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SEE ALLFirst Biannual session of the NCPBM for 2024
29/01/2024
Members validate budget, which stands at three billiion, fifty-eight million francs. Out of this, two billion, five hundred and fifty-eight million is allocated for recurrent budget and five hundred million for investment. The 2024 budget of the NCPBM dropped by One hundred and twenty two million francs. Speaking at the session, the President of the Commission, H.E Peter Mafany Musonge said, "this drop means that, we shall be expected to perform more with less resources, but counting on your usual sense of patriotism as well as your selflessness. I remain optimistic that, as has been the case in the past, we are up to the task". The session which took place on January 25th, 2024, held at the Yaounde Conference Centre.
READ MOREThe NCPBM takes stock of its 2023 activities
22/12/2023
90% realisation rate of Plan of Action The President of the NCPBM, H.E Peter MAFANY MUSONGE has expressed satisfaction at the work carried out by Members of the Commission in 2023. He expressed this delight during the second biannual session of the Commission which held on the 21st of December at the Yaounde Conference Centre. He said the Institution had a very good score of slightly above 90% realisation rate of the Plan of Action adopted for 2023. “The bulk of the achievement was recorded during the field work by Members of the Commission to State Universities, some public hospitals, Defence and Security forces training Institutions , as well as in some Cameroon’s diplomatic missions abroad (Washington, Berlin, London, Brussels ,Paris, Pretoria and Abuja), he said. The Commission intensified the fight against hate speech and xenophobia, participated at SAGO, appointed Members of staff to positions of responsibility and opened its Regional Offices. A Plan of Action for 2024 was also adopted during the session.
READ MORENCPBM Members evaluate the practice of bilingualism around the country
09/10/2023
All the members of the NCPBM went out in groups in the ten regions of the country to make an appraisal of the implementation of constitutional provisions relating to the use of official languages in the country. The 10-day missions that started on the 25th of September 2023, took the members to State universities, public hospitals, as well as defence and security training centres. In the Centre Region, for example, the team led by the Vice President of the Commission, OUMAROU DJIKA visited the Gendarmerie Training and High School Command, popularly known as the National Gendarmerie School. The team which included Abbé Jean Marie BODO and the Centre Regional Branch Head of the NCPBM, LEKOUA MENOUGA Godefroy 12 were also at the Combined Military Academy (EMIA) and the National Advanced Police College. In all these entities visited, the Vice President, OUMAROU DDIKA said the Commission was not coming as a Gendarme, but to assess and evaluate the use of the country’s official languages which are of equal status. Prof. Abbé BODO on his part explained the various articles of the law on official languages. The upsurge in hate speech and xenophobia was also of main concern to the members of the Commission, who, together with their hosts discussed various ways of curbing the scourges.
READ MORESAGO 2023
25/07/2023
NCPBM makes a powerful second appearance The NCPBM was among the over 200 stands at the 12th edition of SAGO, which kicked off at the Yaounde Sports Complex on Saturday, July 22, 2023. The official opening ceremony however took place on Monday, 24th July. On the occasion, the Minister of Communication, representing the Prime Minister, said the Government Action Fair is an opportunity for Administrations, Private and Public entities to showcase what they are capable of offering for the economic development of Cameroon. Mr Emmanuel René Sadi said, such events are also out to promote the visibility of government action and help in the policy of national inclusion. When the PM’s representative visited the stand of the NCPBM, he signed the Golden Book, where he wrote “All my complements to the efforts made so far by the Commission. Congratulations”. At this stand, the Commission erected a wall, where it published the pictures of the buildings of the Regional Branches which wen operational this year. The fair which features exhibitions, conferences, meetings and workshops has as theme: “Infrastructure development and structural transformation of Cameroon’s economy”. It ends on July 29th, 2023.
READ MOREAppointed Staff installed at the NCPBM
05/07/2023
Friday June 16, 2023 will live to be remembered at the NCPBM, for, it is the date on which the first set of appointed officials since its creation in 2017 were installed. They were appointed on the 16th February 2023 by a decision of the NCPBM President, following a resolution taken by the Institution during its session of 16 December 2022 and subsequently approved by the President of the Republic. Commissioning the appointed staff, the Secretary General, Dr CHI ASAFOR Cornelius, on behalf of the President of the NCPBM said, an appointment is not an end in itself. “Know that if you fail to deliver, the likelihood is that you’ll lose your position to some more deserving person. You know that you have been appointed to serve and not be served. Your subordinates are not your personal employees but enablers to help you attain the goals set by the Commission», the Secretary General instructed. Dr. CHI ASAFOR Cornelius outlined some recommendations to the commissioned staff. None of them shall come to office later than 8:30am; files have to be diligently treated at all levels (not more than 48 hours after reception);every unit shall produce weekly and monthly reports to the Secretary General and there should be no unnecessary wandering around the institution during working hours. Added to these, professional secrecy has to be respected by all, while the mails office is meant only for those appointed to serve in that unit. The Heads of the Regional Units were told that they have to constitute a credible relay of the Commission at the Regional level and the NCPBM services have to be the best in hospitality and in the services rendered. Those appointed included: Chiefs of Bureau, Chiefs of Service, Sub Directors, Regional Heads, (who have rank of Assistant Directors) and Directors. They were 45 in number.
