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Promotion of Disability Inclusive Development and Safeguarding Award to Bamenda 1 Council

Awarded for Outstanding performance in Promoting Disability Inclusive Development and Safeguarding

Awarded for Promoting Disability Inclusive Development and Safeguarding

Promotion of Disability Inclusive Development and Safeguarding Award to Bamenda 1 Council
https://www.bamenda1council.org/promotion-of-disability-inclusive-development-and-safeguarding-award/

Bamenda 1 Council under the leadership of Mayor Mbigha Njah Felix has been Awarded for promoting Disability Inclusive Development and Safeguarding in the Northwest Region, Cameroon.

Throughout the years since Mbingha Njah Felix came to power as Mayor of Bamenda 1 Council, the municipality has witnessed a lot of changes in relation to disabled persons inclusion from building and renovating schools and hospitals with disabled persons of all sorts taken into consideration and carrying out social projects  distributing capital equipment to the vulnerable and disabled alike. Staffs of the Council working with Mayor Mbigha in service of Bamenda 1 municipality principally and the Northwest region entirely are looking forth to be   more disabled inclusive given activities and projects combined where people with disability have access to social and development benefits like everyone else in their communities with inclusion of marginalized people in development processes. The Council is also working on  reducing poverty and building resilient communities of able and disabled persons alike.

Bamenda I Council 2023 Budgetary session

BAMENDA I COUNCIL BRIEFS ON 2023

BAMENDA I COUNCIL BRIEFS ON 2023

We held on the 19th of November 2022 a budgetary session for the year 2023 and voted a budget which stands at a balance in revenue and expenditure at seven hundred and seventy nine million, four hundred thousand francs CFA  (779,400,000FCFA) which is divided as recurrent revenue, recurrent investment, recurrent expenditure and investment expenditure. This budget is aimed at realizing several projects in the year 2023. Amongst these projects are Extension of electricity from Ntoh to Ntahmeleh to Nkah quarters, Equipping of the Bamenda I Sub Divisional hospital theater, Supply of a grader SHANTUI, Opening and grading of road and construction of culverts from Ta Tighe’s entrance through Pa Ndifor to GTHS Bamendankwe and Construction of a borehole with a solar pump at the Bamenda I market/park just to name a few.

                Mayor Mbigha Njah Felix assured that there will be constant supply of water in Bamenda I Council area as the Council has been working on that since 2021 while also working to beautify Bamendankwe and the Gas Plant under construction at Ntahfubuh is thanks to the peace and tranquility that we have within the municipality.

                The council is also projecting income generating activities as well as employment opportunities for the youthful population of Bamendankwe.

Economic Activities

BAMENDA I RESIDENTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND POTENTIALS

BAMENDA I RESIDENTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND POTENTIALS

AGRICULTURE

This is the main economic activity of the people with the women dominating. Cultivation is continuous especially in the vegetable sector. Harvesting takes place between July and September for other crops. The main crops include: Irish potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Maize, Cowpea, Beans, Yams Cassava and Tomatoes. Fruits cultivated include pears, magoes, plums and guavas.

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

       Cattle rearing takes place on the hills with the Fulani and Mbororo being the main actors. Poultry and other small rodents as guinea pigs, rabbits. Goats are also grown to a lesser extent.

MARKET GARDENING

       The youths are the main actors here and they produce eucalyptus, cypress, pepper and spices seedlings in large quantities for distribution in the large market not only in Mezam but throughout the National Territory

ART AND CRAFT

       The women are involved in the weaving of baskets, fiber bag, making of traditional dresses while the men and some youths make bamboo chairs, mats and carve objects from wood, in line with their hereditary. The blacksmiths produce hoes, knives and spears.

TOURISTIC SITES AND TOURISM 

         There are many attractive touristic sites in the Bamenda 1 municipality. They include the German graves, the Bamenda range of hills and plateau caves.

The shrine at Achichem-this habours a natural vegetation pools and waterfalls of high intensity. It is believed that all departed Fons, Notables and High priest of Bamendankwe reside in this shrine.

The three mystical stones- three equal stones with each coving the space of about five square metres high and five metres presented in the form of a triplet with a natural pavement leading to them.

The rich     culture of the Bamenda 1 municipality which is usually expressed in its song and dance   using the xylophone and drum is a rich touristic attraction to many visitors. This is usually during the dry season after harvest and the period when many death celebrations take place. The bottle dance is typical traditional rhythms and dance mainly in the evening and during weekends in some of the very popular drinking spots. Thursday is the cattle market day with it attractions. Traders come in from all over the National Territory to sell and buy cows. This is usually accompanied with well roosted Soya and drinks that will make visitors always want to be part of the cattle market. There is also the monument of a fallen soldier that was built in respect of the 50th anniversary of the arm force.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

The Bamenda 1 municipality has nineteen (19) nursery and primary schools and six secondary schools. The primary schools are distributed among the Catholics, the Baptist, the Presbyterians, the private sector and the Government. The private institutions operate mainly nursery and primary schools while the government operates mainly the primary school with one nursery school. Government operates four (4) secondary schools while one is privately run. The Maryvale Institute is a specialized centre owned by the Catholics operating in the Paul VI Pastoral centre specialized in providing refresher course for Catholic Christians who wants to deepen their faith.

HEALTH FACILITIES

As a result of the importance of health to the population, there are an impressive number of health establishment in this municipality. They include: The Adeso clinic at GRA, the World hospital at mile 1, the Integrated Health Centre at Sanimaka, the Military Hospital at the army camp, the Mutangoh Health centre.

RELAXATION AND INNS

         Bamenda 1 offers a quiet and calm atmosphere away from the hustle and bustle of town life. Resting facilities for meditation and retreats are available and inexpensive. The Paul IV pastoral centre offers such a unique facility. The Bamenda club 58 an exclusive club also offers relaxation and a lawn tennis and table tennis courts. It also provides fried chicken and cold drinks. Restaurants like the David Tower at Mile 2 offers clean environment where drinks are sold and also offers European African dishes there’re also other eating sites like Ma Esther’s restaurant at custom junction, roasted pork at Ntanche, West end at Akumbele and Gate way at prisons Junction.