Buea Peace Walk: Concessions For School Resumption

Council authorities staged a peace-walk last 30 November for school resumption.

Thousands of pupils and students are expected back to school today (Monday) 5 December 2016 in Buea, South West Regional capital, after two weeks of class-interruption owing to the strike action calling for a redress in professional and political on-goings concerning the English sub-system of education in the country. Authorities of the Buea Council organised a peace walk at the Buea main street to get pupils and students back to school. Mr. Esunge Patrick, Mayor of Buea, who led the peace match on that ended up with an address to the South West Governor, explained that peace was sine qua non to any meaningful development.

On-the-spot concessions were made by the Buea Council to release dozens of motor-bikes that had long been seized on account of breaking municipal laws. Equally, it was urged that the students detained following a strike action at the University of Buea be released unconditionally.  The Registrar of the University of Buea, Professor Roland Ndip, confirmed to Cameroon Tribune Saturday morning (3 ...