The foundation stone laying ceremony for the regional agropastoral training center for indigenous and transhumance populations in Rey-Bouba and related activities took place this Monday, April 15, 2024. This foundation stone laying ceremony was co-chaired by the Republic of Cameroon represented by the Minister of Forests and Wildlife, Jules Doret Ndongo, the Executive Secretary of COMIFAC, Dr Hervé Martial MAÏDOU, and by the Federal Republic of Germany represented by Dr. Valentin Katzer, Head of cooperation at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Yaoundé.
Also taking part were distinguished personalities including the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training (MINEFOP), Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the Minister of Fisheries and Animal Industries (MINEPIA), Dr Taïga, the Governor of the region of North, Jean ABATE EDI'I, His Majesty Aboubakary Abdoulaye Lamido de Rey-Bouba, that of the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Territorial Development (MINEPAT), and, a traditional authority of Mayo Kebbi west of the Republic of Chad, the Gon de Léré, SM PAYANFOU Ousmane, on the sidelines of this ceremony, there was a visit to a plot of land with an area of 42 hectares located at the aerodrome which will be dedicated for training in use drones and geospatial data management.
This initiative is the result of exchange frameworks facilitated by German Cooperation between traditional chiefdoms in neighboring areas of the BSB Yamoussa protected area complex facing the challenges of the expansion of the animal production system through transhumance and the threat of invasion of protected areas. Initiated by the Lamido de Rey-Bouba, this Center is based on the hypothesis that the continued training of indigenous and transhumant populations coming from the Central African sub-region through short-term capacity building can have an immediate influence, positive and sustainable on this issue and produce knowledge and learning that can be capitalized on in the member countries of the Central African Forestry Commission (COMIFAC).
On the sidelines of this ceremony, there was a visit to a plot of land with an area of 42 hectares located at the aerodrome which will be dedicated for training in the use of drones and geospatial data management. To combine business with pleasure, this day of Tuesday April 16, 2024 is dedicated to the solemn delivery of birth certificates at the esplanade of the Municipality of Rey-Bouba by the president of the courts of Tcholliré Evele KARKOU to the Mbororo communities and other populations of the department of Mayo-rey by the authorities in the presence of the Lamido of Rey-Bouba his majesty Aboubakary Abdoulaye.
Clément Noumsi
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