The Bamenda III Sub divisional Council of Mezam Division has
signed a cooperation agreement with The Chinese People’s Association for
Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC).
The agreement was signed on the
sidelines of a conference in Hong China organized by the Chinese People’s
Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) which brought
together delegates from local governments and international organizations
across the world with the purpose to build modern and eco-friendly cities and
share advanced experiences in promoting common prosperity and development for
friendship cities.
Meeting under the theme “Sharing Development Opportunities
and Deepening Win-Win Cooperation”, Mayor Fongu Cletus Tanwie being a
development go-getter was quick to engage the association with a fruitful
conversation that ended in the win-win cooperation agreement. After signing the
agreement Mayor Fongu Cletus returned home to a hero’s welcome by his close
collaborators and staff of the Bamenda III Council last Wednesday November 22.
It should be recalled that Councilors of the Bamenda III
Council empowered their Mayor to proceed with the signing some MOUs with
Chinese Cities during a Council session last Friday April 22.
The MOU signing proposal came at the time the municipality is
still celebrating a giant water scheme being a donation from the German city of
Trier. While preparing to engage the partnerships Mayor Fongu noted “Bamenda
III remains one of the Councils that believe in partnerships in development.
And you just cited the example of the water project that we got as a result of
partnership via twining with Trier City in Germany; partnership with Chinese
Cities will definitely improve on who skills, on our capacity, on our projects
and on our development as a whole.”