By Doh Bertrand Nua
Municipal authorities in towns to host the 2021 African Nations Championship (CHAN) and the 2022 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) have been urged to intensify clean-up campaigns and give a new facelift to their cities.
PM Dion Ngute giving instructions to municipal authorities
The instructions were given by the Prime Minister while unveiling government’s Economic, Financial, Social and Cultural programme for the 2021 financial year at the National Assembly Wednesday 25 November 2020.
“From 16 January to 7 February 2021, our country will host the CHAN TOTAL CAMEROON 2021. Preparations towards satisfactorily hosting this important competition are almost complete. I hereby seize the opportunity to invite the Mayors of the towns that will host the various pools of the African Championship to give their towns a facelift,” Dion Ngute instructed.
The Head of government added that it is incumbent on the Mayors not only to intensify clean-up campaigns but to beautify the towns concerned in order to give our guests the warmest welcome.
He disclosed that in prelude to the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations, Government will: refurbish and construct roads and access routes to stadia; construct hotels as well as complete the interconnection of the various sites to the various networks.
He called on all stakeholders involved to pay special attention to respecting the deadlines for completing construction work on the East wing of the City of Douala, which will equally be the main access point into the Japoma Sports Complex and the Yaounde-Nsimalen motorway, to ease traffic at the entrance of the capital city, Yaoundé.
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