National Dialogue: Governors of North West and South Regions received by PM Dion Ngute

The Prime Minister – Head of Government, Joseph Dion Ngute has held consultations with top officials in charge of Defence, Security, Territorial Administration as well as the Governors of the North West and South West region to lay the ground work for the national dialogue convened by the President of the Republic.

The meeting which came on the second day of high level consultations was occasion for the Chairman of the National Dialogue to recall the instructions of the Head of State with regards to the holding of consultations ahead of the dialogue by the end of the month.

The different stakeholders were each reminded to efficiently play their role for the success of the dialogue and a return to normalcy in the two restive regions.

The Governor of the North West region, Adolphe Lele Lafrique at the end of the session told reporters that, “The Prime Minister has recalled to us the instructions of the Head of State and instructed us how to go about preparing for it when we go back to our various regions. So, I’m now going back instructed by the Prime Minister to mobilise the stakeholders of the North West regions to get ready for that dialogue and expecting that it will put an end to the crisis in our region.”

On his part, the Governor of the South West Region, Bernard Okalia Bilai indicated that his region which is an economic hub looks up to the national dialogue with eagerness and hopeful that the dialogue will bring back the social economic and cultural development to the region which hosts the country’s second highest employer, the Cameroon Development Cooperation, CDC.

He said, “the South West region is a very important economic region. We are open to the sea. We are a very important tourist destination with the beaches and mountains but today all those activities are down. We have been lucky to benefit from some infrastructure like the Kumba – Mamfe road, the Mamfe – Ekok – Nigeria road, the stadium amongst others but today we cannot benefit from that infrastructure.”

The discussions was also an occasion to review the security situation in the trouble regions especially the safety of persons and property.

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