At visit to Bamenda gas plant: NW MPs say project of positive impact to community.

Okie Johnson made the revelation Friday September 6, in Bamenda. This was during a visit at the site by Members of Parliament of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, CPDM party, from the North West Region.

The visit by the MPs, which was aimed at controlling and evaluating the progress of work, was led by Hon Njingum Musa, who doubles as Questor at the National Assembly.

Received by the Governor of the North West Region, Adolphe Lele Lafrique, early Friday morning, the head of the parliamentary delegation, Hon Njingum Musa, also revealed that their mission in the Region was also to send a clarion back-to-school message to parents and education stakeholders of the Region.

During the visit to the gas plant, the General Manager of CSPH, Okie Johnson said he is satisfied with the level of work so far, from infrastructure to equipment level.

For his part, Hon Njingum Musa hailed the entire CSPH team and the construction company for the project conception and quality.

Project of high impact to population 

Speaking on behalf of his peers, Hon Njingum Musa also called on the population of the Region to get involved in the realisation of the project.

He added that the project will help communities and the entire Region to stop the transportation of gas from Bafoussam, which is over 80km, to the North West Region.

"I want to congratulate the Director General of CSPH for what we have observed here. It is marvelous. We are very convinced that this gas plant is going to help the Region. This gas plant is something that is going to improve on the lives of the people. As people who control government actions, we took the initiative to come and see ourselves...,” Hon Njingum Musa said.

For his part, the Director General of CSPH added that as soon as the project comes to fruition, there will be high quality and quantity of gas in the entire Region at normal price.

"Taking into consideration that gas is consumed by everybody, we have a homologated price of 6,500 FCFA. We will make sure that at this centre, gas is sold at 6,500 FCFA. The North West Region will be able to have quality gas, which will be available all the time," Okie Johnson assured.

While calling on the population of the Region to embrace the project, Okie Johnson added that it is their wish that most workers of the centre should come from the North West Region.

Okie also urged administrators and students of the University of Bamenda to seize the opportunity and come in for internships, voluntary and employment opportunities, as soon as the centre goes operational.

The visit by North West CPDM MPs at the gas plant project site, ended with a declaration of motion of support to President Paul Biya, and a back-to-school message to parents and education stakeholders in the North West Region .

The message, read by Hon Njingum Musa, on behalf of his peers, called on parents, students and education stakeholders of the Region to shun boycott messages by separatists and make the 2024/25 academic year a huge success.

About the gas plant project

Located in Bangshie, Bamendankwe in Bamenda I Subdivision, the ultra-modern automated gas filling centre has a capacity of 200MT.

It is being constructed on a surface area of over six hectares. The centre has a capacity of filling 600 to 650 bottles per hour.

The project, which presently stands at 85% of execution, started on November 28, 2022. It is being constructed by Jens Production Ltd.

The project is partitioned into two areas-the operational and residential areas, which consist of the fire-water tank; air compressor dryer station, fire-water pump house, filling hall, administrative building, generator house, staff quarters, restaurant, clinic, football field, tankers withholding area and others.

This story was first published in The Guardian Post issue N0:3224 of Monday September 9, 2024