By Musa Isa
Dutch born Boertien Matthys
Johannes replaces Alex Van Elk as General Manager of the Cameroon Airlines
Corporation, CAMAIRCO. President Paul Biya took cognizance of resolution
No.001/12/2012 of an extraordinary session of the Board of Directors of
CAMAIRCO last December 12, 2012. Surprisingly, unlike what happened to the
Ports Authority, wherein the Board Chairman and the General Manager were fired
mid last year, it was less so with CAMAIRCO.
Chronicle
however learnt that the December 21, 2012 CAMAIRCO board meeting was staged in the
absence of its Board Chairman, Prime Minister Philemon Yang. Many have been
questioning why Yang too had not been axed, given that the outgone Van Hetz was
recruited by him. It is even alleged that his monthly salary of over 22 million
FCFA had become a scandal.
CAMAIRCO has
been in crisis since its inception. It has been operating on a deficit.
Allegations are rife that two new planes which the corporation announced to
have acquired from the Chinese was just a hoax. Chronicle learnt that they had
not even been put into use. Worse still, the corporation was just at the brink
of collapse with almost all its operations unfunctional.
Quizzed in
parliament about the downward trend of the activities of the corporation, PM
Yang (its board chairman) gave a plausible progress of the corporation’s
activities. Yang said CAMAIRCO be given time to function before it is
evaluated.
Commentators
hold that having just returned from a sick leave, Biya could not just aggravate
Yang’s situation. Moreso, to have replaced him as Board Chairman would give him
indications that his days at the Star
Building were numbered.
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