NEWS FROM CAMEROON No. 006

By Tikum Mbah Azonga

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Cameroon misses target

Cameroon has underachieved in terms of meeting Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This verdict emerges from the 2008-2009 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Out of the eight goals set by the United Nations for attainment by the year 2015, , Cameroon has so far made progress in only three. They include edcation, with the scolarization rate rising from 76.3 per cent in the 1990s to 82.8 per cent in 2009. Progress has also been made in gender equility treatment. The low scoring sectors include child mortality, poverty reduction and health.


(Cameroon Tribune, 05-01-2010)

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WATER SUPPLY

Four town to get potable water

Four Cameroonian towns are to benefited from potable water provision, thanks to an accord signed by the Cameroon government on the one hand and on the other hand, the European Investment Bank and the French Agency for Development.

The towns which are Yaounde,Bertoua, Ngaoundere and Edea,will receive a total of CFA65.6 bn to be used by CAMWATER to improve the quality of potable water in the four towns.

(Cameroon Tribune 22-01-2010)

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Bamenda III Council adopts budget

The Bamenda III Council which embodies the villages of Nkwen and Banjah has voted a budget of 173 500 000 for the 2010 fiscal year. That figure marks a slight drop from last year's budget.

According to Mayor Pius Ngwa Amando,the reduction is explained by the fact that the Bamenda City Council to which Bamenda I (Bamendakwe), Bamenda II (Mankon, Mbatu, Nsongwa and Chomba) and Bamenda III belong, has assumed some of the development projects that would have gone to the three Councils.

Mezam Senior Divisional Officer, Mache Njouonwet Jospeh Bertrand, praised the Council for its sense of realism.

(Cameroon Tribune, 21-01-2010)

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