tree planting was also a subject matter which the Tubah Council is trashing. At the moment over 50000 trees has been planted by the Tubah Council for the past 9 years and they are running a pavement bricks fabrication company, made out of collected plastic materials and containers.

The Mayor of Tubah speaking to the Press after the three phase occasion, to media men and women observed, that the mission or theme of the strategic action development plan to keep Tubah Clean is “How to Manage Waste in Tubah and Make Our Lives Better” through mobilized efforts and redefine actions and approach to waste management. To end, he exhorted the officials and population of Tubah to accompany the Council in their campaign or mission to keep Tubah Municipality completely and perfectly clean.

The DO of Tubah, Metougue on his part, closing the ceremony, thanked the Mayor for taking such a bold step and for acquiring all the materials in place. Pleading on all present to join hands with the Council to see such an effort come to pass veritably and concretely.

The efforts of the Council, call it engagement or commitment, this Reporter must emphasize is laudable and pace setting to other Mayors all around the Country who are lacking and still to take pains off to join the ban wagon of those promoting hygiene and sanitation through proper waste management, the fight against pollution and nature protection through mass tree planting.