Government Delegate Visits Social Integration Centre

The centre is under construction in Mambanda for the underprivileged.

The Government delegate to the Douala City Council, Fritz Ntone Ntone and his team have descended to the field to visit some work cites in Bonaberi. The government delegate had two missions to accomplish in his visit to the Douala IV council area.
He visited the social centre in Mambanda which is undergoing construction. The centre which construction work began in February was described as a Social Integration Centre, and one of the first in Cameroon sponsored by and receiving technical support from the City Council of Strasbourg, France. He said the centre is a copy of what is undergoing construction too now in Strasbourg.
The Mayor to the Douala IV council, John Kumase said the centre will take care of the underprivileged people; it will contain a town hall for women, a centre people will be taught of preventive health education, rehabilitation of street children. According to Kumase, they have a four year plan to treat and reinstate street children to become real children again.
The centre he said will contain a workshop to train youths on tailoring, hair dressing, and a day care centre where mothers can leave their children.
The project Kumase said is costing FCFA 287 million of which the Douala City Council has put in about FCFA 72 million, the French Embassy FCFA 68 million, among others, but the Douala IV council he said has put in 10 percent which is mostly on miscellaneous works.
Ntone cautioned the technicians to take note of the finishing of the structure because according to him buildings in Douala have poor finishing.
The Mayor as landlord requested the road be tarred to get to the centre at least for the sake that they will have strangers who will come for the inauguration in less than four months, because the project has to be constructed in six months.
At the entrance to Mambanda from the Cemetery, the Government Delegate asked the Chief in charge of the fight against urban disorder to clear off all those dong rubber business in the area. Then to Nouvelle Route Bonaberi where he gave instructions to the technician from Razel working in the road, while checking out where trees will be planted on the road.
At the end of his visit, he commented that he is delighted the work on Nouvelle Route Bonaberi has kicked off and they will do all to occupy the area where they have broken and sent off traders so that they will not come back to occupy it when they see that the council has delayed using it. He also added they will do all to arrange the road to Mambanda from the entrance to ALPICAM to serve the population.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO