The little ingenious act from Nguelemedouga

Concerning the suggestions of Mr Lawson to transfer Nguelemedouga from Nyanon to the English-speaking region, which he made to Mr Abdulkadir, he (Abdulkadir) responded: “if he is transferred to the North West province, he will become a fanatical Christian”. Lawson replied: “the Anglophone region my dear, is not limited to the North west province alone”. “There is also the South west province, Sir”. Abdulkadir retorted: That is a fine idea, why don’t you ask the Minister of Territorial Administration to transfer him precisely to Bakassi, after his three months stay in Nyanon?”. “Well, yes, I would have wanted him to be sent to Bakassi”. Lawson answered. And Lawson continued: “Please, you know that, Bakassi or a majority part of it is under Nigerian control”. Then Abdulkadir interjected: “This simply means that, neither you nor I want him in our respective regions, please allow him to go and stay where he rightfully belongs”. Lawson replied: “Nguelemedouga is not a Bassa native, he is a Beti”. And Abdulkadir replied angrily: “what is the difference?” And he continued: “the difference in this thing called Cameroon is you and I. For you are an Anglophone and I am a Muslim from the North. And whatever we do, no one will take us seriously or even consider us as a bona fide Cameroonians”.

Lawson was shocked and told his colleague and friend that: “look! Things are heating up; I will prefer that you come home in order for us to talk better”. “Good bye and remain Blessed my brother”. “Same to you”, Abdulkadir replied. As Nguelemedouga got the news of his transfer, he descended to Yaoundé to find out why. He was asked not go back to Couseri and also that, any belongings of his will be brought to him at his new post. He was immediately briefed on the reasons why he has been removed from his former post of duty and given instructions on his new post. . He was briefed on how to work in Bassaland and was also asked to contact all those who had worked in other parts of Bassaland. In particular, he was asked to meet Mr Suh Tony in order to familiarise himself with Nyanon sub district and Ndom sub division in general. On the day of the installation of Nguelemedouga as sub district officer of Nyanon, he surprised everybody. After the speeches of Eyenga Lois, the Senior Divisional Officer of the Sanaga Maritime and direct boss of Nguelemedouga and an array of other dignitaries, it was the turn of Nguelemedouga to address the scanty crowd who bothered to attain the ceremony. He did not address the crowd in French, as other speakers had done before him; he instead addressed the public in the Bassa language. And that little ingenious act from Nguelemedouga endeared him to the scanty population. They immediately spread the news after the ceremony.