Police boss awards medals to some 138 security officers.

The ceremony took place recently at the esplanade of the National Advanced Police School in Yaounde. It was presided over by the DGSN boss, Martin Mbarga Nguele. 

This was in the presence of the Secretary of State to the Minister of Defence in charge of the National Gendarmerie, Galax Yves Etoga; the Governor of the Centre Region, Naseri Paul Bea; Senior Divisional Officer, SDO, of Mfoundi, Emmanuel Djikdent Mariel; and a host of other personalities.

The double ceremony saw the award of 77 labour medals: eight of them in the Order of Valour, 37 in the Order of Merit with four in the category of Order of Sports Merit and 32 Force Medals.

Similarly, some eight Cadet Superintendent of Police specialists, 31 Cadet Superintendent of Police and 22 Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police all received end-of-training diplomas and epaulettes.

Speaking during the ceremony, the Commander of the National Advanced Police School, Commissioner Tany Enow Lawrence Oben, thanked the DGNS for presiding over the double ceremony. The presence of the DGNS boss, he said, added punch and colour to the event.

“The officers tasked me to thank you for the constant upgrade of their working conditions and for providing the school with a magnificent edifice and extra-modern equipment worthy only of a veritable police academy,” Commissioner Tany Enow said.

The officers, Commissioner Tany Enow said, came in 54 of them on March 10, 2023, for a training that lasted nine months, but unfortunately two of them ended the training midway as a result of ill health. 

The training, he added, ended on October 17, 2023 and on this day one of the trainees lost his life in a road accident in the Upper Nyong Division of the East Region.

“The officers presented have been particularly disciplined and met all the necessary conditions to earn them the diplomas of Cadet Superintendent of Police specialists, Cadet Superintendent of Police and Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police, and it is with satisfaction that we hand to you this set of officers ready to serve the nation where need be,” Commissioner Tany Enow said.

Beneficiaries hail authorities for trust

The Head of the petroleum service in the police, Assoumou Assoumou Daniel, said: “I am delighted to be among the recipients and I can only thank the Head of State for seeing me worthy to receive a labour medal. My gratitude equally goes to the Delegate General for National Security for his coaching and guidance. I solemnly pledge to always serve my country with loyalty and devotedness”.

Cadet Superintendent of Police, Ayissi Nga Gaspard, on his part, noted that: “I am a medical doctor, obstetrician and gynaecologist. We are thankful to the Head of State for these epaulettes. Our gratitude equally goes to the Delegate General for National Security for putting in place all necessary infrastructures for an effective training, equally to the Commander of the National Police School and the institution for putting all in place for us to have the level of training we had”. 

“We are proud of the outcome and grateful. We have a double burden for we are not only police officers, we are equally medical doctors, as such we pledge to take care of the population and serve everybody in our country,” Ayissi said.