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| Hon. Injoh Foo Ngang Prodencia Giving High 5 From the Steering as Mayor Ndangsa Kennedy Observes |
The deplorable road network of Mbengwi has been worsened by heavy downpour and as a resultant effect, the main pipe supplying the basic utility, water to the municipality was punctured in Tonmukomo, a roadside settlement area towards Njindom village.
Consequently, Mbengwi central town has been without water for over a week. August being a month of heavy rainfall, many inhabitants have been relying on rain water as it is common to see buckets, jugs, gallons and all sorts of containers outside each time it pours from the skies to collect the liquid that will then be used for cooking, drinking and cleaning.
A few households have other secondary sources like wells, boreholes, streams and community water. Worried about the predicament that has befallen the already suffering population, the mayor of the municipality, Ndangsa Kennedy Akam and the Member of Parliament for Momo East Constituency, Hon. Injoh Foo Ngang Prodencia have been putting their heads together to prevent the bad situation from getting worse.
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| Truck Loaded with Stones for Road Maintenance in Mbemi |
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| Loading Stones in Truck for Road Maintenance |
On Thursday August 17 2023, the M.P "smuggled" herself into Mbengwi to meet the mayor and both dressed in boots, helmet and jacket after having hired trucks and a front head loader, descended to the field for intervention. In G.R.A Mbengwi, the duo sat throughout the process of loading laterite into the trucks for onward dumping at various bad potions on various roads across the subdivision.
Speaking to Mbengwi Online onboard the front head loader from the site in G.R.A, mayor Ndangsa Kennedy Akam said "This is a sign of togetherness. We have come to the field today to see that our roads are maintained" He went on to give the itinerary they're following. "Today, we've decided to maintain the road via Zem to Mbemi, Tad and also the pipeline in Njindom then help our drivers also working on the road Ngyen-Mbo - Bali." In clarifying that this will be a routine exercise, he said "We thought it wise to tackle these areas. Next time we're also going to chose some other roads that are not also in good condition and maintain them. This is just the beginning."
When we took our recording devices to the M.P seated on the steering of the front head loader, she began by saying "We want to continuously thank our mother, Her Excellency Mbah Acha Rose Fomundam, Minister of Supreme State Audit. If you see the mayor and myself here, it is because we are working in synergy with our mother. In fact, she's the brain behind all of these."
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| Hon. Injoh Foo Ngang Prodencia Smiling from the Steering |
Foo Ngang went on to add that "We don't go to the field without informing ourselves. We work together because they say unity is strength and that is our strength here in Meta. As elites, we work together, communicate in order to avoid duplications." She continued to thank the minister wishing God continues to bless her because sometimes the projects sent to Mbengwi and Momo are gotten through her because she liaises with her colleagues to facilitate the granting of such projects.
On a rather sad note this time around, the M.P said "We still want to cry. We are regretting. The caterpillars that were damaged in Acha, we are suffering because by now, the road to Acha, Njikwa ought to have been completed."
Information obtained from the duo further stated that allocations had been given for the road from Hospital Roundabout in Bamenda passing through Mbengwi to Njikwa, Ngie, Widikum, Batibo but unfortunately things didn't work out for the materialisation of this giant divisional project.
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| Hon. Injoh Foo Ngang Prodencia and Mayor Ndangsa Kennedy Akam Supervising the Work on the Field |
"We use this opportunity to call on our children disturbing us not to work in alleviating poverty from our people to stop it. Let's work together as one in seeing how we can improve the economic situation of our municipality, improve on the state of our people that are mere farmers and cooperate with us to improve on our road network" she ended.
The politicians were on the field all day long right into the night and not even the heavy rain that fell that day could deter their determination to do what they had planned to do. Around 7:30pm, the fearless M.P and mayor descended to 3-Corners Mbemi where the villagers had also come out during the day to maintain their roads. Here, they met some of the locals in a bar sipping some palm wine and shared with them. The mayor will later drive the M.P to the Mbon motor park from where she boarded a public transport car back to Bamenda at almost 8pm.
At press time, clean portable water is now flowing from taps in Mbengwi, barely a day after Camwater technicians, Mbengwi council workers, the mayor and M.P were on the field. The timely intervention came like a stitch in time that saves nine. As the population heaves a sigh of relief with the coming back of water, the road situation continues to be worsened following the almost daily heavy downpour that's been characterising the month of August.
