NUDP: Bello Bouba Re-elected National Chairman

 This was the major outcome of the 6th ordinary congress of the party that held over the weekend in Yaounde.

The National Chairman of the National Union for Democracy and Progress, NUDP, Bello Bouba Maigari has once again won the confidence of members of the party who by acclamation voted him as NUDP chairman for the next five years. Bello Bouba Maigari who has been the National Chairman of the party since 1992 was re-elected unopposed during the 6th ordinary congress of NUDP that held in Yaounde on February 25, 2017.
Massively attended by delegates and militants from the ten regions of the country and scores of representatives from friendly political parties like the ruling CPDM, SDF, UPC, FSNC, UPF, MP, MDP amongst others, the congress served as an opportunity for the party to assess the path covered within the last five years and chart a way forward on the wake of a municipal, legislative and presidential elections in 2018. In his policy speech, the National Chairman called for the improvement of the electoral system by extending the biometric system to the polling stations, the institution of a single ballot paper as well as the reduction of voting age to 18 years. He also expressed the desire of the party to see Government Delegates replaced by elected mayors.
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