Cameroon: Senate Challenges Cameroonians To Shun Hate, Division, Stigmatization

The eldest Member of the Senate has called on Cameroonians to shun the negative wind of hate, division and stigmatization that is currently blowing across the nation. Nfon Victor Mukete made the call 11 March 2021 as he chaired the opening plenary sitting of the March 2021 ordinary session for the Upper House of Assembly.

The session unfolded in the presence of cabinet ministers led by Prime Minister, Head of Government, Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute, among other senior state officials and members of the diplomatic corps.

“…this baseless wind of hatred, rejection by one another and stigmatization has no place within the heritage handed down to us by our ancestors with regard to the spirit and the demands of life in the society within a state as ours which is moving positively towards emergence by 2035,” declared the statesman.

“You can understand the emotion with which I take the floor before this august assembly whereby despite the many significant political, economic and social efforts made by his Excellency Mr. Paul Biya President of the Republic, efforts for which theSsenate warmly congratulates him, wind of bad omen continue to blow in some regions of our country,” he added, while appealing to all to revive their patriotic spirits.

“Consequently, we must reject this negative wind, conceptions and ways of living in our country. We must be exemplary citizens in the way we are, act, and assume our responsibilities in areas that help us achieve our goals,” he suggested. 

Nfon Mukete urged his peers senators to let aside their political differences and put the supreme interest of the state at the top in the course of their debates throughout the session and to be living examples in the respect of all prescribed anti-COVID-19 barrier measures.