Momo East M.P "Caught" in Kob

She was caught on camera doing field interventions. Hon. Injoh Foo Ngang Prodencia, Member of Parliament for Momo East Constituency, Mbengwi has as usual penetrated the bushes of Kob and Njimetu for parliamentary works. Many at times when she succeeds to grab government sponsored projects for her constituents, she always makes sure she descends to the field during or after realisation to see things for herself and not just rely solely on reports sent to her.

On Thursday December 15 2022, Mbengwi Online's cameras caught Hon. Injoh Foo Ngang Prodencia at the Kob Integrated Health Centre where she led a delegation made up of the mayor of the Mbengwi Council, Ndangsa Kennedy Akam, the President General of the Meta Cultural and Development Association (MECUDA) Prof. Njoh Oliver, medical personnel from the Mbengwi District Hospital among others for a donation exercise. 

Family Photo With Items

Hon. Injoh Foo Ngang Prodencia and the Medical Team that Accompanied Her

The items were medical equipments worth over 8 millions francs. In her welcome address to the visiting delegation, Mrs. Fonong Yvette née Chum, Chief of Kob Integrated Health Centre remarked that it is a wonderful day for the people of Kob Health Area as the equipments will boost patient care and encourage the villagers to make better use of the centre. She however regretted the devastating effects of the socioeconomic and political crisis that hit the NW/SW region from late 2016 on the health centre.

Other problems as cited by the Chief of Centre include lack of personnel, low population density creating difficulties in generating funds, poor nature of road leading to the centre causing frequent falls from bikes, no nurses' residence, shortage of drugs, no reagents in the laboratory amongst others. 

Mdical Equipments Worth Over 8 Million Francs Donated to the Kob Integrated Health Centre

Mrs. Fonong Yvette née Chum, Chief of Kob Integrated Health Centre Delivering a Welcome Address

Fortunately, the items brought by the M.P were a lasting solution to some of these problems cited in the welcome address of the Chief of Centre. Before the handing over exercise, the visiting delegation toured the various departments of the centre to ascertain the reality of their current state. The Kob Integrated Health Centre has an office for the Chief of Centre, a consultation room, a laboratory, a pharmacy, a hall for Infant Welfare and Antenatal Clinic, a maternity section with a delivery room and post natal ward plus one room for male ward, one for female ward. It has eight internal toilets, four internal baths, six external toilets and a placenta pit. 

In the course of the event, room was given for the people to speak out their minds on any grievances they have against the centre and when the chairman of the Kob traditional council took to the floor, in a strong and embittered tone, he regretted that the items brought will all disappear within the shortest possible time because no staff of the health centre is living in Kob. "God knows what I'm saying, that when people come here, there's nobody to attain to them" said the angry father. 

Embittered Kob Traditional Council

One of the Wards in the Health Centre

He cited an example of how a lady lose her baby while putting to birth because the umbilical chord strangled the foetus and upon rushing to the health centre for emergency intervention, there was nobody and consequently the baby passed away. "If you see this place regressing like this, it's because no staff is living here and we don't know why" he insisted. Unfortunately, the centre has just two workers; one state employed nurse who is the Chief of Centre and one nurse employed and paid by the health facility.  

Dodging from the punch stretched at them by the traditional council chairman, they too defended themselves that the villagers  aren't making use of the centre, that many at times, days go by and no single patient passes by the centre for consultation thus making it discouraging for them workers to come idle there especially as the centre is located in an isolated area surrounded by bushes.

Aerial View of Kob Integrated Health Centre

Visiting Delegation

When Honourable Injoh Foo Ngang Prodencia took to the floor to address her constituents, she began with "On behalf of our mother, our sister, our grandmother, our friend, Her Excellency Minister Mbah Acha Rose, I'm very happy to be here. Accept her best regards which she sent through me." Reacting to the worries posed by the beneficiary community and the nurses of the centre, Foo Ngang Prodencia said "As you've gladly come out to receive these items and as you've shown interest in the effective functioning of the place, from now onwards as you'll start coming here, so too shall we be monitoring the chief of centre and colleague to ensure they're effectively on seat during working days and hours."

Kob Integrated Health Centre was created on the 18th of January 2007 and has for 15 years now been of active service to the people of Kob, Tudig, Fun, Nyen, Njinibi, , Zem, Bessi Tibatoh and other neighbouring villages. Services offered at the centre include consultation, lab test, vaccination, family planning, antenatal clinic, deliveries, health education and outreaches. At moment, the centre has just a nurse and needs two more plus two auxiliary workers, that is cleaner and yard man. Also, the centre is in dire need of a lab technician, midwife, pharmacist and security guard.

Ndakwah Foundation Gives Away in Mbengwi

To implement its very first project, Ndakwah Foundation has done a giveaway to some beneficiaries in Mbengwi, mostly youths as encouragement for them to continue contributing their little quota for the economic growth of the municipality. 

