Speech by Mayor of Nkor during the 2023 Budgetary Session

 

A SPEECH PRESENTED BY THE LORD MAYOR OF NKOR COUNCIL NCHANJI NDI GERMANUS ON THE OCCATION OF THE 2023 BUDGETARY SESSION OF NKOR COUNCIL ON THE 9TH OF DECEMBER 2022 HOLDING IN NKOR COUNCIL HALL.

 

The S.D.O. Bui.

The Divisional Officer Noni.

The Senator Bui.

The member of Parliament Oku/Noni.

Leaders of legalized political parties.

Regional Councillors.

The Representative of the House of Chiefs, North West Regional Assembly. (H.R.H.  Fon Wah Joseph).

Heads of Service Noni.

Fons and Ardors Noni.

Honourable Councillors of Nkor Council.

Distinguished guest.

Ladies and gentlemen.

 

It’s with profound joy and honour that I welcome all of you present here today to this Budgetary Session. I welcome in a special way the Senior Divisional Officer for Bui and all his entourage for being part of the Budgetary Session despite all odds.  I equally welcome Councillors present for this very important session to vote the budget of our Council for 2023. While thanking the Councillors Present, I wish to congratulate them and all who have always made it a duty to be present for other Council Sessions. On the other hand, I strongly condemn and frauds at the attitude of some Councillors who do not attend Council Sessions and have made it a point of duty to always send proxy. It is important and very necessary that as a Councillor, attending Council Session is mandatory. I therefore call on all the Councillors to always attend Council session so that we all can discuss matters affecting our Council and together look for solutions to them as well as planning new development strategies for our municipality.

          Dear participants, Nor Council budget is a representation of our vision by figures thus reflecting a preferred future and community impact. Our budget for 2023 stands at the sum of six  hundred and eighty three million four hundred and eleven thousand, eight hundred and fifty six francs (683,411,856) as compared  to  the 2022 budget which stood at seven hundred and twenty three million, seven hundred and twenty four thousand, two hundred and forty five francs (723,724,245).

          Our budget for 2023 is balanced in both income and expenditure. There is a drop in the 2023 budget of forty million, three hundred and twelve thousand, three hundred and eighty nine francs (40, 212,389) which represent a 5.57 % decrease. This drop is as a result of the reduction in the amount of the Public Investment Budget (PIB), Council Additional Taxes (C.A.C.) and the inability of our Council to collect revenue as a result of the ravaging effects of the ongoing Socio-Political crisis in our Region.

It’s therefore incumbent on all of us to preach peace and reconciliation for normalcy to return especially to our Municipality. There can be no effective development in the absence of peace. To this effect, I call on all the Councillors to wage a war against indiscipline and all forms of negative behaviour which will act as a wet blankets to our development. Remember that, working together in love and harmony we can roll away the mountain on our way to development. Nshii Noni has as motto ‘Kintashe Nu Mvungay’ meaning Unity is Strength. Why then can we not therefore unite to have the strength to develop our Municipality?

          During the course of 2022, the Council embarked and realized the following projects:

-         The construction of bridges and culverts.

-         The construction and equipment of schools.

-         The construction of markets.

-         Purchase of a modern musical band.

-         Purchase of a Council Community Radio Station.

-         Purchase of tricycles and other sanitation equipment.

-         Purchase of office furniture.

-         Rehabilitation of Nkor Integrated Health Centre.

-         The construction of Mbinon health Centre.

-         Extension of electricity network from Bamti - Dom, Dom - Nkor.

-         Rehabilitation of some roads.

-         The construction of water schemes.

It’s worth mentioning that some of the projects for last year 2022 are still on-going. Consequently, the following projects will be carried out in 2023 amongst others including:

-         Rehabilitation of a block of five (5) classrooms at G.S Nkoll.

-         Supply of medical equipment to the Integrated Health Centre Mbinon.

-         Supply of medical equipment to the lab of Nkor Divisional Hospital.

-         Construction of thirty (30) luck-up sheds in Djottin market

-         Rehabilitation of road from Shiew to Ngai-Din.

-         Supply of equipment to Nkor Council Library.

-         Construction of twenty (20) luck-up sheds in Mbinon market.

-         Construction of a catchment, storage tank and supply of water: kitumine scheme.

-         Completion of Council Town Hall.

-         Construction and equipment of Council Rest house in Nkor.

-         Construction of a modern Grand-stand in Nkor.

-         Training of some staffs on waste management.

-         Training of Councillors in budgeting and administrative management.

Fellow Councillors, as stated above, we can’t achieve all these projects successfully in the absence of peace and normalcy. It is our Municipality. Let us all join our efforts to fight in a special way and win the war against indiscipline and disorder affecting development in our Municipality. I call on each and every one present to contribute seriously in this fight aimed at bringing peace and normalcy to Nkor Municipality so as to give development a chance in Nkor, Noni

Dear Councillors, the task ahead of us is, how we can still go on in 2023 and subsequently, in the absence of peace and normalcy. I wish to render my appreciation to the Noni Administration and the Forces of Law and Order for the efforts made to restore peace and normalcy in some parts of our Municipality. There is still a lot to be done in some areas especially in Djottin, Bamti, Mbinon, and Lassin so that we can have effective resumption of all schools in our Municipality.

     It’s my wish that we strive earnestly for brighter and peaceful days so as to embrace meaningful and Sustainable Development in all its domains in Nkor Municipality.

Long live Nkor Municipality.

Long live MINDDEVEL.

Long live the Republic of Cameroon.

God bless Cameroon.

 

 

 

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