Chantal Biya sends end of year greetings to global citizens

http://www.africa24monde.com/faits%20divers.php?article=chantal-anastasie-biya-noel

In the above 12 second long video, First Lady Chantal Biya and daughter brenda without protocol wish Peaceful Citizens a very Merry Christmas.

Source: AFRIC 24 Monde

Lifting up the Lives of Winners

Hello Everybody and Seasonal Greetings.

 It has been a long, tedious and worthwhile journey for some and others have not been opportuned to see these last days of 2015. Lifting up others has always been part of my vision and hours to 2016, I felt sharing these inspirational quotes with you will energize you enough for the new year.

 Big Goal? Do you know what your next step is?

All you have to do is win and never quit

Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see

I have learnt over the years that when one's mind is made up,this diminishes fear. Rosa Parks

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear for failure

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Albert Einstein.

Vision without an action is illusion and Action without a vision is confusion. Sunny John

Believe you are there and you are halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt.

 Leaders do

You are nothing more and nothing less than exactly who you think yourself to be. Enyo Kumahor

Who have you lifted up today?

Edwin Nuvaga Fongod: New Director General Of Cameroon Customs. Recognition of Anglophone talent?

Divine Nchamukong
8:24pm, Monday December 21, 2015 

In a pluralistic society as Cameroon no one expects everyone to beat drums of praise following the appointment of Mr Fongod as head of a body as corrupt as the word itself.

However one thing most people are going to be unanimous on is Ewdin's professional lucidity and his uncompromising attitude to corruption. I am not just excited about him being on one of the country's most covetous seats because he is of English speaking expression as I am but because more Paul Biya appears to recognize that Anglophones are those you can trust to handle the country's most significant income pipeline. I am by no means saying all Anglophones are spotless yet one time DG of the nation's customs Raymond Gwanyalla's performance proves my point.

 

 All said and done, at the end of the day only God alone knows the heart of men. All Cameroonian Anglophones look forward to Edwin Nuvaga Fongod to demonstrate the superior qualities he is made of but also to leave his foot prints in the sands of time. Being Director General of Cameroon Customs is a lucrative position. Edwin must be aware and I trust he is since he is a believer that more than ever this is when Satan lines up his best band to tempt him. Resisting the cash thrown around him as customs boss is going to take more than determination. It is going to take prayer.......a lot of it.
Ba Nkom as we call you in Bali ( a traditional title) make us Balis proud. Make Anglophones proud by standing up to the forces of evil that sure will multiply around you. Through your performance Paul Biya would invest more in your fellow brothers in the challenging task of cleaning up corruption in the country now walking about as human beings. Congratulations and may God help you through.

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Hit the wall & Change:The purpose of life is a life of purpose

Sometimes, we hit the wall because it is we who must change

'Efforts and Courage are not enough without Purpose and direction'. JFK.
 'You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream, you've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself' DIANA ROSS.

Dare to be different today and allow you to become extraordinary tomorrow.

The seeds of kindness that you plant today, will bloom in the hearts of those you touch. The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success. PY.
Your mind is a garden, Your thoughts are the seeds, You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.

 

Crawling is not a guarantee you're indexed. 'If you cannot fly, then run; If you can't run, then walk; If you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward' Martin LutherKing Jr.

The awful thing about life is this: everybody has their reasons. The best playground, however, is the dark alley itself. It is crammed with daily mysteries and adventures.

'The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away' Pablo Picasso.

One Tedious & Interesting Morning

“My Business has known a fiasco these days following my persistent search for a new sim card. I have been to different agencies of the Mobile telephony in Buea, Tiko and Limbe but cannot retrieve my sim because the tellers don’t have enough Sims for the customers. The tellers say they run short of sim cards and I think this is ridiculous with all the publicity made about the advent of 4G. Cameroon needs a 5^th network because Orange, MTN, CAMTEL and NEXTEL already have duties to provide the customers, pressing needs cannot be handled. I even had to pay 3000 CFA Francs (instead of 1000) to get a virgin sim. Three times the normal price, and I had to pay because I want operations of my business to see light with end of year festivities at the doorstep” The testimonies of Sylvain TAYO, a 30 year old business man from Buea who has for 3 days struggled in vain to retrieve his number, and so he had to travel from Buea to retrieve his sim card in the Nation’s economic metropolis. This is only one complain amongst many others who have been sitting at the agency since morning and cannot be served for lack of timely services.

