Editorial

Il faudrait sans doute lire dans la mise en place du comité de pilotage de l’aménagement et de construction du «Grand Yaoundé», la volonté du gouvernement de sortir un vieux dossier des tiroirs.

N’est-ce pas que c’est arrivé ? Sans doute, le temps importe peu pour produire les résultats attendus. Et la chose attendue , n’est-elle pas due ?

Décidément, la controverse au sein de l’opinion publique nationale sur les prétendues velléités du gouvernement de vouloir porter atteinte à l’indépendance de Elecam est loin de s’estomper au lendemain de l’adoption par l’Assemblée nationale

Many, if not most, of the snags in Cameroon’s developmental efforts are very often blamed on Cameroonians themselves, especially on their inability on a double front – to preach by example or to show patriotism and love for the fatherland by promoting acts and deeds that ensure the progress of the country.

President Paul Biya might have broken a record – without actually figuring it out – with his repeated appeals for citizens and decision-makers alike to sit up. At theoretical level, he has stirred the hornet’s nest repeatedly over inertia and the lack of resolve in tackling even the most scandalous of developmental setbacks. His views are well-known on a broad spectrum of areas where Cameroon’s developmental listlessness is most manifest: transportation, better health services, improvements on the school curriculum, adaptation of training at all levels to the exigencies of the job market, the provision of potable water for the population and for industry, the provision of electrical energy as a base for industrial development, the easing of conditionalities for investors, the facilitation of entry conditions for tourists… and the list is far from exhaustive.