Senior Councilor John Fondzenyuy from the Foncha street council area of Bamenda III was voted to replace Late Madam Bati Rose Lailam. The elections took place Friday April 10, 2015 during the Administrative and Management account session of the Council.

Prior to his election, reports have it that four candidates applied for the post amongst whom were Senior Councilor Rita Ndiagang from Membuh, Julian Tapendri from the GTHS Bamenda area, Fondzenyuy John Foncha street and Miriam Ngweni from Ndzah.

The other candidates however did not get any nomination during the session due to a decision announced in-camera just before the session by members of the investiture committee of the Social Democratic Front; SDF.

For the possible fear of dismissal from the party (Famous Art 8.2) only one nomination came up seconded and closed by the councilors with a 100% vote ending the process.

Mr Fondzenuyuy John being a Senior Councilor meaning member of the Bamenda City Board under the Government Delegate had to resign the function upon election as First Deputy Mayor. He was immediately replaced at the City Board by Councilor Lucas Ngu Afong who from now will be Senior Councilor Lucas Ngu Afong with the mandate to represent the Bamenda III Sub divisional Council at the Bamenda City Council with Four others.

The main business of the day was the examination of the Administrative and management Accounts of the council. Mayor Fongu Cletus Tanwie explained to the Councilors how he raised and used the FCFA 400million adopted in 2014. While blaming the reduction in Taxes by the Government, Mayor Fongu said FCFA 355 302 252 was raised. This amount was however not spent in its entirety as the Total expenditure stood at FCFA353 249 372. With this Mayor Fongu Cletus announced that there is a surplus of slitely above FCFA 2m.

Submissions from various committees opined that there was need for attention to be paid on more serious. The Social Welfare committees recommended that issues connected to scholarships, supply of Didactic Material to schools (minimum package) Assistance to GS Alahlie, Holiday jobs, the commercial motor bike sector in the municipality and others should be looked into immediately.

The Strategic and Economic Development like the Youths and Women’s Committee took interest in the economic development of the municipality through youths and women centered programs. The committees called for more subsidies to women centers and Sports associations. Hygiene and Sanitation plus the prevention of Mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS the committee noted are very important and should be given due attention.

The boundary palaver between Nkwen and Bafut, Nkwen and Bamendakwe and Nkwen and the Tubah Council also came on for discussion with a strong call on the Senior Divisional Officer for Mezam to look into them before it escalates to a stand-off. A similar complaint about the Bambili people also came up from Nzah People with the attention of the SDO highly needed.

The Secretary General of the council also reported that all decisions arrived at during the last session were all approved by the SDO for execution.