Senators of the South West Region met with their electorates in Limbe on May 26, 2015 as they began a tour of all six divisional headquarters of the region.

For the first time since their election to office on 14 April, 2013, the Senators of the South West Region have begun meeting their electorate consisting of Mayors and Councilors of the 31 Councils in the Region. They are carrying along some donations to the various Councils including push-trucks, spray cans for farmers, computers, and other necessary equipment.

Explaining the purpose of their tour, 26 May, in Limbe, their spokesperson, Senator Nfor Tabetando said they were “creating a forum for dialogue and putting up a mechanism for continuous communication between the senators and the electorate for the good of the CPDM party and the welfare of the people”. He added that their mission was also to explain to the people the functioning of the Senate as an upper house of parliament, an exercise which Senator Mbella Moki performed to the applause of the Councilors present in the Limbe City Council hall.

Senator Tabetando called for dialogue and a collective propelling of the Councils, which they represent, to a level of admiration. He underscored that what they were donating to the Councils was not micro project execution in the like of what MPs do but simply an intervention on what they see as need on the field. He used the occasion to strike the cord of peace and unity among the South West politicians calling on them to shun bickering and strive for unison.

Welcoming the Senators to Limbe, the Government Delegate to the Limbe City Council, Andrew Motanga Monjimba, echoed the mind of South West people that after viewing senators of other Regions communing with and impacting their base, questions were already being raised here as to what their own Senators were doing.

But “What we are seeing today is better late than never”, he said. The Government Delegate trumpeted; “it is no secret that disunity, infighting and backstabbing exist among the ruling elite and accounts to a large extent why they cannot fashion out a common development agenda for the Region.” To him, it remained necessary to replay the old music recalling the dire need of roads, deep sea port in Limbe, potable water and electricity for the South West.