MINAT, MINSEC SAYS GOVERNMENT WOULD BUILD BACK SCHOOLS TOUCHED BY STORMS

The Minister of Territorial Administration, Atanga Nji Paul together with the Minister of Secondary Education, Pauline Nalova Lyonga, had a field day in Yaounde this March 11th, inspecting schools touched by March 8th, 2024 storms. After visiting three schools and some households affected, Minister Atanga Nji said, government will assist in rebuilding the damaged structures.

The presence of Minister Nalova Lyonga, was to ensure that school children are kept safe from broken classrooms. The ministerial entourage also had agents from the Department of Civil Protection of MINAT, led by the Director Ndzie Ntsama Angele who noted all damages recorded for possible intervention.

Minister Atanga Nji Paul, began at the Yaounde III Divisional officer’s office, at Efoulan, where heavy rains drenched the building, destroying most parts of the roof. The Divisional Officer, Biwele Sal Serge Hervé took the Minister round, showing him the extent of damages. Present was an architectural technician who was assigned by the Minister to completely overhaul the roofing of the entire building. The minister visited three houses adjourning the Yaounde III D.O’s office which were also affected by heavy rain. He assured the landlords, that, the houses would be repaired alongside the D.Os office in line with government policy to help victims of catastrophy thus they shall benefit from the budget to reconstruct the D.Os office.

Minister Atanga Nji continued to Government Bilingual High School (GBHS), Etoug Ebe where he was joined by the Minister of Secondary Education, Pauline Nalova Lyonga. They inspected some four buildings whose roofs were blown away by storms. At Government Bilingual High School Etoug Ebe, Minister Nalova Lyonga, said half the population of the five thousand five hundred students have to be relocated given the many buildings affected and the vulnerability of the students. The situation at GBHS Etoug Ebe as reported by the Principal, Foju Catherine, is 23 classrooms destroyed, roofs of ten classrooms blown off and some cars of school teaching staff damaged. “We are going to do the best we can to ensure that students stay in a safe situation and to ensure that we don’t have the disaster again” Minister Nalova Lyonga told the Principal of GBHS Etoug Ebe after learning about the destruction recorded.

From GBHS Etoug Ebe, both ministers continued to to a home at the Etoug Ebe neighborhood, where a family lost their son, Beyala Sylvain. He died at home after a furniture fell on him during the heavy rains of 08, March. The ministerial team consoled the bereaved family and encouraged them to be resilient.

Ministers Atanga Nji and Nalova Lyonga, moved to Lycée Bilingue D’application and later to Lycée leclerc to inspect school buildings affected by heavy rains. The situation in these schools involved some classrooms whose roofs had been partially blown away by the wind. At each school visited, the school authorities briefed both ministers on the level of damages and the areas of need. Minister Atanga Nji, said the visit gives the government a view of the needs of each area. “Normally, following the civil protection security, we have to do evaluation and take appropriate measures to see if the structures can be reconstructed or to see if there was anything which hampered the smooth running” The minister said. The evaluation of buildings damaged by storms was part of government’s policy of disaster evaluation and management.

By Mildred Wung

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