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SEE ALLThe NCPBM evaluates the implementation of National Policy on official languages in enterprises in Yaounde
15/03/2022
The fieldwork to the public and private enterprises and establishments based in Yaounde, Centre Region runs from Monday 14 March to Friday 18, 2022. Divided into seven teams the members will visit several public and private enterprises based in Yaounde. The aim is to follow up and evaluate the National Policy on the Official Languages of Cameroon. The policy stipulates that French and English are of equal status. In all, some 60 enterprises will be visited. A similar exercise took place in Douala from the 31st October to the 6th November 2021, where the Commission members visited private enterprises and Employers Organisations.
READ MOREAudience granted by the President of the NCPBM to H.E. Sylvain Itté
15/03/2022
Cameroon and France examine common ways of combating misinformation and hate speech on social media. These concerns were raised during an audience granted by the President of the NCPBM, Peter Mafany Musonge to the Ambassador, and Special Envoy for Public Diplomacy in Africa, H.E. Sylvain Itté, who was accompanied by the French Ambassador to Cameroon H.E. Christophe Guilhou. Talking to reports after the audience on the 15 March, 2022, H.E. Sylvain Itté said they discussed extensively on the role of the Commission which has an immense task. He said they also exchanged on the problem which the entire society is facing, being the use of the social media which are useful instruments of communication, but which are at the same time terrible machines of massive misinformation. According to Ambassador Sylvain Itté, France was particularly preoccupied by this phenomenon of manipulation and misinformation which today leaves no room for neither the truth nor debate.
READ MORE37th International Day of the Woman
14/03/2022
Women of the NCPBM join others to celebrate the 37th International Day of the Woman. Focus was on the fight against hate speech and xenophobia. After taking active part in the march past at the 20th May Boulevard, presided over by the Minister of Women’s Empowerment and the Family, the Women of the NCPBM came back to their headquarters where they organised a feast to crown the event. On the occasion, the women thanked hierarchy for their constant support to them and the promotion of gender equity within the Administration. The Vice-President of the NCPBM, Mr. OUMAROU DJIKA, who represented the President of the Commission, H.E. Peter MAFANY MUSONGE exhorted the women to relentlessly support the fight against hate speech and xenophobia. Also present at the ceremony were some members of the Commission resident in Yaounde and the Secretary General Dr. CHI ASAFOR Cornelius.
READ MORENCPBM’s First Biannual Session for 2022
18/02/2022
It was at the Yaoundé Conference Centre that the members of the NCPBM met for the exercise on the 20th January, 2022. The main point on the agenda was the validation of the 2022 budget. On the occasion, the President of the commission, H.E. Peter Mafany Musonge said the fight against hate speech and xenophobia will be intensified through sensitization, with more trips to the regions and a greater presence in the media. He also expressed the wish to see those who are guilty of offences of hate speech and xenophobia as stipulated by the Penal Code effectively punished. The NCPBM also hopes to carry out three programmes in 2022. The first being the promotion, monitoring and evaluation of the National Policy on official languages, the second being the promotion and protection of multiculturalism and living together and the third on governance and the institutional support of the Commission. The Commission counts on a budget of 2.980.000.000 (Two billion nine hundred and eighty million frs) to achieve these goals.
READ MOREThe NCPBM takes stock of 2021 and projects into 2022
08/02/2022
Members of the Commission met on the 16 December at the Yaoundé Conference Centre in their second biannual session. On the activities carried out in 2021, H.E Peter Mafany Musonge pointed out that, “we received the very high instructions of the President of the Republic to carry out a new communication campaign against hate speech and xenophobia in our country”. This activity took the Commission virtually six months to be realized. The promotion of the two official languages was also of great concern to the Commission, the reason why it was in Douala for a week, to follow-up and evaluate the implementation of the public policy on the promotion of the two official languages by Employers’ Organizations and some private Companies. As far as 2022 is concerned, the President of the NCPBM said “We still have an uphill task of making the Commission better known to the public, and especially to our partners. This requires more communication and more positive actions on the field.” He added that, “one of the challenges we’ll have to face will be to get our regional offices operational, despite the difficult financial situation in which we find ourselves” Members, at the session, examined a report on the execution of resolutions adopted during the session of January 2021, a report on the implementation of the NCPBM missions, a report on the activities carried out from January to December 2021 and the draft NCPBM action plan for 2022.
READ MOREPrivate sector encouraged to promote bilingualism
10/11/2021
The National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism NCPBM, was in Douala from the 31 of October to the 06 of November 2021, on a mission to assess the practice of bilingualism in private enterprises and employers’ organisations. The mission was led by the president of the NCPBM, H.E. Peter MAFANY MUSONGE, in the presence of all members and the Secretary General, Dr. CHI ASAFOR Cornelius. During the mission, the NCPBM team explained the merits of the law of 24 December 2019 on the promotion of the two official languages, socioeconomic advantages of bilingualism and government’s position in the fight against hate speech and xenophobia in Cameroon. The business operators were amongst other things, encouraged to label their products, engage promotional campaigns and render services to consumers and users in the two official languages in order to reach a wider market. During visits to the headquarters of some companies, it was observed that their respective managements make commendable efforts in promoting the two official languages.
READ MORENCPBM newly appointed member installed into her functions
29/07/2021
Appointed on the 2nd July, 2021, Madam Madia Julienne was installed on 28 July 2021 at the Yaoundé Conference Centre by the President of the Commission, Peter Mafany Musonge.
READ MOREThe NCPBM meets the Centre region in its crusade against hate speech and xenophobia
09/07/2021
The "Cercle Municipal” Yaoundé been busy since Thursday July 8th with the Commission meeting various groups to identify the causes of hate speech and xenophobia and to come up with resolutions to stamp out the ills.
READ MOREThe NCPBM carries its campaign to roll back hate speech and xenophobia in the regions
21/06/2021
One of the regions where the NCPBM was present for the exercise was the West, where the Commission’s delegation had as members, Dr. NGAMBO FONDJO Pierre Vincent and Mr MBAFOR Jean Marc AFESI.
READ MOREThe NCPBM Organises Colloquium on hate speech and Xenophobia in Cameroon
11/05/2021
The two-day event which took place at the Yaoundé conference centre on the instructions of the Head of State brought together members of the scientific committee and experts who brainstormed on various ways to combat hate speech and xenophobia.
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