 “I have been at Akwa since 8:00am and I have not been attended to. I am furious because this is affecting my day’s schedule and I wonder how I will catch up with the busy nature of the era” 23 year old Mirable Ashu said. A trial to confirm what allegations made by customers since I lost my phone to men of the underworld met me with an experience. Upon arrival, I am advised by security to meet the Agency Manager since hundreds of people are queuing long lines for the same service and I have much work to do on my office table. I wanted to feel what it takes to undertake the normal procedures and so I told the receptionist why I came to the telecommunications building. She gave me ticket number 711, with indications that I have 14 people before me.

Observing the activities of the Sanaga, Benoue and Wouri tellers of the agency, I eavesdrop a conversation between embittered customers complaining about the poor quality of service. Patience is a virtue I cultivate and this day I obtained my Bsc degree in patience and tolerance. It’s 9:54 am and I am going to wait…..

Meantime, the inhabitants of the Akwa neighbourhood were electrified by the triumphant comeback of popular Essama, recently released from the Newbell central prison. The commercial bike riders in a very noisy tour welcomed the son of soil whom they believe stands for rights, thus, his must not be abused. AT 10:35am, the sim card retrievers are still gnashing their teeth over the poor customer services rendered by the Benoue, Sanaga and Wouri tellers. Some run fast asleep, others bang the door for other duties and patient customers who trust in the better connection, wait a little longer. I receive a call at 11:08 and I am forced to quit the Telephony building for the Regional Delegation of Communications. I spent over two hours without any result and on my way out, I stumble on Antoine who happens to be a sim card middle man. He offers his services in 15minutes against a token of 2000 CFA Francs. How does he get sim cards customers cannot be served by tellers? Are some workers of the telephony deliberately keeping sims for black market sales? If yes, why would they play double deals with their customers? And if no, how come this guy solves my problem in 15 minutes? Antoine reassures me in 15minutes, I will have a sim card after giving him a copy of my ID card on which I write the number of my missing sim.

Before the SIM card experience, I ran some errands in Bonanjo, the administrative headquarters of Douala. Early Morning, I run into a crowd at the Bonanjo Immigration centre willing to do passports. As World leaders pushed emissions’ deal in Paris to protect nature’s future from the worst, the hundreds of young citizens I found are planning to hush out of the Country. In the mad rush to step out of Little Africa, they must compile valid documents (copies of birth certificate, academic certificates, ID Card, Work Contract, Marriage Certificate (if married)) that will make them eligible to own a passport. After doing this, the PP candidates queue long lines at the Immigration centre in wait of instructions from the officers handling their documents.

Interesting enough, small businesses are installed by struggling citizens who hawk some food items for some who cannot go all day without breakfast. While the hungry ones attend to their breakfast, a woman wearing sky long sleeve shirt and well ironed navy blue trousers with a strict and stern look steps out and verifies whether passport seekers present have deposited the legal documents required of them. ‘Ou est le garcon qui doit partir à l’école? Il faut que je le libère avant qu’il ne soit trop tard’ she said. The parents of the little boy stepped out with him and she attended to them in 10minutes. I am amazed! I just saw an upright, timely and straightforward officer.

It’s time to take the pictures and every lady (young or old) is making up to look good in the photograph. Another neatly dressed and polite police officer with an afro hair do, flat pair of well-polished black shoes and 6 stars on the epaulette asked tens of the passport seekers to follow her. I am tired but I am carried by the professionalism of these ladies and I write about it to illustrate the rule of exceptions in every experience. I rapidly run for another appointment since it’s a busy day but I am impressed I must confess by the police women’s duty consciousness I will dedicate a whole to them one of these days.