Bamenda City Mayor steals show at installation of two military Generals

     " I HAVE A DREAM"

 The city mayor Achombong Paul Tambang expressing optimism in his welcome speech

The Mayor of Bamenda City Council  hopes that NorthWest and Cameroon as whole will soon  speak with one voice." I Speak French, you respond in English".

This note of optimism comes on the hills of the installation of two New Military Generals said to be renowned in combatting terrorism.

It's on this premise that he foresees the Anglophone political brouhaha which metamorphosed into arm struggle ending soon, for peace  to return to the two Anglophones regions.

Achombong Paul Tambang in a ground breaking speech, thrilled both the Minister and the mamouth crowd that flooded the Bamenda commercial avenue bolivard to witness the installation of two newly appointed Military Generals to the region. 

 Visibly satisfied with the solemnity, and  content of the electrifying speech which  duelled on pertinent National and International issues, H E Joseph  Beti Assomo embraced the mayor before receiving a copy of his speech, an indication that he was very satisfied with the philosophical  speech.

This was strange to unlookers and those conversant with state protocol.

The content, the diction and the charisma with which the City mayor presented the speech moved the entire grand stand . The applauses were thunderdrous and recurrent. 

HE Joseph Beti Assomo embraces the city mayor before receiving a copy of the speech ,a rare mark of appreciation.

The speech of the city mayor  from A-Z

"A Welcome Speech Presented By The Bamenda City Mayor Achombong TAMBANG Paul, On The Occasion Of The Installation Of Brigadier General Bouba Dobekreo, The New Commander Of The 5th Joint Military Region For West And Northwest Regions And Housseini DJIBO , New Commander Of The 5Th Gendarmerie Region, Today, Tuesday July 19/2022. - H.E the Minister Delegate at the Presidency In-charge of Defence;.......

HE receives the speech after a warm embrace.

Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen; It is with high esteem and renewed satisfaction that I mount this rostrum in the context of rising hopes and expectations from the population of Bamenda and the North West Region, to present my words of welcome over this historic passage of command batons from Brigadier General Kah Valerie of the 5th Joint Military Region of the West and North West and Brigadier General Ekogwesse Divine NNOKO both of whom have left indelible marks in the North West Region in their assigned missions, to incoming Brigadier General Bouba Dobekreo and Brigadier General Housseinni DJIBO respectively. The Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defense, H.E. Joseph BETI ASSOMO, special envoy of the President, Head of State and Commander in-chief of the Arm Forces, H.E Paul BIYA, the CITY MAYOR of Bamenda heartily welcomes you and your entourage to the city of the future. Please Mr. Minister, tell everyone, “We Have A Dream”. 

The most dreaded Gen. Bouba Dobekreo hails the city mayor

II want to thank God Almighty for enabling us to commune together this day in this beautiful City of Bamenda to witness the installations of the two new Generals in a Region faced numerous security challenges. I must express on my behalf and that of the peaceful people of Bamenda our deep and sincere appreciation to our Head of State and President of the Republic, H.E President Paul Biya for his continuous strive to restore peace and development in our Region

Brigardier Gen.Bouba Dobekreo: Dangerous Man most dreaded of the Brigadier Generals

I want to welcome the new Commanders of the 5th Joint Military and Gendarmerie Regions, Brigadier General Bouba Dobekreo and Brigadier General Housseinni DJIBO to the North West Region’ and want to commit their lives and assigned missions into the hands of God as they both take up duties in our Region. I understand the tasks ahead of you are daunting and thorny, but I have the conviction that you will all triumph, especially at a time when the population of the North West are increasingly becoming collaborative with the defence and security forces. 

Out gone Generals in a family picture with the minister to  imortalise the  event. 

From left to right; Gen. Ekogwesse Devine NNOKO,City Mayor Achombong Paul Tambang, Minister Joseph Beti Assomo and Gen Kah Valerie.

While pledging to give you all, the necessary support to enable you succeed in your mission in the Northwest, I urge you to be courageous and confident to face the prevailing security challenges and always remember that you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the star to change the Region. Ladies and Gentlemen;We are limited not by our abilities, but by our vision. That is why where there is No Vision, there is No Hope. We can only triumph in our challenges if we cultivate a positive and collaborative attitudes and desist from destructive behaviours, without which,we will continue to ruin our Region and our nation. To the outgoing Generals, you are all great men. 

City Mayor Achombong looks tanatiusly to receive the Minister upon arrival

 It was always a great pleasure working with you. We will always remember you for your assiduity and the poised to leave northwest better than you met it. May God continue to bless and give you all more wisdom as you move to your new posts.  My dear people of Bamenda, nobody chooses the Nation to which he is born, nobody chooses the family in which he is born, nobody chooses the generation in which he is born; only God knows why he created us Northwest people or Cameroonians. We are thus created for a purpose. We have gone for almost six years of socio-political instability, with  majority of  our children not going to school, our economy grounded, our social security perturbed, thousands displaced; because of the   option we have chosen;  “ the argument of force , not the force of argument” in our strife for a better Cameroon. It should be noted that, there is no house without a problem, but what matters is the approach to the problem. 

City mayor hands over a symbolic gift ( NW traditional regalia) as the military prepares to take off.

 As Cameroonians therefore, we should learn to solve our problems by our selves, through continuous hope in our institutions and not counting or depending on the international community who inversely are encouraging political tussles in Africa so as to continue to keep us at bay for their selfish economic reasons. It is time we rise up to denounce the armed conflict that has claimed so many lives with thousands of our loved ones displaced.  It is on this premise, that I urge all of us here present and those in the Diaspora, to denounce the senseless war for us to be able to rebuild our Region. Either we live and progress together as brothers or we all perish as fools.  Ladies and Gentlemen; To err is human and to forgive is divine. Let’s forgive one another as even Christ has forgiven us.  

City Mayor gives directives on distribution of gifts while the mayor of Bda 1 council look on.

Nevertheless, in this very year 2022, our TURNING POINT ... I have a DREAM. The DREAM that our soldiers and citizens will embrace one another with love and the concord of living together will be our watchword. I have a Dream. The Dream that language will no longer be a barrier to social cohesion and national integration.  “When I speak French, you speak English”.  To conclude, we wish the incoming Generals good health and God’s protection as we continuously crusade for the return of peace and normalcy in our beloved North West Region. God Bless Us All!!! Long the Bamenda City Council;Long live the Ministry of Defence;Long Live Our Illustrious Head of State and President of the Republic, H.E. Paul BIYA;LONG LIVE CAMEROON"

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