Luc Donstop, Former District Chairman SDF, Nkambe
“There is one individual who is putting his personal interest and ambition above all else even his party the SDF. He was not happy when I was elected District Chairman of SDF because I am a Bamilike. He knocked me out and brought in the man he is struggling to impose as mayor. I later won as Treasurer, yet he kept fighting me. I decided to leave his party before he gave me their 8.2. I am now in the CPDM, yet I continue to admire and encourage the one man who took me along in SDF-Mangoh Jones Tankoh. I will continue to give my assistance as a citizen of Nkambe”
PROFILE OF MAYOR MANGOH JONES TANKOH
- 1946, born at Mbot on September 1 (when Donga-Mantung Division was created)
- 1953, Standard Six Certificate after primary school education in Binka
- 1964-1969, Secondary school at JMBC Ndu from 1964-69, graduating with a University of London GCE O-level Certificate
- 1961-1971, Teachers Training College Great Soppo, Buea, obtaining Teachers Grade II Certificate
- 1974, obtained University of London GCE A-level Certificate
- 1982, obtained Teachers Grade I certificate via Public Service Competitive Examination 1986, obtained at University of Ilorin, a B.A. Hons. in History and Government
- 2004, three week course in the University of Columbia, New York City, USA
Professional Career
- Classroom teacher from 1971-1977
- Supervisory Headmaster at G.S Ntumbaw from 1986-87
- Provincial Delegation of Education in the Bureau of Administration and Finance from 1987-88.
- GBHS Bamenda, 1988-1992
- GHS Nkambe, 1992-1996 when he became active in politics.
International Conferences
- World Socialist Mayors Summit, Morocco, August 1 1998
- Sister Cities’ International Conference, St. Louis, July, 2003, Yaoundé, November, 2003.
- Sister Cities’ International Conference, Dallas, Texas, 2004
- Sister Cities’ International Conference, Washington, DC, July, 2006
- Sister Cities’ International Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, September, 2006
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PRINCIPAL PROJECTS FOR NKAMBE’S MAYOR
- Top on the list is the Donga-Mantung Community Radio which today is the pride of the entire division. It is received in four of the seven divisions of North West province and in neighbouring Nigeria
- The commencement of the sports complex for Nkambe, which if competed, will be a veritable area for the youths of the area to train and develop their various sports talents and skills.
- The employment of a good number of teachers to the primary schools in the area in order to supplement government action in the education of the area’s population. Some of these teachers have been taken over by the state.
- The Nkambe-Tabenken-Mbot road for which the initial Council participation was very instrumental.
- The planting of ornamental trees in Nkambe in order to beautify the town. Ornamental trees have already been planted in some water catchments sites.
OTHER LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS
Fon and Daughter at War
Reports state that there was a clash between two giants in Binka who had been vying for the post of 1st Deputy Mayor: the Fon of Binka and his daughter, Florence Beri, who doubles as the Divisional Coordinator of SDF in Donga-Mantung. The Fon is said to have prohibited all the dance groups in Binka from going to Nkambe, threatening to sanction any dance groups that did not comply.
Information reaching us has it that later in the evening, the dance groups decided to celebrate the installation of the mayor and their sister’s validation by dancing throughout the night in Binka.
Failed Attempts
One of the most respectable educationists from Tabenken, Mr. Alfred Mimba in a joke remarked: “Let Hon. Mbaya go and install that his mayor in his residence in Njap, not in Nkambe.” The Fon of Njap was present at the installation ceremony of Mayor of Nkambe.
It was alleged that the Hon. Mbaya visited “njangi” houses on the eve of the installation ceremony, urging members not to go and grace the occasion. The questioned reportedly asked him was why he had to be so worried about the installation of a man who campaigned for him to become a MP. And on the day of the installation, they came in their numbers.
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