The people of Andek municipality have again adopted Roads, Roads, Roads, as their priority project for the year 2025.

This revelation was made during a 2025 investment projects maturation meeting for ÀNDEK municipality that held in the Andek council Hall, on 21st June 2024.  

This all important development meeting, that was chaired by the Lord Mayor of ÀNDEK Councilor, Mr. Ubangoh Helly, was attended by the representative of the Divisional Officer for NGIE Subdivision, authorities of the forces of defense and security, Coordinators and other officials of Neighborhood/Village Committees representing the communities of the municipality, and a host of other personalities. 

As provided for by the code for Regional and Local authorities of 2019 and ministerial texts on the creation of Neighborhood /Village Committees on citizen participation in determining the needs of the people of the municipality, the participants adopted the continuation of the concreting of the Scanwater-Andek stretch of the principal road into the subdivision as the No one priority project of the municipality in 2025. 

The participants congratulated Lord Mayor Ubangoh Helly for the wonderful heavy machines earth work ongoing on the Scanwater- Andek stretch of road. 

On the Roads Fund initiated by Andek council, the participants urged the Mayor to involve all inhabitants of the municipality and all citizens of NGIE in the fund raiser and make it compulsory. 

It is hoped that the Andek Council, through citizen participation, shall éventually concrete the entire troublesome stretch of road from Scanwater to Andek and then move on to other portions of bad roads in the municipality, in the nearest future. 

NGIE Subdivision does not have a mortuary. The construction and equipment of a mortuary at the Andek médicalized Health Centre was also adopted as a priory project for the year 2025, amongst other projects. 

The Village/Neighborhood Coordinators submitted lists of priority projects from the various communities, obtained during general assembly meetings of the Communities for Andek Council to transmit to state engineers for the continuation of the maturation process. These projects, when matured, and shall be used to source for funding from sectoral ministries in Yaounde. 

The heavy attendance at this meeting indicates that, 

– peace is gradually returning to the municipality, as the citizens are rapidly reestablishing attatchment to state institutions and 

– ⁠ the citizens have embraced the option of decentralization and are ready to work with the council for their development. 

The Lord Mayor explained that it was necessary to get the citizens involved in the maturation process so that they are involved, in a bottom-top approach, in determining which project is realized in their locality. In this way, the citizens shall be able to possess the project during the execution and shall make sure it is properly realized. 

It is hoped that the sectoral ministries concerned with the proposed projects shall devolve the necessary funds to the council for the realization of these projects in 2025, as provided for by the texts in force.