BAMENDA II MAYOR BONDS WITH TRADITIONAL HEADS TO DELIVER DEVELOPEMENT By Mildred Ndum Wung Kum Chenwi Peter, Mayor of Bamenda II Municipality and his collaborators held a meeting with quarter heads January 27 in Bamenda with the main agenda to bond with traditional rulers in order to ease project execution and development. Both parties agreed to work hand in glove in order to realise project delivery. Stakeholders of Bamenda II Council are hopeful that lacing with traditional heads would write new lines in developing the jurisdiction.    Mayor Chenwi Peter “We have realised that we have a lot of security challenges in the Northwest region as a whole and my municipality and with a lot of projects that the head of states has previewed for this region and my municipality, we need to come together to dialogue to pave a way forward for us to realise this projects so we thought it very necessary that with the law of decentralisation we should involve everybody. The quarter heads are the main

EXPLOSION INJURES TWO IN BAMENDA BY Mildred Ndum Wung Kum Picture: metal case of pork fries, other items blown up  Two persons sustained injuries  following an explosion around T-junction Bamenda. The incident also caused property damage. Inhabitants of the city are regaining calm from Tuesday 19, 2021 explosion. The two injured include a lady and her daughter. They were rushed to a medical facility thanks to the prompt response of a cab driver. The said lady is a trader in animal feed. Her goods were also damaged, an eye witness told Cameroon Infotrend. "We only heard a loud sound and everyone started running away. I have recorded losses but we thank God for life because these things are worldly. From now, we shall always ensure that we are vigilant by checking places around" said a vendor in fast food who identified himself as Paul. Vendor Paul, calm after explosion Other vendors around the scene of explosion also named items lost. A bar tender said his drinks  crashed with

CAMEROON: UCCC NORTHWEST EXECUTIVE BUREAU INSTALLED  By Mildred Ndum Wung Kum Photo: Mayors at installation of UCCC Northwest Burea The Northwest Regional Executive bench of the United Councils and Cities of Cameroon UCCC has been installed in Bamenda by Tamba Augustin national president of UCCC who also doubles as the Mayor of Yaounde VII. The installation ceremony on January 8, 2020 coincided with a contact tour of UCCC national president to the Northwest region. The exco of UCCC in the Northwest Region has eleven members to pilote the affairs of the thirty four councils in the region. It is headed by Denis Awoh Ndang, Mayor of Fundong Council. They took office in the presence of dignitaries, prominent were; Adolph Lele Lafrique - Governor of the Northwest Region, Paul Tembang Achombong -Mayor of Bamenda City plus a host of other National Executive Members of the UCCC accompanying the national president. As he commissioned the fifteen, the national president assured  them of his coll