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Morocco pledges to share infrastructure experience.

2019-11-19

No: 456

Morocco pledges to share infrastructure experience.

Thursday, November 14, 2019 afternoon was a busy moment for Prime Minister, Head of Government, Chief Dr Joseph Dion Ngute, as he granted audiences to separate delegations.

One of the audiences was with the Moroccan delegation led by the Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water Resources, Abdel Kader.

They are in Yaounde for the African forum on infrastructure whose opening ceremony was presided over by Prime Minister Dion Ngute. After the uudience, Minister Abdel Kader told the press that the infrastructure forum in Yaounde was important for it will foster regional integration. Stating that- the delegation he was heading was one of the biggest ever in Cameroon, he said Morocco has made a lot of efforts in the infrastructure sector, citing roads, motor ways and railways. “We have done this with our own experience, enterprise, engineers and that is why we think it is important to share the experience,” he said. He said the “experience could be shared with our brothers in Cameroon”. In order to foster regional integration, Minister Abdel Kader said Morocco was working on many big integration projects. He cited the motorways from Morocco to Egypt intended to link the countries in economic and social development. “ We need to work together”, he advised.

Institut Pasteur Officials

The Director General of Centre Pasteur in Yaounde, Elisabeth Carniel, also brought officials from Institut Pasteur in Paris, France to have discussions with Prime Minister Dion Ngute.

They included the Board Chair of Institut Pasteur, Christian Vigouroux, and the Director General of Institut Pasteur, Stewart Cole, among others. They are in Yaounde for the scientific symposium.

Talking to the press after the discussions, Elisabeth Carniel disclosed that the directors of the 32 Centre Pasteur institutions all over the world were in the Yaounde for the symposium. She said the Prime Minister stated the importance of Institut Centre Pasteur to Cameroon through the research and treatment work done by Centre Pasteur. As to the future projects of Centre Pasteur, she said that in the short term they will install solar energy to take care of energy shortages. Another short-term project is the use of smart phones to reduce the degree of waiting of patients in getting their results. In the mid-term, Elisabeth Carniel said, they intend to decentralize the centre so that people can do their tests not only in the centre. In the long-term, they will build another site in Douala.

She disclosed that government has already given them land.

The new Indian High Commissioner to Cameroon, Rakesh Malhotra, was also received in audience by Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute. He disclosed to the press that he was only two months after taking office in Yaounde. Rakesh Malhotra disclosed that he was still looking for offices for their staff. The Indian government, he said, has been giving credit and scholarships to Cameroon to boost human resource development in the country. He disclosed that his priorities will be to reinforce cooperation in the mining, engineering growth and technology sector.

Culled from Cameroon Tribune

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Morocco pledges to share infrastructure experience.