Elite and bigwigs of Ndian Division, South West Region, are demanding the firing of the Divisional Delegate of Public contracts, MINMAP, Christo Njita Nchounto.

The elite, most of whom are contractors, beneficiaries of Public Investment projects and Divisional Delegates have vowed that the excesses of the MINMAP Delegate and his constant insults on them have become unbearable. They say even at the level of the Participatory Follow up committee of Public Investment Projects in Ndian Division, there is slow award of contracts resulting to more than three quarters of the projects not awarded eventually.

Some of the elite who spoke to this reporter like Louis Sake Besinga, first deputy Mayor of Mundemba council lamented the poor realisation rate of Public Investment projects for the second quarter which stands at only 28%,lower than many other Divisions. He frowned on the MINMAP Delegate for delaying contract award procedure, with up to 61 projects still at zero percent.

Apart from this poor execution, the Delegate was also faulted by the Deputy Mayor for awarding majority of the contracts to his brothers from the North West and West Regions, despising the indigenes of Ndian as being "sub-standard contractors”.

In an observatory letter the MINMAP Delegate wrote to the tender’s board concerning his activities, a copy of which this reporter procured, he stated that "the low mentality of the population who think Public contracts should only be given to their native Enterprises, most of which are of sub-standard but very reactive and even revolutionary. This, according to Ndian elite is very provocative and insulting.

Another Divisional Delegate who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the MINMAP Delegate is behaving as if he was the boss of all the other Delegates. The same source complained bitterly why the Delegate on several occasions single handedly cancelled projects that were legally awarded by the tender’s board.

Another anonymous source cited numerous projects that the MINMAP Delegate has single-handedly relocated to different unfavourable locations just to favour his North West brothers to whom he awarded the contracts.

The arrogance of the Delegate is said to have created division amongst members of the tenders board, living the Board chair confused, since the delegate has usurped his functions.

Talking about the arrogant MINMAP Delegate, the Chairman of the Tenders Board, Roy Peter Malibah, in a letter to the Delegate dated 10 July 2014 and subject "Mr MINMAP Delegate Arrogant Observations" the chairman rebuked the Delegate for his repeated insults on Ndian people and said “enough is enough” of your excesses. The letter further reads: "this is a repeated insult and abuse of Ndian people by the most educated Delegate in Cameroon ……... You tribalise contracts awards to North West Region e.g JAVA, Mangehs, BRUNO and SONS, FOTABONG AND CLEPAT Enterprise. This is a direct attack and insult on Ndian Division.

The letter from the Tenders Board Chair received overwhelming support from other Ndian elite who are saying that the continued stay of the Delegate in Ndian only hampers the government’s resolve to transform the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsular.

When this reporter called the Ndian MINMAP Boss, Njita Christo Nchounto,on phone to get his own side of the story, he said that his differences with the tenders Board Chair and other board members was an in-house issue and that there was no reason for the chairman to carry the matter to the press. He said all the accusations leveled against him were sabotage.

“I cannot stop you Journalist from doing your work. But make sure you present a balanced report to the public that will prove my innocence. We have a simple misunderstanding at the level of the house which we could handle without it going outside, but I am shocked that my Chairman has taken the matter too far," lamented the delegate on phone, noting that his hierarchy was already aware of the problems.