REVISITING THE NDU FONDOM Vs CBC LAND IMBROGLIO

Please Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury; I am "Repasting" the Case of Ndu Traditional Fondom Vs Cameroon Baptist Convention (CBC) for a critical analysis by all the refined minds that are members of this forum. The Fon of NDU (Tea?) via his benevolent magnanimity gave the piece of Prime Real Estate Land to the CBC for Developmental Purposes i.e Building a School or Hospital. The CBC from my point of view did not respect their own part of the bargain as they mimicked a semblance of building a School on the piece of Land but latter abandoned the project and "poumed" to a far away locality in another "City". Was the Fon not right in reclaiming Ndu People's "Abandoned Land"? Methinks the quid pro quo here is: I give you Land; You build a School (for my people) on the Land. No Be So? Wuna tell me.

Why would the CBC "Shain Die 4 Ara Man Yi Property"? Dat is ze kweshion.

YES, I know that a DASH is a DASH and common-sense dictates that "When U Dash Man something, dat thing becomes his own defacto". BUT this was not a DASH stricto-senso, Abi? Who "dashes" Land to predatory Land Grabbers...N J O H? The principle of "Money 4 Hand Back Touch Down should always apply in all transactions. Na Lie I tok? Wuna shu me one man wey ih fit knack kanda 4 Natty i.e wey ih no kommot smol ting 4 kwah.

Mishe Fon

"One could argue that this trend of indifference by (Southern Cameroonians) to Local (Cameroon) Courts on issues of Economic Law is a direct result of the Government's indifference to Cultural Contexts and Customs, and the insensitive manner in which this same Government has chosen to govern.

 Another example relates to a Land Dispute between the Fondom of Ndu and the Cameroon Baptist Convention (CBC) (the Fon of Ndu Case). In that dispute, the Fondom of Ndu had made Land available to the CBC for developmental purposes such as the building of schools. The CBC built a school on the land, then (for whatever reasons) later moved the school to Kom (another town) leaving the land vacant. The Fondom decided to reclaim the land it had given out to the CBC, and allow locals to use it as farmland. The CBC ferociously fought back claiming the Land belonged to them. In this case, the Senior Divisional officer (SDO) intervened as Head of the Land Consultative Board and ruled in favour of the CBC. The Senior Divisional Officer for Ndu acted alone, without the Land Consultative Board sitting as a Board. Although President of the Land Consultative Board, he made his ruling with no reference to his capacity as a Commissioner or Member of the Land Consultative Board. The Fon of Ndu, the Ndu people (and majority of Southern Cameroonians) felt deprived of their Rights and also felt humiliated that an (appointed) Officer imposed a Decision over their Traditional Ruler. In light of such insensitive gestures (which are rampant in West Cameroon), it can be seen why Local Communities perceive the Cameroon Courts and other Legal Fora as offering them little in terms of Justice. The Courts and Tribunals such as the LCB are seen as very close to Government (and infested with careerist Functionaries), and who are not acting as impartial arbiters of disputes of this nature".