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Cameroon: French Embassy Promotes Social Development in Bakassi


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The Post (Buea)

24 March 2008
Posted to the web 24 March 2008

Leocadia Bongben

The French Embassy, through its social development fund, has invested FCFA 150 million for the realisation of three projects in the Bakassi Peninsula.

French Ambassador, George Serre, cutting ribbon

The assistance of the French Embassy falls within the framework of accompanying governmental efforts in the area of provision of infrastructure.The assistance would be used to equip the medical centre in Akwa District to the tune of FCFA 24,887,422 million.

This amount was used in purchase of special equipment for laboratory, X-ray machine and aesthesia. In order to ensure equipment maintenance, the French Embassy would send an NGO to train medical personnel, of the Ministries of Public Health and Defence on the utilisation and maintenance of the special materials.

In the same vein, an intermediary Health Centre and lodgings would be construction and equipment to the tune of FCFA 37,874,528, in the Ndo locality situated inside the peninsula. It is hope that this would ameliorate the sanitary and health conditions of the population.

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The provision and treatment of rain water in Kombo, Munja 1and 2, and the Ndo area at FCFA 87,248,051m is equally part of the projects and is justified by the absence of drinking water in the south of the peninsula.

In the dry season the population is said to buy water brought in by ship at exorbitant prices. Rain water would be collected in plastic reservoirs of 150m3 and treated before distribution in Kombo a Munja 1 and 2. In the Ndo area a similar disposition would be taken to provide water to the intermediary Centre.

While the Medical Centre in Akwa was officially inaugurated work in the these on the intermediary health centre and the water project was launched on March 10, by the French Ambassador to Cameroon George Serre, accompanied by the Ministers of Public Health Andre Mama and Basic Education, Haman Adama.



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