As Monono To Face Probe: Abety, Mbong, Akoko Could Be Messed-Up Over Management of GCE Board

Humphrey Ekema Monono, Registrar of the Cameroon General Certificate of Education Examination, GCE Board is in trouble. According to a summon by the Budget Disciplinary and Finance Commission, Monono has to be probed for his management of the GCE Board, from 2006 to 2009. The probe, Chronicle has been told may help to wade-off fingers of accusations levied on Monono, Chronicle has been told. Accordingly, the probe has been precipitated by suspicion that the GCE Board has witnessed certain anomalies. By press time Chronicle gathered that though Monono is the one to take the heat, other present and past officials including Prof Peter Abety, Johannes Mbong and Mathew Akoko could be faulted.

Monono, Chronicle gathered has to be audited given allegations that he was Chief Ephraim Inoni’s man. It is believed that he could just be scape-goated, given his adherence to the former Prime Minister, presently awaiting trial at the Kondengui prison.

Henri Eyebe Ayissi, Minister Delegate at eth Presidency in charge of supreme state control, dropped the bombshell last week. He summoned three (3) top ranking officials, to appear before the budgetary and finance disciplinary council of the supreme state audit. Apart from Monono, other officials include Iya Mohamed, General Manager of SODECOTON, Bruno Bekolo Ebe, Rector of the University of Douala.

But as for the case of Monono, Chronicle gathered that Monono would be grilled over the management of the GCE Board from 2006 when he took over from Omer Wey Yembe, up till 2009. Implicitly, it is the first mandate of his constitutional stay as GCE Board registrar.

A source hinted Chronicle that the probe targets 2006-2009 for obvious reasons. Accordingly, this is the period when the GCE board began receiving government subsidy. It is believed that for Monono to have been appointed out of a panel of three (3) by Inoni, it was not by accident. How did the GCE Board therefore manage government subsidies between 2006-2009? Why has there been the outcry about the probable cut or suspension of the subsidy?

Chronicle learnt that pricked by the complaints of the Board presently, the supreme state audit has had to cruise into the management of its finances.

A source at the GCE board however told Chronicle that Monono would emerge as a saint after being grilled by the budget and finance disciplinary council of the supreme state audit.

Chronicle gathered that those who could probably be axed, include Johannes Mbong and Matthew Akoko, the outgone two deputy registrars of the board. Allegations are rife that both could have received contracts from the board, against the rule.

Chronicle learnt that in the most part, the deputy registrars placed themselves on mission or executed contracts within the board, which was against their rule. Even with Peter Abety, Board Chairman of the GCE Board, Chronicle gathered that he only came within the scene one, after huge sums had allegedly been drained by the deputy registrars. Thus within the period 2006-2009, Abety is vindicated.