Boyo Division: Akeh population hail Fundong mayor for transforming community.

Identified as one of the backward areas in terms of development and infrastructure in Fundong Subdivision, the people of Akeh have suffered from the pains of underdevelopment.
It was, therefore, not a surprise the way the people trooped out to celebrate the construction of two bridges in the area thanks to a gesture of the Fundong Council.

In the presence of the traditional ruler of Akeh, Fon Yangsi I, the people of Akeh, during the commissioning ceremony of the bridges, sang and danced without restraint to the praise of the Mayor of Fundong Council, Ndang Awoh Denis, whom they described as a development locomotive.

During the inaugural ceremony, Mayor Ndang Denis was hailed for wiping the tears of the people of Akeh by constructing the bridges over the Meshang and Tinaketi Rivers, whose previous states hindered movement within nearby communities.

The bridges which were literally abandoned for years by previous council administrations of Fundong had become a source of worry and public anger to the people of Akeh before Mayor Ndang Denis came to their rescue.

Speaking during the inaugural ceremony of the road infrastructure projects, the people of Akeh through their traditional ruler, His Royal Highness Fon Yangsi I, throw flowers on Mayor Ndang Awoh Denis. 

He was hailed for prioritising the needs of the people of Akeh by realising the construction of the two bridges. The projects seek to disenclave Akeh Fondom and other neighbouring communities. 

Meanwhile, speaking during the inaugural ceremony of the bridges, the youth of Akeh village hailed Mayor Ndang Denis for constantly channeling their plight to government.

In a speech delivered on the occasion, Mayor Ndang Denis said, he was motivated strictly by the desire to see the people of Akeh grow and be like others. 

He said, the Fundong Council, under his leadership cannot be indifferent to the plight and suffering of the people of Akeh.  

He pledged that the council wouldn’t look away while the people of Akeh encounter difficulties for their daily survival. 

While promising to do more, Mayor Ndang Denis urged the people of Akeh to make judicious use of the infrastructure placed at their disposal.

Fundong council goes projects crazy

The Fundong Council under Mayor Ndang Denis is seemingly unstoppable in its development drive.

The council is currently engaged in several projects aimed at transforming the entire municipality.

While some of the projects are funded by the Public Investment Budget, PIB, others are financed by the Road Fund and the Decentralisation Fund. 

As per the situation of projects in the Fundong municipality for 2023, the council has of now some 16 projects from the public investment budget while four are from the Road Fund with one from the Special Council Support Fund for Mutual Assistance, FEICOM.

The Ministry of Decentralisation and Local Development is said to have put at the disposal of the Fundong council 100 million FCFA. 

“The Fundong council budgeted the 100 million FCFA into seven projects. The projects are presented as follows: Construction of the municipal rest house in Fundong - phase 2 (15 million FCFA– completed).  This project started last year receiving funding from the Ministry of Tourism and leisure with the sum of 25 million. There is rest house which consists of; one large living room, four rooms, an office, and a kitchen,” the council disclosed in a document.

“This year, we added 15 million to it to be able to take it to a level that is habitable. It only needs equipment and embellishment of the surroundings to look like a tourism destination,” the document added.

Other projects, the document disclosed, include the “Supply of compressed earth brick machine to the Fundong Council (15 million - completed). Fundong council has been using a manual earth brick machine for some years now. When we saw that the interest for compressed bricks rose, we went in for a hydraulic compressed earth brick machine that was fabricated in China and has already been supplied to be used around Bamenda and Fundong”.

“Last year, we thought of re-equipping the Fundong council with road equipment. We budgeted for a truck to startup with. As the year progressed, we found out that the procedure to obtain a fairly used truck was very cumbersome passing through the Prime Ministry for an authorisation and MATGENIE for approval. We had budgeted 50 million, so we had to quickly revert to constructing an office block in order not to lose the money at the end of the financial year. This building which was designed to have 4 offices for four delegations has one completed and other one roofed,” the document also stated.

The Fundong Council is engaged in several other projects including the completion of outpatient and administrative block in the Fundong district hospital, the installation of solar energy system in the newly constructed Fundong modern market, the construction of a water tank for the Laikom Palace and the construction of water tank for Ngwainkuma.

Projects in the basic education sector include the construction of a block of two classrooms at GS Mbengka, construction of two classrooms at GPS Ngwainkuma and the completion of construction of two classrooms at GS Baiso.

Others include the construction of teachers’ staff quarters in GS Fundong and the construction of a nursery block at GNS Fujua-Hausa.