By Bakah Derick
Blogger@hilltopvoices
The 47th Ordinary General Meeting of the Cameroon
Cooperative Credit Union League CAMCCUL held in Bamenda Saturday 27th June,
2015 in the Commercial Avenue complex of the Network.
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| CAMCCUL guest poss for family picture |
It is the first time
since creation in 1968 that the leading Credit Union Network in Central Africa
held its Annual General Meeting in a non rented structure.
During the meeting,
the Governor of the North West Region like the Government Delegate to the Bamenda
City Council both represented, appreciated CAMCCUL for not only choosing
Bamenda as headquarters but also for "erecting a magnificent edifice"
on the commercial avenue of the Regional Capital. CAMCCUL's contribution to
poverty alleviation in Cameroon also featured prominently in both
speeches.
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| CAMCCUL board members |
CAMCCUL's President
Musa Shey Nfor used the meeting to pay tribute to late Nini Juliana Ikui
account number 001 in 1963, Late Fr Barnicle for creating CAMCCUL in 1968, late
Catherine Tumi and Mr Nzegge Joseph for the their various contributions to
today's CAMCCUL.
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| CAMCCUL building |
Musa Shey appealed
Government to tackle a new form of insecurity which he named RUMOUR HARRAM
referring to the rumour that circulated in Bamenda that the New CAMCCUL
building was collapsing. Acceleration of "the process of a special tax regime
for Credit Unions and category One Micro finance institutions and putting in
place an accelerated recovery procedure to check unscrupulous attitudes of
those who borrow BIG from small Credit Unions and fight them big using big
means in big courts" Musa appealed.
Representatives from
the Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development, Finances and other partnes
were also part of the AGM that so the blessing and dedication of the New
building, presentation of 2014 reports and adoption of 2015 management
accounts.
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| CAMCCUL AGM guest visit to building basement |