Mbonjo Village Opens Up for Better Trade

A bridge has been created to link the village to other neighbouring localities.

Thanks to the Cameroon-European Union Rural Development Programme, the Mbonjo village now has a bridge which is 12 metres long to link the village to other neighbouring areas like Penda Mboko and Malende in the South West Region.
The project which costs FCFA 41million was handed over to the villagers by the Parliamentarian for Mungo South, Jean Claude Mpacko who engineered the relationship with the European Union.
The bridge was followed by the creation of an earth road which linked the Mbonjo to Penda Mboko and then to Malende to the CDC plantations.
Honourable Mpacko, the Mayor of Bonaléa, Nkotti Francois , the paramount Chief and representatives of the European Union visited the project and to hand it over to the villagers.
The Parliamentarian said the project has been realised because of the voluntary nature of the villagers and also because it is participatory development. He lauded the efforts of the lord mayor who brought up the demand of a bridge to him and the bridge has been granted thanks to the Cam-EU relationship. He added that it was not easy to get to Penda Mboko from Mbonjo because it could either be through the river in a canoe or through the bushy road. But thanks to the bridge and the earth road, travelling to Penda Mboko and even right to Malende is with all ease. He added that if this initiative could be imitated by all then development in Cameroon will happen like the speed of light.
The Chief also lauded the efforts and said this has happened to Mbonjo through the help of God.
Some tools worth FCFA 2, 35,000 were donated to the road committee workers to take care of the road and the bridge. The villagers were told to work harder to keep the earth road and the bridge. They were given three buckets, two spades, diggers, pairs of boots, gloves, shovels, axe, twine ropes, wheel barrows wreckers, among others to make sure they continue to work on the road.
Honourable Mpacko also visited another CAM-EU project which is the construction of two classrooms for the Government secondary school, Bonamekete, Dibombari. There he assed that the wok has advanced hoping the work will be through in about two to three weeks, because he said he will be taking charge to ensure all goes well.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO
Bridge made of heavy wood.