2025 presidentials: Akere Muna unveils blueprint to liberate Cameroon.

It is titled: “A May 20th Conversation with the People of Cameroon, by Akere Muna”. 

The anti-corruption champion in the message, has promised a vision to better empower citizens, overhaul the current status quo and reverse the current vexing situation where “a privileged few” treat the public till as “their personal inheritance”. 

“Join me in this peaceful revolution at the ballot box. Vote not for me, but for your future. Together, we will bring our exiled heroes home to rest in dignity, build a nation where no Cameroonian feels forced to flee and prove that the people's will is stronger than any dictator's grip. The time for waiting is over. The time for action is now. Cameroon will rise- because we, the people as one, will lift her up”, Akere declared. 

The message, focused on rectifying what he describes as “a cycle of empty promises,” perpetuated by the Biya regime for the past 43 years, also targets those frustrated with the current regime and are yearning for change. 

“Today, I stand before you not as a politician seeking power, but as a patriot who has lived your struggles, shared your frustrations, and believes fiercely in our collective potential. This October, we face not just another election, but a historic crossroads for our nation,” Akere stated. 

Regrets country’s underdevelopment 

Akere blamed government for failing to deliver in the past 43 years despite countless promises. 

“A 92-year-old leader clings to power while our hospitals lack medicine, our schools are crumbling, and our brightest minds fleeing abroad,” he bemoaned.

Akere criticised the government for recurrently waving “the banner of unity, while systematically dividing” citizens, pitting Regions and ethnic groups against another.  

He questioned the basis of the country’s much-trumpeted Unitary State, when many citizens still feel marginalised, minorities excluded and civil servants bribing their way to salaries. 

The 2025 presidential candidate said unity should mean “justice for every Region, opportunity in the Far North, dignity in the East and meritocracy in Yaounde”. 

‘Time for fear has passed’

Akere reminded those being cowered to docility for wanting change in leadership to stand firm and not bow to intimidation. He was categorical that the “certainty of continued decline” in the Biya regime is more dangerous than the risk that comes with change, as regime songbirds are touting. 

“The time for fear has passed. The time for courage is now,” Akere stated, while rhetorically questioning if fear has ever “put food on a child's plate, built a single hospital or created one job for our graduates? 

Akere said his pledge to Cameroonians is “simple but revolutionary”. He promised a government that prioritises the most basic needs of its citizens above self-interest.

Akere said he advocates zero tolerance towards corruption, no matter how powerful the offender. He equally said he looks forward to placing education at the fore of his national policy. This, he said, will be by ensuring there are “schools before palaces and teachers before bodyguards”.

He also promised a Cameroon where the voice of citizens matter more than party connections. 

Akere also restated his commitment to transparency and accountability, recalling his “consistent refusal to join the corrupt system and his record of service over self-enrichment.

“I seek not to rule, but to serve. Not to take power, but to return it where it belongs- to you, the people,” he pledged.

He urged all and sundry to register to vote, mobilise their communities, demand accountability and dare to build a new Cameroon, where “a child in Bamenda has the same opportunities as one in Douala”, where “hard work matters more than connections” and where “no leader stays in power for life”.  

“When we meet again in 2026, let it be to celebrate new factories, instead of unemployment lines, justice instead of oppression and a Cameroon where every child- from Maroua to Buea, can achieve their dreams,” he said.  

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3452 of Thursday May 22, 2025