The following story from the Yaounde paper, Cameroon Tribune, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200706181576.html and on lgpolicy-list. DZO
National Language Broadcasts Preoccupy MPs Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé) http://www.cameroon-tribune.net 18 June 2007 By Emmanuel Kendemeh Four members of government were at the National Assembly on Friday, 15 June to answer questions from Members of Parliament on the occasion of the second question time plenary sitting for the June 2007 ordinary session of Parliament. The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, presided over the plenary sitting in the presence of the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Relations with the Assemblies. Communication Minister, Ebenezer Njoh Mouelle, answered Hon. Roger Nkodo Ndang's questions on the disappearance of some important programmes broadcast in national languages over CRTV Provincial Stations. With a particular focus on the programme "Bebela ebug" of the CRTV Centre Provincial Station, the Communication boss said that it was replaced by another programme "Aba bekang". According to Minister Njoh Mouelle, the presenter of the first programme rendered it famous but had to go on retirement. He told MPs that in each CRTV Provincial Station, there are programmes in the national languages of the area. These programmes make up 20 to 40 percent of the programmes. The problems with programmes in the national languages, he specified was that there are presented by untrained stringers who consequently do not have a particular status in the corporation. However, he said, there are studies underway on ways of handling such personnel. Minister Njoh Mouelle also told MPs that community radio stations, found all over the country, were almost an extension of the CRTV Provincial Stations with regard to broad cast in national languages. They relate and complement CRTV's work on information, and mobilisation of the local population on health and environmental issues. The Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Emmanuel Edou, clarified MPs on the newly created municipal councils. He stated that there were created taking into consideration demographic growth, as well as human and natural resources therein. Minister Edou said all was being done to make the 22 July elections free, fair and transparent through special instructions and directives given local administrative officials. It was an opportunity for him to state that the National Elections Observatory and other structures concerned with elections will control all elections in the country till Elections Cameroon (ELECAM), fully comes into force in June 2008. On his part, the Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Justice, Maurice Kamto, assessed the level of the implementation of the Criminal Procedure Code that went into force on 1 January this year. He said much was being done. However, the judicial department was grappling with the problems of insufficient infrastructure and human resources. For example, he said, there were only 886 magistrates to cover the entire country. The Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection Nana Aboubakar answered Hons. Jua Paulinus and Nkodo Ndang's questions on the government's policy in managing waste, and curbing activities that cause climate change. Copyright © 2007 Cameroon Tribune. All rights reserved. Siège : Route de l'aéroport, BP : 1218 Yaoundé, Cameroun (+237) 230-41-47/230-36-89/230-41-48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************** Disclaimer ****************************** Copyright: In accordance with Title 17, United States Code Section 107, this material is distributed without profit for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material posted to this list for purposes that go beyond "fair use," you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. Content: The sender does not vouch for the veracity nor the accuracy of the contents of this message, which are the sole responsibility of the copyright owner. Also, the sender does not necessarily agree or disagree with any opinions that are expressed in this message. ********************************************************************** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
