Biya knights Adamu Musa for selfless services to nation.

Adamu Musa, who is Director in charge of Reintegration and Head of the Communication of the National Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Committee, NDDRC, was decorated with a medal and raised to the rank of Knight of the Order of Valour.

The Harvard-trained Public Policy and Management expert was decorated on behalf of the Head of State, by the Governor of the Centre Region, Naseri Paul Bea. This was during a ceremony that held at NDDRC head office in Yaounde on June 30. 

Adamu Musa, it should be said, was among the at least 3,200 Cameroonians who were awarded medals across the globe for their selfless services to the nation as part of activities that marked the 51^st National Day celebrations. 

The ace journalist of CRTV fame, who has impacted countless professionals, was objectively selected among recipients by members of the National Orders, headed by the Grand Chancellor of the National Orders, Philemon Yang, after the consent of the Head of State cum Grand Master of the National Orders, President Biya. 

Governor Naseri, during the event, urged Adamu Musa and other recipients of the state recognition not to relent on their efforts to continue contributing to nation building through their respective positions of responsibility. 

Enter Adamu Musa

Speaking to The Guardian Post after receiving the medal, Adamu Musa, expressed “gratitude to God for life, good health, and a good family” and to “authorities who proposed me to the Head of State for this distinction”.

“I think firstly of His Excellency, Governor Francis Fai Yengo, National Coordinator of the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Committee (NDDRC), for playing the lead role in this honorary award. Our work at the NDDRC depends a lot on team spirit. In this regard, I also give a vote of thanks to my colleagues and collaborators, the forces of law and order, the general public and the media for the invaluable assistance we receive from them in doing our work,” he said. 

Adamu Musa described the medal as “eloquent testimony” of his “unalloyed patriotism, devoted and loyal services to fatherland” and his resilience over the years as he continues to faithfully serve the country.

Quizzed on what he thinks contributed to him getting the state recognition, Adamu Musa said the Head of State, who pays a lot of attention to details, must have been motivated by reports of his strides. 

“One thing I know about our Head of State is that he is a very informed person. He has detailed information about almost all public servants in this country. He knows about our work and how committed we are when it comes to uplifting and defending the name of our country. In short, President Biya knows how much love we have for our country, and he knows that some of us are ready to go to all lengths to keep our country united, strong and prosperous,” Adamu Musa stated. 

Adamu Musa called on Cameroonians to at this point where the country is at the cross-roads of its history “make the right choices in all we do, to love our country unconditionally, to eschew all forms of discrimination, and to work selflessly for the unity, strength and prosperity of our dear and beautiful fatherland”. 

Snippet of Adamu Musa’s rich profile 

Born in Binshua village in Donga Mantung Division of the North West Region, Adamu Musa is a well-known media and communications figure who put in several years at the state broadcaster, Cameroon Radio Television, CRTV. 

He graduated from the International School of Journalism of Yaounde, ESJ, in 1981. Adamu Musa first worked at Radio Cameroon, then later at the television unit at CTV and finally at CRTV.

He is Founder and Managing Director of AM Communications Ltd, an international consultancy in strategic and crisis communications, governance, and investment guidance in public policy and management. 

Adamu Musa left CRTV in 2002, after obtaining a scholarship at the end of a competition organised by the prestigious American university, Yale University. 

He holds a Master's degree in Globalisation and Leadership. He once worked at the Communication Department of World Bank's Regional Representation in Yaounde, before returning to CRTV in 2006.

Adamu Musa later earned a MPA in Public Policy and Management from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government in 2010. 

While at the CRTV, Adamu Musa anchored the national prime time news broadcast for 25 years. He created and anchored two high-profile investigative news magazine programs, X-TRA MILE and CRTV CLUB. 

He also carried out authoritative investigations on corruption, human rights abuses, governance lapses and other societal ills. He also anchored a popular CRTV flagship weekly radio program, Cameroon Calling. 

Adamu Musa managed the news service of both English and French-speaking journalists and worked to advance press freedom in the country through new Information and Communication Technologies, ICTs.