Southern Cameroons: First Helicopter Takes Off in Kumbo

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Southern Cameroons: First Helicopter Takes Off in Kumbo.


SOUTHERN CAMEROONS: FIRST HELICOPTER TAKES OFF IN KUMBO.

July 29, 2016 baramarkofficial
Helicopter in Kumbo
First Cameroon helicopter takes off in Kumbo
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What started as a joke ended up wowing the public. Despite repeated
mechanical issues that punctured the helicopter from taking off, the
inventor,Suimo Nsaitenla Jude, finally broke the spell a few hours ago
when his helicopter took off for a few minutes amid a crowd of
residents in Kumbo, Cameroon.

According to journalist Tah Peter Fomonyuy, Suimo invited four friends
to work with him on his initiative that started in 2010. It was
inspired by his love for toys as a pupil. "Many question the ability
of the copter to fly, saying that it could be a dead trap," Fomonyuy
reports.

The body is made of metal and looks solid. But Suimo says the
helicopter could only take off "completely," because it uses an eight
horse power engine, and not a 250-horse power engine.






The initiative is on a budget, he says, citing his only source of
funding from renown Harvard scholar and Malaria expert Prof. Wilfred
Mbacham. Prof.Wilfred Mbacham offered him FCFA 300,000 when he first
heard of the initiative in 2010, Suimo confirms.
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Suimo, a youth below 30, now studies in the U.S., but still
coordinates the project he started years ago before he left the
country. He was raised in Kumbo, a remote town and one of the major
opposition strongholds for Cameroon's main opposition party, SDF.

Observers posit that the initiative needs to be promoted and that such
youths need scholarships to broaden their skills, and not Chinese-made
laptops offered in a "gangster-like manner," by the 34-year regime to
its University students enrolled for the 2016 year only in state
universities across the country.

"Presently, I am studying power plan and air frames, after which I
will continue with avionics in a big jet. The Cameroon government has
no hand in it. I am supported by the US government," Suimo updated us
hours after this post was published.

"Why do we have misplace priorities? The first plane was manufactured
under similar circumstances. We too can encourage our youths to do
same," writes Chei Jude , a Kumbo resident who responded to me from
Chicago, USA.





Youth unemployment and underemployment nears 80 percent according to
government figures. Less than 7 percent of Cameroonians are below
above 55, citing the 2016 World CIA Factbook. Most of them still cling
to power, have denied retiring, and are complacent working for their
unemployed skilled children and grandchildren.

President Paul Biya, 83, seeks to renew his seven-year mandate in 2018
despite widespread criticisms. His renewal, if successful, would
extend his 34-year rule in the West African nation whose annual growth
rate has never hit 6 percent under the regime.

By Tapang Ivo Tanku

For BaretaNews

God is still saying something.

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