The General Secretary of the Cameroon Baptist Convention, CBC, Rev. Charles Tangwa, has said Cameroon is sitting on a time bomb.

Rev. Tangwa made the declaration to The Post in Bamenda on March 13 while commenting on the current constitutional review debate.The Rev. said what should preoccupy the leaders of this country is the future of the young people rather than constitutional review.

"The government of Cameroon has more pertinent issues to concentrate on, like creating employment for the youths, rather than changing some sections of the constitution for the interest of some individuals," said Tangwa.

Commenting on the plight of the youths, Rev. Tangwa said every year young intellectuals graduate from our universities to become commercial motorbike riders, taxi drivers and all what they should not have been, if their future was a preoccupation of the government.

"When the time will come and these young fellows say we are fed up, that is when it will be clear that we were sitting on a time bomb and there will be no control," the man of God said. "Let government concentrate on solving the problems of the youths and remedy the situation before it goes off hand," he added.

Rev. Tangwa cited the CBC constitution, which states that the General Secretary can be in office for four years renewable once. "It will be wrong for me to want to change the constitution in order that I remain in office for more years than what the constitution states," Tangwa said.

He advised President Paul Biya to end his term of office according to the present constitution and assume civilian life, like other presidents in America, Europe, Nigeria and elsewhere have done.

The General Secretary, however, condemned rioting, looting and destruction of property as happened during the recent strike."If the acts of vandalism were politically motivated as the Head of State mentioned, then that is bad politics," Tangwa remarked. He said what the common man in the street wants is that prices and taxes should be reduced to make life worth living.

He urged all Christians to go on their knees and pray for Cameroon. "Cameroonians cannot afford to go through what Chad or Kenya has gone through," he said.The General Secretary took the opportunity to announce the extraordinary General Session of the CBC coming up in Njinikijem, Belo, Boyo Division from April 3 to 5.

At the Belo General Session, the committee put in place by the Limbe General Session to study the coastal memorandum will present its report, the General Secretary said.It should be recalled that in that memorandum, CBC Christians of the Southwest Province accused their brothers and sisters of the Northwest of embezzlement, tribalism, nepotism, discrimination and marginalisation amongst other issues.

According to Rev. Tangwa, the committee composed of 10 persons, five each from both regions have met four times. He, however, declined mentioning anything that the committee has proposed to the General Session.