Territorial Administration Minister, Paul Atanga Nji has threatened to sanction teachers who have urged their peers to protest poor working conditions. Terming the u unions illegal, he has stated that those spearheading the movements will be arrested and made to face the heavy hand of the law.
The World Health Organisation has pressed for the training and employment of more midwives to curb infant mortality. It made the plead during this year’s International Day of the Midwife. The shortage of midwives, it noted, is largely responsible for the demise of a million newborns monthly.
Staff of the Nguti council in the South West region have come under pressure for vacating their work premises. Despite them citing security threats, the Senior Divisional Officer has maintained that they will be sanctioned soon if they fail to return to their duty posts. It should be recalled that many civilians have lost their lives by working in areas affected by the armed conflict.
Loved ones and surviving members of a family in Abong-Mbang, East region remain inconsolable. This comes following the death of seven members of the same family in a recent road accident.
Two soldiers serving in Nwa in the Donga Mantung division, North West Region are reported to have lost their lives. One, reports say, shot his colleague before turning his arm on himself. This is notnhe first time soldiers serving in the conflict-hit Anglophone regions have turned on one another.