- Their Mission and where they are
today:
1st: Bello Bouba Maigari (North)
(November 6, 1982 to August
23, 1983) = 9 months 17 days
Bello Bouba Maigari was
the first PM from the Grand North. In 1982, President Paul Biya appointed him
as Head of Government as a co-pilot in the plane that landed Cameroonians into
the safe shore of rigour and moralization. Before his appointment as PM, Bello
Bouba had served as Minister of Economy and Planning and that is why he was
charged with the mission to instill stiffness in the economy that was near
collapsing.
* Today, he is the UNDP
Chairman and Minister of State in charge of Tourism and Leisure.
2nd: Ayang Luc (Far North)
(August 22, 1983 to January
25, 1984) = 5 months 3 days
Ayang Luc was the second
Northerner to mount the star building. His appointment was described by
political analysts as the reminiscent of appeasement. He did not last long in
office but left an indelible mark of peace and solidarity between North and
South.
* Today, he is the
president of the Economic and Social Council.
3rd: Sadou Hayatou (North)
(April 26, 1991 to April 9,
1992) = 5 months, 2 weeks
Sadou Hayatou who hailed
from the Northern Province
was as perfect as the task he was assigned. As a political strategist,
President Biya needed a personality with a broad smile and calm as well to
school the scale of democratic approaches in the country. This former Director
of BICEC and a professional Banker for that fact was tasked with reconstructing
the nation faced with the chaos of the ghost town destructions. He successfully
convened and chaired the tripartite meeting with recalcitrant opposition
leaders. He paved the way for Anglophone experts to mount the star building for
the first time.
* Ever since he left BEAC
as the Director for Cameroon,
his whereabout has been covert.
4th: Simon Achidi Achu (NW)
(April 9, 1992 to September
19, 1996) = 4 years 4 months 1 week 3 days
Simon Achici Achu entered
the Star Building when Mezam was boiling. Bamenda
was by then the head quarters of the opposition and President Paul Biya needed
someone to calm down the heat. It was after the 1992 parliamentary, the first
time that parliament registered MPs from other political parties that Achidi
Achu was assigned the role of the Old Fox by President Paul Biya. He was then
assigned to seduce the SDF, preach the gospel of non violence and reshape the North West Province politically and economically.
As a good lobbyist and a practical political figure, Achidi Achu adopted the
policies of “crash my back I scratch your own”.
* He has since retired to
his Rockfarm in Santa. He is presently the Board chairman of SNI.
5th: Peter
Mafany Musonge (SW)
(September 19, 1996 to
December 8, 2004) = 8 years 3 months
Peter Mafany became PM at
the point in time when corruption had reached its apex amongst Directors of
State Corporation and ministries.As courageous as he was, he sent the first
waves when he ordered the imminent arrest of the Director of CNPS. He was the
first from the South
West Province
and the second Anglophone in President Biya’s government of the first seven
years political program.
* Presently, he is the
grand chancellor of the National Order.
6th: Chief Ephraim Inoni (SW)
(December 8, 2004 to June
30, 2009) = 4 years 5 months
Upon his appointment, he
was tasked to: instill discipline among cabinet Ministers. He held periodic
(monthly) cabinet meetings where Ministers were assessed through roadmaps and
its accomplishments. He also had to take Cameroon to the completion point of
the heavily poor countries initiative HIPC. Cameroon benefited over 229 billion
FCFA from this initiative.
On issue of internal
debt, he was tasked to reconcile over 140 billion FCFA; also, to carry out an
economic revival program that attracts investors and provides a better and
sound environment for investors.
Many civil servants who
were earning salaries through fraud for no work done were identified. As an
economist, he successfully obtained from the IMF and World Bank an economic
recovery program for Cameroon.
* He is presently at the
Kondengui prison in Yaounde
awaiting trial following his alleged involvement in the Albatros scandal.
7th: Philemon Yang (NW)
(June 30, 2009 to present)
He has as mission to
stamp out corruption and fight inertia within the Ministries. President Biya
has given him six months to come out with positive results. His pedigree is one
that gives hope that he can meet-up.
Yang is a top grade
Magistrate; Board Chairman of CAMAIR-CO; one time Minister of Mines and power
at the age of 27; a Diplomat (spent 18 years in Canada as High Commissioner and
became Dean of the Diplomatic Corp there).
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