Making Buea, Bamenda Great Again Is A Must Action For Young Persons- MBBGA Coordinator

By Timothy Shing



Jean Marc Afesi Mbafor, Coordinator of Make Bamenda and Buea Great Again network has said young people must take the responsibility to bring positive change in the Northwest and Southwest Regions.

The youths of Buea were challenged to lead the charge in changing the rhetoric around the challenges and conflict ongoing in the region in order to introduce new dynamics on resolving the impasse facing the two regions.

The call was made by the national coordinator of a youth-led grassroots organisation Make Bamenda and Buea Great Again, MBBGA, during the grand launch of the organization in Buea Friday 12 August 2022.

The idea of Make Bamenda and Buea Great Again MBBGA, according to the National Coordinator is the product of a general observation that started from the onset of the crisis in the North West and South West Regions in 2016.

This reflection according to the coordinator is because the conflict in the two regions started with systematic brainwashing of the masses, incitement to mass violence and destruction.

Bamenda and Buea refer to the Northwest and Southwest Regions as they are the towns which symbolically represent both regions respectively.

Thus, stopping the incitement to violence and deradicalizing the youths demand a gradual and coordinated effort to effect a mental change in the youth. “By engaging our youth and others in exercises of designed thinking and creative writing, we hope to trigger the beginning of a mental shift. We are opting for an incremental approach to this, starting with two simple activities; essay writing and poetry on various topics on “Make Bamenda and Buea Great Again” explained the coordinator.

To ensure a return to normalcy and changing the mindset of young people in the two restive regions, Jean Marc Afesi Mbafor, Coordinator of MBBGA said the organisation will organise and manage the build back better award for communities and groups to get funding for community projects.

 “The build back better award aims to engage communities; groups of people come together and think together about a local micro project aimed at developing their community and these communities compete and the best project selected by our experts is given seed funding”.

In addition to the creative writing competition exercise which will hold monthly across the regions, other activities previewed by MBBGA to bring about a positive mindset amongst the youth include:MBBGA Academic Excellence Award, MBBGA Mega cultural and sporting events MBBGA radio and TV talk show, the Miss and Mister MBBGA contest, the MBBGA build back better community contest.

Speaking to the press after the launch, Edmond Njoh, South West Regional coordinator of MBBGA, said the goal was to have the organization well established in the region to ensure the message reaches all the villages and quarters.

“We have six Divisions and we are trying to have coordinators in all these Divisional headquarters that will be working to take this information to their respective Divisional headquarters. We are also ensuring they carry this message to the youths for a change of mindsets to have a bright future” He said.

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