Re: [bonbani] forwarding a press release from communication unit of BRC

NI George
I could not go through your comments on the BRC projects when i read the section which reads ".....thank God we have the right person at the helm" Im sure it was just an aspect of humour you to spice your article .CPMDM ??? ahahahah. People who have taken out their own umbrella when "the rain" is over to talk development in their own village .We should not fail to understand that the pocket is never full of money no matter the the amount that is found in the source where it is being taken to fill the pocket . so let the 16million to construct twoclassrooms not suprise us.Well lets wait and see the quality of the classrooms
Clerkson.


Gebdinga George Waima wrote:
Mfed-Mfed
Looking at the projects many must have doubt because it's not the first.We all know.We have always remain to thrust but things still have divert courses.This is the right time to talk not to wait when the projects have a wrong then still us start pointing fingers and laying acusations.Good that we have the right person at the helm to pilot this through.

We should all have flash back on Koplap water project.How far did that go within the estimated time.Even now I'm still doubting it effectiveness. Many contributed financially, physically with tears and pain to meet it realization but many ills happened on the project.All tilting to mismanagement and squandering of fund.Some even lost their lives.The main initiator of the project being shifted aside.Thank God for that, else we would have missed him by now.

Notwithstanding, this is beneficial of the national cake.I hope and believe the project will go through without people knocking their heads becoming doubting Thomas.Money use judiciously too that's where the issue has questions.What have we, when we crook,swindle, deceive others to enrich ourselves for God's sake.Only an individual and perhaps GOD can give the best answer.If 2 classrooms or others cost 16m,then we expect to have a magnificient structure not the case of Koplap water project that cheap I mean cheap pipe water were bought.Every day water flow through the pipe line because of disjoin and explosion of pipes.Who is to lose,Bali neighbours?NO! Still us but we don't learn from our mistake.One saying goes"You do good you do for yourself,do bad you do for yourself" Everything on the said project is good let it be well implemented. We will have but Bali City nomore Bali Village. God being our helper.

Georgedobgima george taka wrote:
HI ALL

Just a few quick comments about the publication of budget estimates and expenditures for the Bali Nyonga rural council

My first observation is that one of the historic regions of our village has been left out of this development efforts of the mayor .I mean NGWATKAN .Hoping that we all know its geo strategic position within the municipality i want to observe that it has been neglected unfairly in the past and even now .It neither has a budget head nor is included in the contact tour organised my the mayor.I think that NGWATKAN needs a little bit of attention especially if we must develop a sustainable border town policy

Second,i think it is the inalienable right of the people to question things they can,t understand.It is no priviledge done to anybody by a simple act of publishing budgets and expenditures. I think it is an obligation and the mayor has simply done what is to be done .What is left to be questioned will be the realisation of these paper work on the ground

We seem to be overtaken by the notion of CAMEROON doing things its own way.If it is the right way or the wrong way ,sooner or later we will all know.We should stop hiding behind notions like that to do things the wrong way.One has the right to question how 2 classrooms in bali should cost that much.How large and with what kind of imported marble are these classrooms going to be constructed. ? We need some imagination and less logic here i think

STAY BLESSEDFomantum Eric wrote:
Mbonbani.

I believe that what we need to do is first to appreciate the fact that for the first time we are being inform of what is going on in the village in terms of development plans and expenditure. The Mayor has a good plan for the village. It is time we join hands with him to bring about positive ideas on how to develop the village rather than questioning about the cost of building a classroom. I will personally not be bothered about how much it cost to bring electricity to Naka, but I will be bothered that the people of this village had gone for centuries without lights and thanks to someone's inititiave Lighting is on the way. Looking at the details, nighty gritty of everything will only give room for more criticism and less work. I will like to mention here that most of the money from the Public Investment Budget has only become a reality because of the Mayor's efforts and connections. There is nothing wrong in providing for contingency plan in budgeting. To be honest , though I do not belong to the ruling party, the Mayor is achieving a lot for the village. His plans are endless. Questions like these will only go against the detriment of the Bali People as a whole. What I expect from us are proposals on projects in Bali and not cost details. We have been backward for too long. Let's move on.

Ba Fomantum.




TITASAMA DOH wrote:

It is really a wonderful and transparent initiative from the communication Unit of the BRC to make public its budget. Howvever when one goes through the public Investment budget of about 225.9 million and how this money will be spent it calls for alot of questions how camerooun budget is spent. It is very alarming to realise 2 classroom in GS Beisen will cost 16 millions frs CFA, the same goes for GTC Bali and you name the rest. We all know that will not cost more than 5 million to build two classroom in Bali. Only God knows where the rest of the money goes to. This is exactly how the development of Cameroon is being postponed to 100 years from now. Imagine this happening in all the subdivisions in cameroon. How many schools and roads would have been constructed if transparent and objective budgeting was but in place.

It is high time the people who execute these projects begin raising objections to this kind of budgeting.

It is good to know that this how our country in govern. 'Le cameroun c'est le cameroun'

Thank you Ni Edwin for sharing this with us.


Tita Sama
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PUBLIC INVESTMENT BUDGET
1) Mantum Electricity project 30 million
2) Njap Fotoh electricity project 35 million
3) Njap Fotoh water project 45 million
4) Support to agro/pastoral/ craft show 2 million
5) Workshop for GTC Bali 25 million
6) Two classrooms for GTC 18 million
7) Renovation works GNS Bali 10 million
8) Two classrooms for GS Beisen 16 million
9) Two classrooms for GS Kutadshi 16 million
10) Toilets for GS Fotoh/Mantum 3.5 million
11) Toilets GS Bali group 1?2 3.5 million
12) 60 desks for GS Naka 1.8 million
13) Two classrooms for GS Naka 16 million
14) 50 desks for GS Fotoh/Mantum 1.6 million
15) Staff room GS Fotoh/Mantum 2.5 million
Total 225.9 million