Government Delegate Descends to shoot trouble at Bonewonda

Fritz Ntone Ntone and his team went to the field to solve problems and map out areas to be demolished.

The Government Delegate to the Douala City Council, Fritz Ntone Ntone and his team has descended to Bonewonda in Bepanda a bid to solve the problem which sparked on Saturday March 28.The indigenes got into a confrontation with council workers who were destroying buildings which according to them had encroached in to the extend to which the enlargement of the road had to occupy.
The Government Delegate told the population why it was necessary to enlarge the road. He said it was for development. He tried to get them understand the need for the development. He said the market is large enough to contain all the traders who were at the road side and who had occupied “Double Bar”, a round about in Bepanda. The road he said was going to lead to the market it happens to be the only passage in Bepanda and if arranged will ease circulation. He said construction workis going to beginning on the road, he said in the days ahead.
He said the market was supposed to have been ready for traders to start using, because according to him the market registrar, Fopa Michel had promised the market will be ready by the end of January or February and he gave him room to explain to the population which got very angry at the registrar.
The registrar said he has been undergoing threats from the inhabitants all the times. He said the market was not his but the Government’s, a statement which most of the youths shouted he was telling lies. Ntone Ntone intervened and said he will study the issue to see where the blockages are. Ntone tried to dialogue with the inhabitants and gave for them to express themselves. One of the inhabitants said she has stayed in the area for 35 years and it would be good to have a tarred road in the area. But her cry was that the measurement should be taken from the two sides of the road such that they would not have destroyed some areas which they did if the measurement was taken from the two sides of the road. Besides she said they were given 24 hours notice.
Ntone told the people a team will be doing a door to check of those who have land titles and those who have will be compensated before the houses will be destroyed for the work on the road to effectively begin.
He went to Rue de la Joie where he mapped out houses which have to be demolished because they were wrongly constructed. The Council also had plans to enlarge rue de la joie, an initiative which the Chief of Canton Bell Esaka Ekwalla appreciated and applauded.
The visit ended with the visit of the Douala trade fair ground which will be taking place at Hon. Jean Jacque Ekindi’s compound.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO
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