Internally
displaced persons in Bamenda, have received Humanitarian assistance
from Government, on Thursday 24th October 2019. The Action plan put in
place by the Head of State has benefitted over more than 10,000 people
affected by the Ongoing armed conflict in the North West and South West
Regions.
This
distribution facilitated by the Ministry of Territorial Administration,
through it's distribution team, endeavour to work with the Cordination
centre in the NotthWest and to ensure that every Familly
registered,recieve accordingly without recipients repeatedly getting aid
at every distribution eexercise.
The
Newly appointed Senior Divisional Officer for Mezam, Simon Emile Mooh,
presides over the handing of humanitarian aid to these Displaced
persons, few days after his installation in Bamenda. And tells
recipients that they should encourage those in the bushes to come out
and to understand that, the Major National Dialogue gave room for the
Peace process to begin.
SDO for Mezam cautioning IDPs on the need for Peace
The
massive turn out was a relief to the Senior Divisional Officer and he
told them about the need for Peace to return to the two English speaking
regions of Cameroon.
"Tell
your brothers in the bush that the time to leave the bushes have
come,after the Major National Dialogue, we must understand that it is
time for us to reconcile ourselves as one people,one state and again war
is not good,it must stop. They should leave the bush without fear,with
their guns and be reintegrated in society by returning to their local
business". The Senior Divisional officer said.
The
Sub-Director of Civil Protection, Mr Tchounte Gilbert, in charge of
distribution visited the cordination centre in Bamenda few days before
distribution of aid, to ensure that recipients are informed to come and
get their items consisting of blankets, rice, savon, spaghetti, tin
tomatoes, buckets and a token of ten thousand francs for transportation.
Though
the IDPs were happy, some of them expressed regrets for not receiving a
mattrass which to them was the most essential. Miss Neba Shella
displaced from Bafut,is grateful for the items she receives.
"I
am happy to have received some items,because I didn't buy them and for
me they are free gifts.Though I had expected to get a matrass,I just
believe when the matrass is available we will get them"She said.
According
to Anchang Paul, one of the main figures from the Ministry assisting in
the distribution exercise, is happy about the warm reception given to
them by recipients and he explains that, though it's challenging to go
through a list of 10,000 people,the team tries to ensure that people
don't recieve repeatedly.
"For
the past 2months,we do distribution on a weekly basis to over 400
families,who register with some document and explain their situation.We
have a data which indicates the persons we need to serve at every
distribution and for the issue of matrass,we provide them to displaced
families with priority,especially for those who are about 10 in a
household, and again when the matrass are available we share them
out".Mr Anchang Paul tells the Press.
The
Humanitarian aid distribution has been an ongoing exercise in the
NorthWest Region for the past 2months and displaced persons register at
the cordination centre Mondays to Friday.
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