Mbah Shadrach Gyeh is the president of the Mbengwi Bike Rider's Union known as BUMT. For his efforts in reorganising the bike sector in the municipality, ensuring members actively partake in the monthly clean up campaigns organised by the council, sanctioning recalcitrant members, successfully advocating for uniform officers to reduce daily "control settlement" from 1000F to 500F and instilling a special vigilante group that tracks down stolen bikes in Mbengwi, recover and hand them back to their rightful owners, he was offered a jug of fuel. 

Recipients

In an interview with Rainbow's Moris Tagyen after receiving his package, he said "I feel so excited because this is something that has never happened to me since I became president of the bike rider's union." He went on to congratulate the brain behind the foundation, encouraging her to continue with same spirit. Hear him "I know that she's not doing this because she has much but because she knows we are in need."

As of what benefit the fuel will be to him, he said "From now till about a month after, I'm not sure to pass near where fuel is sold. For some days, I used to sneak out through the back door to go to work when there's no "chop money" to give my wife but now, at least I'll be giving chop money in the house but with my left hand."

Items

George Ateh Yisa is a renowned peddler in Mbengwi. He's named his business G-Favour Yoghurt & Gateaux. On daily basis, he treks across the streets selling his hand made consumable products especially under sunny weather. For this, he was identified by Ndakwah Foundation to be an exceptional pushfull youth and awarded a 25kg bag of flower. "I really appreciate what the foundation has given to me. If there was another word to replace 'Thank You' I could have used it." These were his words as he appreciated the donor. 

Just like George, Muyang Keren is a young single mother in her early 20s. After putting to birth at a tender age, she's been bringing up her baby by herself and today her little boy is 5 years old and Keren has been selling shoes and dresses in a small canteen in Mile 18 Mbengwi to make ends meet. To her, the foundation offered several pairs of shoes to add to her stock. Cornered at the close of the ceremony to offer a word, she said "What I've received is going to increase my business size a lot because before now my business was like going down but after this I hope it'll be improving."

George Yisa Ateh Receiving a Bag of Flower

Timoh Enih Elisabeth Receiving a Carton of Frozen Fish

Other beneficiaries included Agwe Collins, a restaurateur and Aboh Vitalis, a technician . The former received a 25kg bag of rice and the latter a satellite receiver with all its accessories. "I want to thank Madam Ndakwah for what she has done for it is something that has never happened to me since I started operating my business here especially during these difficult moments" said Collins. "Due to the price increase of things now in Mbengwi, this bag of rice I collected is really going to help me a lot. I really thank her a lot and pray God continues to bless her" he added. 

Ndakwah Foundation shall be running 5 programs namely: 

The Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) that will from time to time empower youths in the municipality economically based on their various fields of life,

The Elderly Reach Out Program (EROP) that will be providing material and food assistance to elderly persons, 

The Orphans Reach Out Program (OROP) that will from time to time be helping orphans and orphanages in Mbengwi by providing them basic needs like food, clothes, kitchen utensils etc or construct a piggery, poultry for them for income generation for the day to day running of their activities without over depending on external help.

The Young Mother and Child Reach Out Program  (YOMOCROP) that targets children and young girls that have put to birth out of wedlock and lastly, 

The Community Development program (CODEP) that seeks to materially assist communities engaged in development projects like water supply, electrification, road rehabilitation just to name these few.

Mami Deborah Akwi, a Widow Receiving Food Support

Mami Grace Endah, a Widow Receiving Food Support

The foundation is structured in a way that other humanitarian groups and individuals interested in reaching out to the needy in and around Mbengwi can pass through them with specific orders on which program their support should be channeled to. The foundation will then look for beneficiaries in the specified program, do the reach out and then report back to the donor(s). 

The Ndakwah Foundation's first project in Mbengwi was realised on Tuesday December 13 2022 in Mile 18 Ku-Bome. A total of 11 beneficiaries went back home with something like the Tuanyang Development Association (TUDA) that received 5 bags of cement to support their ongoing palace construction project, Wandoh Docas Kyeng, a roadside fuel vendor that received a jug of fuel, Timoh Enih Elisabeth, a roasted fish vendor that received a carton of frozen fish, Ayogo Joyce Amuteng, a traditional dress marker that received bundles of threads and 5 metres of "toghu" material, Anwi Blessing Sakeh, a business lady that received 5 pallets of sift drinks and Awah Radel Mafaw, a hairdresser that received a hand dryer and a shampoo bowl. 

Madam Ndakwah Karine Mah, Founder of Ndakwah Foundation

The Late Pa Stephen Mbah Ndakwah

Madam Ndakwah Karine Mah is the founder of Ndakwah Foundation in honour of her late dad, Pa Stephen Mbah Ndakwah, a once  renowned educationist in Mbengwi. Some years back after the passing unto eternity of her dad, she won the American Diversity Visa Lottery and flew to the states where she's been living but has not forgotten her roots. She says her next plan now is to legalise the foundation and then continue with the realisation of such projects to impact the lives of the needy, in memory of her late dad.