BODA raises 4.1MFCA for development projects
The Bobong Development Association, BODA,
grouping sons and daughters of Bobong village in Njinikom subdivision in and
out of Cameroon has raised over 4MFCA with main target being the construction
of two classrooms at the newly created Government Bilingual Primary School
Bobong come 2015. The sum was raised during the 22nd fund raising
congress of BODA on Friday 26th December 2014.
The president general of BODA Ncham George
who presented the stakes surrounding development in Bobong village at the start
of the congress appreciated the people of Bobong for their total commitment to
contribute to the success of every project that is undertaken in the village.
He describedtheir commitment to development as being love for village and self.
Bobong remains one of the villages in Boyo
where even the very young ones at birth know the value of self-reliant
development.Pulling out from the then Njinikom Area Development Association
,NADA, in 1992 to form BODA was not a
smooth ride for the Bobong people as this met with a lot of stiff resistance but
it as a risk worth taking and the results today are glaring.
A giant multipurpose hall and water project
to supply the community, construction of culverts, planting of ornamental trees
to curb the adverse effects of climate change and to prevent water from drying
off, putting in place of a farmer’s house with input to serve farmers,
provision of scholarships to some underprivileged Bobong childrencosting
hundreds of millions are some of the major realisations BODA can show for in 22
years
Despite these numerous achievements, BODA”s
president general said there are still so many challenges staring the
organisation in the face. They have to raise funds to construct two classrooms
at the newly created GTC Bobong, many parts of the village are still begging
for electrification, the water project still has to be extended to some parts
of the community, and the population’s expressed need for a cold store among
others.
These endeavours
of the Bobong population towards self-reliant development were hailed by Mayor
Terence Chah Bam of the Njinikom council who pledged the council’s contribution
of ten benches once the classrooms are raised to enable the pupils study
comfortably. He also used the opportunity to appeal to the entire population of
Njinikom to emulate the example of Bobong and to keep aside politics and hatred
when it comes to development.
Mr. Bontanj Justin D.O for Njinikom who was
around to chair the fund raising expressed satisfaction with what he saw and
encouraged the actions of the Bobong people adding that government was going to
accompany their efforts in realising meaningful development to better the lives
of the population.
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