The recently appointed Chair of the Board of Director of the Yaoundé Conference Centre, Aminatou Ahidjo has been installed her functions.

She was installed on Monday, July 4, 2016, by the Minister of Arts and Culture, Narcisse Mouelle Kombi. During the installation ceremony, the Minister said her first major challenge is the completion of the renovation and rehabilitation works currently ongoing at the Yaounde Conference Centre.

The youngest daughter of former President of the Republic of Cameroon, Amadou Ahidjo speaking to the press after her installation said she is delighted by the Presidents confidence on her and she is ready to work with determination, courage and humility to accomplish the mission conferred on her.

Aminatou Ahidjo noted motivated to return Cameroon and work in the Yaounde Conference Centre which her father inaugurated some 34 years ago. “This place was inaugurated by H.E. Amadou Ahidjo, my father, on May 12, 1982. I come back and I was appointed by H.E. Paul Biya, I am very moved,” she said.

The new board chair who is a member of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, CPDM since September 6, 2013 said she ensure that the congress centre is raised ton international standards.