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Govt humanitarian aid Intensifies as 500 more get blessings.

2019-11-12

No: 455

Govt humanitarian aid Intensifies as 500 more get blessings.

By Etoh Anzah George in Bamenda.

The recent visit of Paul Atanga Nji, minister of territorial administrative, to the North West region embodied diverse motives one of which was the carrying out of a regular distribution of kits to internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had long been hit by the Anglophone crisis under whose ministerial supervision the said aid is supervised. To this therefore tins of sardines, cooking oil, cubes of savon, buckets, packs of sugar, 5kg of rice and 10,000 frs transportation fare was distributed to the displaced persons who had turned out massively at the esplanade of the North West Governor’s office to receive government’s elementary heart touching gifts geared towards the betterment of their individual as well as collective lives.

Speaking at the ceremony, Adolphe Lele Lafrique urged the crisis-hit victims: "be agents of peace". He lauded recent efforts recorded to which presumed thieves and terrorists stormed the Nkwen municipality but couldn’t successfully operate as the angry population jungle justiced them". He further added:"Be law-abiding and God-fearing as you return to your various communities knowing that at the age of historical perturbations the major dialogue will produce long-lasting solutions". The internally displaced persons told The Horizon: "It gives me great joy to receive this aid today. Leaving my native Ndu to Bamenda was a nightmare. As a seller of roast fish I made a living together with my children from the proceeds harvested there, but as of now we are 5 in a home with relatively bad conditions to live on. It’s true the aid we have received is so helpful which I appreciate the state for but I so much would have desired a mattress to live on", she said.

Going further, he said: "My appeal to the government is simple. Not at all times can a father be right. Give your sons a listening ear because they too have a story to tell. It’s true as IDPs we desire money for our daily life but sincerely no matter what you have in a strange land you can’t make proper use of it as to if you were at home. Consequently, we wish to return to our homes. We are tired of begging and squatting in a bid to survive".

Another told The Horizon :"Living in the South West was pretty beautiful and interesting until the crisis broke out.While there I traded to survive but fell sick and returned to my native home for medical checks where I frequently visited the Mbingo annex hospital. Here I was given attention but with recent gun shots and open confrontations coupled with multiple gunshots I fled to Bamenda where there is relative peace. From here I have been regularly paying visits to the Mbingo Hospital for medical check-ups. I am indeed GRATEFUL for the relief aid as it will breathe a sigh of relief owing to my family's state" he said.

Since the launching of the humanitarian aid plan government has continually distributed aid with over 5000 and more said to have been served.Though the beneficiaries hold positive landmarks they however dream of a permanent return to normalcy.

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Govt humanitarian aid Intensifies as 500 more get blessings.