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Desperate Kumba City mayor takes aggressive approach in fighting Ghost Town.
Desperate Kumba City mayor takes aggressive approach in fighting Ghost Town.
Victor Ngoh Nkelle, Kumba City Mayor, is so desperate to see development and normalcy restored in the municipality.
But instead of offering city-dwellers a bait like his Bamenda counterpart in terms of auction sales and then educating them to see reason in opening their shops on Mondays, Ngoh Nekelle has taken an aggressive approach that risks alienating him from his community.
Several shops were sealed Monday August 3rd 2020 in different markets in Kumba by the city council. The decision, sources say, is to punish traders for respecting Monday traditional ghost town imposed by separatist fighters demanding the restoration of the independence of Southern Cameroon.
According to Victor Ngoh Nkelle “we cannot permit the economy of Kumba to be damaged by prolonged respect of ghost towns. People need to carry out their business activities. The security is there to protect the people. “
To traders respecting the ghost town, government has no serious policy of ensuring the safety of traders and their families when the fighters come hunting on them for defying their orders to stay home every Monday.
“Look at the city mayor. He is heavily guarded by military men as he moves around Kumba Main market sealing shops. Why can’t he move alone? This is because he too is afraid to risk his life on a day like this. So how do they expect unprotected traders to stand in the market selling on Mondays?” Mimi Mefo Info quoted a trader as saying
The traders argue that even when some people try to sell, there are no buyers as the town is deserted.
The Senior Divisional Officer of Meme division, Chamberlain Ntou’o Ndong , equally joined the city mayor in sealing shops at the Kumba main Market.
It remains unclear what traders will pay as penalty for their shops to be reopen by the council.