Reports say the 49th National Youth Day was marked in all six subdivisions in pomp and pageantry.

In Kumbo, the administrative headquarters of Bui Division in the North West Region, the celebration, which took about three hours, was overseen by the Senior Divisional Officer, Nzeki Theophile.

The march past featured pupils from nursery and primary schools, post-primary institutions to students of higher institutions like the International University of Bamenda, Kumbo Campus, IMPACT Kumbo as well as Bui 1A YCPDM and SDF youth.

The youth showed their consent for a peaceful Cameroon by carrying placards with messages such as, “Boko Haram must go!,” “No to Boko Haram,” “No to child trafficking,” “Cameroon is a land of peace,” and “His Excellency President Paul Biya is a man of peace.” Nzeki Theophile in an interview expressed joy at the massive attendance at the occasion in spite of the fact that Kumbo Subdivision has over 15 National Youth centres.

He appreciated the anti-Boko Haram slogans that the youth carried. The SDO said the people of Bui, who were warriors and conquerors in the past, were determined to fight the Boko Haram insurgents.

During the occasion, the founder of Cameroon Education Foundation, Kumbo, Idirisu Chin, showed his largesse to those in the grandstand by distributing close to 400 assorted textbooks. He explained that the distribution was intended to encourage a reading culture among the people. Away from that, the Divisional Delegate of Basic Education for Bui, Angwafor Clement Mankefo and his staff, used the occasion to inaugurate their new uniform.

He explained that it was also to celebrate the end of the last school year as well as the new academic year 2015.

Before the occasion came to an end, prizes were distributed to schools and colleges that came first, second and third in the march past exercise. Bello Nuhu Ibrahim, a visually-impaired student of Chafee Memorial College, Kumbo and Bulami Manyuy from Government Bilingual High School, Kumbo, the two child parliamentarians who represented Bui Division at the National Assembly in 2014, were presented attestations of participation signed by Prime Minister Philemon Yang and the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Cavaye Yeguie Djibril. The attestations were handed over by Nzeki Theophile and Hon. Dr. Banadzem Joseph Lukong.