The Coordination and Follow-up Committee is preparing recommendations for government.
The Coordination and Follow-up Committee of Priority Projects to be realized in the Bakassi zone is preparing recommendations to submit to government on more efficient ways of implementing priority projects and encouraging Cameroonians to live in the area. The committee members evaluated the level of execution of projects from January 30 to February 2, 2012.
“In Subdivisions like Kombo Abedimo, especially in Akwa, Isangele and Kombo Itindi especially in Ngosso, most of the structures are in place. Most of the bad jobs have been done in Idabato Subdivision that was ceded to Cameroon last by Nigeria,” the Committee Chairperson who doubles as Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, Lekunze Ketuma Jacob, said after the projects execution assessment mission.
The delegation inspected projects in Ngosso in Kombo Itindi Subdivison, especially the newly constructed National Gendarmerie Brigade, abandoned Police station project and also the advanced state of erosion at the beach. In Barracks, they expressed satisfaction with the construction of the Government Primary School. In Idabato Subdivision, the Committee inspected the newly constructed Subdivisional Delegation of Agriculture, the Subdivisional Officer’s residence with a working solar energy system, a well constructed health centre, classrooms in Government Primary School and Government Secondary School Idabato. The delegation members were disappointed with the abandoned work on the Police building whose construction ignored all the norms.
The Committee on February 1, 2012 inspected the ongoing work on a water project in Akwa, headquarters of Kombo Abedimo Subdivision. From there, they moved to the Government Technical College Akwa that has magnificent buildings awaiting completion and the Community Hall. They also inspected classrooms constructed in Government School Mbenmong. In Isangele the same day, the delegation inspected work on a reservoir being constructed as part of the potable water project and the foundation of the Isangele Council Complex funded by FEICOM. From Isangele, the team drove to Mundemba through the 75 km long Mundemba-Isangele-Akwa road built by the Military Engineering Corps in 2010. The road is suffering from serious degradation, though reports say government budgeted FCFA 200 million in 2011 for its maintenance. However, the major problems in the Bakassi Peninsula are insufficient potable water and electricity.
