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Appointed Staff installed at the NCPBM

Ivorian War College Delegation visits the NCPBM

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Appointed 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 16^th 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.

29/06/2023

It was at about 11am, that 15^th 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 4^th 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.

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.

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 20^th 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.

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 24^th 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.

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.

23/06/2022

It was about midday this 22^nd June that the 11^th edition of the Government Action Fair was officially opened by the Minister of Commination, René Emmanuel Sadi, representing the Prime Minister. On the occasion, attended by several members of Government, he called for the modernisation of the Public Service, in a bid to give satisfaction to users. On his part, the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform, Joseph Le enumerated some of the recent reforms carried out by his ministry to bring in more comfort in service delivery. At the stand of the NCPBM, the Minister of Communication, accompanied by the other members of government listened to the missions and some of the achievements of the Commission. He then proceeded to the signing of the Golden Book, where he congratulated the personnel for a job well done in the promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism. Representing the President of the Commission at the opening of SAGO 2022 was the Vice President, Mr. Oumarou Djika, who was accompanied by some members and the Secretary General, Dr. Chi Asafor Cornelius.

27/05/2022

Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the NCPBM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to fight against hate speech and xenophobia. The ceremony at the Head Office of the Commission brought together the President of the Commission, The Vice President, the President of the three working groups (Bilingualism, Multiculturalism and living together), the Secretary General and the leaders of fourteen Civil Society Organisations, drawn from the ten regions of the country. On the occasion, the President of the Commission, H. E. Peter Mafany Musonge said the choice of working with the CSOs is not fortuitous because “We know that, in your day-to-day activities, you deal directly with the target populations; you know them, you speak their language and they trust you”. The President of the NCPBM said that the Commission was relying on this position of proximity that the CSOs occupy to ensure that every Cameroonian gets the message and joins in the fight, so that the beauty and wealth of Cameroon diversity should not be sacrificed on the altar of hate speech and xenophobia.

12/04/2022

A United Nations strong delegation led by the Under Secretary General for Africa, Madam Martha Pobee was received at the Commission on 31^st March, 2022. The delegation which also featured the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for the Central African Sub-region, Mr. Francois Louncény Fall, first held talks with the President of the NCPBM, H.E. Peter Mafany Musonge. This was followed by a working session presided over by the Vice President, Oumarou Djika in the presence of the Secretary General of the Commission, Dr. Chi Asafor Cornelius. Talking to reports later, Madam Martha Pobee said “the United Nations is working in partnership with the Commission to implement the mandate that it has”, adding that, “we are committed to continuing this support… it is an excellent progress so far and it is an example that other countries can learn from”. She further said the several numbers of ethnic groups in African countries should enrich them, rather than divide them.

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 31^st October to the 6^th November 2021, where the Commission members visited private enterprises and Employers Organisations.