THE TRANSFER OF CAMEROON`S FAR NORTH GOVERNOR

I have just read an interesting piece of information posted on the camnet yahoogroup discussion forum by Martin Tumasang. The post states: “Governor of Far North Region in Cameroon transferred immediately to Bafoussam after confirming the killing of 60 Boko Haram insurgents in Cameroun.”

My response is: Was that the reason for the transfer? If it is, who gave the reason? The truth is that although it is true that the Governor of the Far North Region, Fonka Awa Augustine, has been transferred to the West Region with headquarters in Bafoussam, what has happened is that he has simply swapped places with Governor Midjiyawa Bakary who now replaces Awa Fonka Augustine in the Far North Region. 

That is not all because other governors have also been moved around, with one retired. The Governor of the North Region, Joseph Otto Wilson moves to Yaounde in the Centre Region where he replaces Eyene Nlom Moise, the one who has gone on retirement. Otto Wilson`s place in Garoua is taken by Jean Abate Edi’i who until the appointment was Senior Divisional Officer of Sanaga Maritime Division in the Littoral Region. So the transfer of the Governor of the Far North Region it is not an isolated case.

That brings to four the total number of regions which change governors. The other six regions by implication maintain their governors.