Bui basic education delegation fêtes successes in thanksgiving mass

From Peter Adi Fonte in Kumbo

The Bui divisional delegation for basic education has organized a thanksgiving mass to celebrate successes recorded during the 2013/2014 academic year and the FENASSCO ‘B’ games. During the massively-attended thanksgiving mass that was organized recently in the Tobin Catholic Church, emphasis was laid on the performance of the division in the First School Leaving Certificate examination, Common Entrance Examination into Grammar Schools as well as Common Entrance Examination into Technical Colleges.

The mass was celebrated by the parish priest of Tobin, Rev. Father Charles Mbuntum Aboini. He said the basic education successes came as a result of team work and congratulated the whole education family. He praised of the Bui divisional delegate of basic education; Clement Angwafor Mankefo who initiated the mass, for his spirit of humility. He told them that human nature is full of evil so opposition will continue to exist and that evil should be repaid with blessings. He used the occasion to call on the faithful to denounce evil and Boko Haram threats by praying for it to come to an end. He congratulated the Catholic Women’s Association, CWA for the celebration of the 50^th anniversary of its foundation in Cameroon. The occasion was witnessed amongst others by some divisional delegates among them the divisional treasurer of Kumbo, Paul Ngoyeh and Chia Ngham Eric the divisional delegate of MINMIDT and Mrs. Elizabeth Mankefo amongst others.

Angwafor Clement justifies holding of thanksgiving mass

Explaining the reasons behind the thanksgiving mass, the divisional delegate of basic education; Clement Angwafor Mankefo who took over control of the delegation in January 2013 said; “we organized it firstly because for this year we have done a lot of progress with regards to examinations. We emerged the overall first in the North West region in the Common Entrance Examination into grammar schools; we were second in the Common Entrance examination into Technical Schools and first in the First School Leaving Certificate Examination”.

 To Angwafor, the thanks giving mass was to: “ remind ourselves and the audience, the Christians and population that our mission as teachers is to educate our children, to instill in them the love Jesus Christ had instilled in us as well as to further implant in them the spirit of sharing, the spirit of forgiveness and the spirit of development. So far today we saw that we can contribute our own quota to develop any aspect of the church.”

He used the occasion to thank all those who chipped in their support and collaboration to enable him, his colleagues and well wishers to raise the sum of 228.325 FCFA for the development of the Church. He equally called on parents who are sending their children to Form One to cut their coats according to their sizes and not to imitate those who send their children to ‘big schools’ like St. Augustine’s College Kumbo, Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School, Mankon Bamenda, Sacred Heart College Bamenda. He said it will be frustrating for a child whose parents borrow money or sell a piece of land to pay school fees, when they will not be able to continue when the child moves to the next class.

 The divisional delegate also pointed out that there are so many government secondary schools in the division to which parents can affordably send their children there without having to go the extra mile. Apparently prompted by the fact the FENASSCO fund coffers was empty when he took office, the new basic education delegate called on school managers to respect the law and pay the FENASSCO dues for their respective schools.

Angwafor’s rich & astounding professional career

Angwafor has worked as a teacher of Government Teachers’ Training Colleges, GTTC in Ngaoundere and Bamenda. Being an inspector of basic education, Angwafor worked in Furu Awa in Menchum division, Babessi sub division, Jakiri subdivision, Bamenda Central sub division and in Bamenda II subdivision. He worked in the capacity of divisional delegate of basic education for Mezam division from 2010 to January 13^th 2013 when he was posted in the same capacity to Bui division till date. He says he sees himself as one who has to continue to carry the spirit of development wherever he is posted because the head of state says that one should work and live wherever he/she is posted and develop the place. He said when the Bible teaches people to go and multiply, it does not imply that one should only go to multiply in his own village but wherever his services are needed. He said wherever he went he made sure that he left an indelible mark.

               

Organising FENASSCO ‘B’ games with empty coffers

The educator stated that the first challenge he had on arrival at the helm of the delegation was organizing FENASSCO ‘B’ games in Bui division without a franc in the FENASSCO fund. He surmounted the difficulties by mobilizing his inspectors of basic education in Bui to bring their various delegations to Kumbo for the divisional finals while through appeals; he received assistance in transportation from Hon. Kwei Andrew Mngo of Oku and in cash from Hon. Banadzem Joseph Lukong of Kumbo Constituency. “Everything from the divisional finals of FINASSCO ‘B’ to the regional finals in Bamenda went on hitch free,” he stated.

At this year’s regional finals of FENASSCO ‘B’ games, Bui division emerged first and went on to take part in the national finals in Ngaoundere where they won six medals including two gold and four bronze medals. The governor of the North West region, Lele L’Afrique Adolph Deben Tchoffo received the Bui delegation and gave them the sum of 50,000FCFA and a shield for recognition.

Angwafor Clement gives Bui basic education delegation facelift

He took over the delegation from his predecessor in the dilapidated structures which were rented by government. Before Angwafor’s appointment to Bui, government had constructed a divisional delegation for basic education and what was lacking was an access to the building and electricity. It was Angwafor who took upon himself to provide road access to the building and install electricity in the building which currently hosts the delegation. Government provided a credit of 4.5MFCFA francs which he used to acquire equipment and equip the building.