If the hostile socio-political situation in the North West and South West Regions has degenerated from bad to near worse one year after Common Law Lawyers and English-speaking teachers lost control of strikes they began, accusing fingers can be pointed among others on fanaticism. In what appears to be a dramatic twist of events, many youngsters in and out of the embittered regions, have attempted showing signs of dumping republican values.



Regrettably, thoughts and acts that portray the desire for togetherness are increasingly becoming scarce. Destruction of public and private property as well as victimisation of those who in one way or the other refuse to see in the same direction as the secessionists have been perpetrated at length. To say the least, there has been a dangerous escalation in radicalism.



The constitutional freedom of citizens to rightfully speak out on any aspect of national life, including through duly declared peaceful strike action has been exaggerated. Transgressing this constitutional right to indulge in acts that lead to loss of life, destruction of public and private property, talk less of desecrating the most sacred symbols of the nation, as has been the case,  is disturbing. Many have even gone as far as declaring a state within a State.

That youngsters could go as far as attacking and killing security officers; no matter what, muster the courage to take fellow citizens hostage by imposing a jungle-like life or worse still, beat up their own traditional authorities in the name of a struggle is what some parts of the country have been left with. Lawlessness is sadly on the rise!



Either out of ignorance or unbridled quest for power, some of the people are being used to a point of axing the very tree trunks on whose branches they sit. If not, how could people be so gullible to a point of boasting that they can sacrifice the education of their children for what is invisible?



A certain Wilson Agbor of Mfuni village, Eyumojock Subdivision of the South West Region, bragged to Cameroon Tribune a few days ago that, “I can keep my children in the house for even ten years until our problems are solved.”  Like him, Tarkang Robertson of the same village, said they now receive instructions only from “our president Sissiko who has promised us jobs and universities.”



They are the faithful respecters of social media instructions that pit those who are apparently short-sighted against the State. Such waywardness by some is disturbingly contaminating others.



The Legion Gendarmerie Commander for Lebialem Division, Aseh Emmanuel, disclosed to CT that some villages in the area like Bechati and Nkongle have excelled in hostility to the administration. Meanwhile, the DO for Eyumojock Subdivision, Moloka Alain Ekwe, told reporters that, “Most of the leaders of the so-called secessionist movement are sons of this area.



So, the people of this Subdivision feel that tomorrow their son will be president. Most of them feel that they should collaborate and not send children to school.”



However, government has been redoubling efforts to address some of the issues that make the population vulnerable to empty promises. During our stay in the SW, heavy duty machines belonging to MATGENIE where grading the hitherto bumpy Fontem-Dschang road on which the population sometimes spends over FCFA 10,000 to cover the relatively short-distance.



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