Registration on electoral registers is on course in the North West Region with 7,337 on roll as at September 16, 2010. Records from the Regional Delegation of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) indicate that Mezam has so far registered 1,440, Momo, 1,419, Donga Mantung, 1,079, Bui 1,080, Boyo 914 Ngoketunjia, 499 and Menchum 900. From the look of things the exercise which started timidly is now fully on course. The Board Chairman of ELECAM, Dr Fonkam Azu’u who was around to size up the situation on the field retired to Yaounde hopeful that the exercise will produce great results in the weeks ahead.

It was against this backdrop that after visiting some ELECAM Council areas he told Cameroon Tribune about ELECAM’s commitment to emerge with free, fair, transparent and credible elections in Cameroon. Dr. Fonkam Azu’u was categorical that doubting Thomases do not understand ELECAM’s role. He said the quarrel is “not about ELECAM but with who ELECAM members are”. It was against this background that Dr.Fonkam Azu’u argued that until ELECAM members have worked, they cannot be judged and concluded to be bias. “Talking about our neutrality is no more topical. We are committed to do work in an objective and verifiable manner. The process can be controlled. Our duty is not to disfranchise anybody. It is all about applying the law. You do not say that white is black just because you were a former member of a political party. Our intrinsic qualities are taken into our job at ELECAM. Our integrity is difficult to challenge simply on the basis of once belonging to a political party. It is time for Cameroonians to concentrate on things that can be verified”.