READ MOREIvorian War College Delegation visits the NCPBM
29/06/2023
It was at about 11am, that 15th June, 2023, when a 70-seater bus drove into the premises of the NCPBM Head Quarters in Yaounde. It contained some 40 military officers from some African countries, making up the 4th batch of the Ivorian war College. They were visiting the Commission within the framework of a study mission to Cameroon. At the Commission, they were received by the President H.E. Peter MAFANY MUSONGE in the presence of the Vice President Mr OUMAROU DJIKA and the Secretary General, Dr. CHI ASAFOR Cornelius. H.E.Peter MAFANY MUSONGE greeted the fraternal relationship that exists between the Ivorian and Cameroonian people. The objectives of the delegation were to get familiar with the missions assigned to the NCPBM and have an idea of the actions carried out by the Commission in consolidating peace, social cohesion and the promotion of living together in Cameroon. They were also interested in the role the Commission is playing to ensure the equity in the use of the country’s two official languages and multiple cultures, and gather information on the contribution of the Commission in the fight against hate speech and xenophobia. The Ivorian military Delegation, led by Colonel Major, Brou Akouamé Raoul had answers to these concerns through the presentation made during the conference by the Secretary General, Dr. CHI ASAFOR Cornelius. He outlined the missions of the NCPBM, the contribution of the Commission in peace maintenance, social cohesion and living together. The delegation left the Commission satisfied, as the Delegation Head, Colonel Major, Brou Akouamé Raoul told reporters that they are going home with the knowledge that, the Commission is bringing in social cohesion through the linguistic and cultural aspects, a path which could be exploited by his country.
READ MORENCPBM Members Armed on Programme Budgeting Methods
12/05/2023
The decree creating the NCPBM stipulates that the Secretary General elaborates the budget and the members validate it. The capacity building seminar which took place at the Yaounde Conference Centre from the 9-11 May 2023 was intended to keep the members abreast with the intricacies of the budgetary cycle. In his opening statement, the President of the NCPBM, H.E. Peter MAFANY MUSONGE said “What obtained before was that, vote holders were given the liberty to dispose of credits allocated to their structures as they deemed fit”. He pointed out the consequences of this approach were glaring: Lack of coherence in government action; poorly executed or abandoned projects; difficulty in measuring performance and lack of transparency in the management of State funds among others. This state of affairs then ushered in the Programme Budgeting, which demands that the State disburses resources only for projects that had been planned, programmed and budgeted and whose execution can be monitored. The seminar was thus intended to familiarize members with the various concepts of programme budgeting.
READ MORE2023 labour Day: The NCPBM takes active part
01/05/2023
The 2023 International Labour Day was another moment for the NCPBM to make itself better known, as it joined other public and private entities to march past at the 20th May Boulevard. The March past was presided over by the Minister Labour and Social Security, Gregoire Owona. As they marched past, journalists commenting the event said, the Commission had done a lot in the promotion of bilingualism and the fight against hate speech and xenophobia. After the march past, the staff of the institution returned to the head office where they had a common meal with the hierarchy.
READ MORENCPBM President Commends Members for Marvelous Job done in 2022
22/12/2022
It was at one of the magnificent halls of the Yaounde Conference Centre that members of the Commission met in their second biannual session for 2022.The December 15th, 2022 session which was the thirteenth since the creation of the Commission was devoted to the evaluation of the activities carried out in 2022 and project into 2023. In this light, the President of the Commission, H.E. Peter Mafany Musonge lauded the efforts put in by the members to achieve the positive results recorded in 2022. He cited the successful fieldwork undertaken, first to some public and private entities based in Yaounde, and then, to the Regional and Local Authorities of the ten Regional headquarters of the country, to monitor the national policy on the promotion of official languages in these entities. Another major achievement of 2022 was the new communication campaign against hate speech and xenophobia that was carried out on the very high instructions of the Head of States. The Commission also signed a memorandum of understanding with fourteen civil society organizations to spearhead the fight against these scourges. H.E. Peter Mafany Musonge noted that “This ground-breaking event that took place at the NCPBM headquarters on the 24th of May 2022, enabled our institution to take the fight against these scourges to a wider audience. The reports received from the field, so far in this regard, are quite encouraging”. In 2022, the NCPBM also had greater visibility through its remarkable presence at the 2022 Government Action Fair. The President of the Commission said, SAGO 2022 served as forum for the NCPBM to make itself better known to the public.
READ MORESAGO 2022 : NCPBM Stand Attracts Visitors
29/06/2022
Participating at the Government Action Fair for the first time, the NCPBM is pulling lots of visitors. Most of them want to have a better understanding of the missions of the NCPBM and what is has been able to achieve since its creation. They had staff to answer their questions. Each day there are at least two members of the NCPBM to also clarify some of the visitors on some pertinent issues about the Commission.Among some of the important personalities who have visited the NCPBM Stand are the Ministers of Communication, René Emmanuel Sadi and Public Service, Joseph Le. The visitors also went away with copies of the law on official languages, the Commission in brief and the Compatriot.There is also the Golden Book which the visitors sign before leaving.
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