This was the main point on the agenda of the consultation meeting with the various stakeholders involved in the city of Yaoundé for good urban order yesterday Wednesday April 3, 2024. This meeting took place in the room of its proceedings of the town hall. There was talk of making an evaluation of the resolutions taken three months ago to resolve the problem of urban disorder.
The administration represented by the prefect of Mfoundi and the seven sub-prefects of the city of Yaoundé, he had at his side, the mayor of the city and the seven representatives of the district town halls facing the various transport unions (motorcycle taxis and vehicles) and associations operating drinks establishments. After more than three hours of discussions, the prefect suspended the controls until further notice as a precautionary measure and called on the unions to take more responsibility so that calm reigns in the capital. Operators of drinking establishments must respect opening and closing hours in accordance with the regulations in force. The necessary measures will be taken to reduce to its simplest expression this phenomenon of urban disorder which requires a holistic response.
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Jean Collins Ndeffosokeng, President of the National Union of Transport Sector Employees
« It was a meeting to evaluate the resolutions taken three months ago with regard to the prevailing urban disorder. You know that we transporters are the eye of the government because we run everywhere and we can clearly establish who is causing urban disorder in the city. You have noticed that we have tried to challenge the mayor of the city in several ways on the urban disorder, we have noticed in certain markets of the city, on the resounding entry of motorcycle taxis in the urban centers and it is necessary that this can stop so that carriers can make a living from their activities. Unfortunately today there is still a disorder and it seems to me that the mayors have taken the angle with us so that together we can provide solutions to this problem. As for the withholding tax, sincerely we did not ultimately reach an agreement with the prefect. It must be said that the Head of State asked for a reduction to 50%, that is to say half of 11,250 francs even in apartheid with the prefect, we think that we will find a solution. We believe that the wishes of the Yaoundé II controls which do not respect the instructions of the prefect will be stopped ».
Emmanuel Mariel Djikdent, prefect of Mfoundi
« We are delighted with this meeting because the administrative and municipal authorities as well as the leaders of the union movements all agreed that there were things to review for the proper functioning of the city to fight against urban disorder. Whether in the transport sector by motorcycle taxis or by vehicles. We agreed that the gray areas would be removed. We noticed that at one point, there were a lot of intruders who were neither from the administration nor from the unions who invited people onto the public highway to carry out checks and even demanded documents which were not even part of their skills. These controls are suspended from this moment in our urban perimeter and with transport we also know that it is an important environment. Prevention campaigns will be further intensified at collection points and in travel agencies and in particular this is not the only sector in which urban disorder is recorded.
Trade unionists will raise awareness among their members about the insecurity that reigns in this sector, so that the perpetrators of these acts of vandalism are put out of harm's way. You know these days without even knowing the city, there are people who engage in motorcycle transportation to carry out attacks. Fortunately some of them help us flush them out. Concerning the drinking establishments, respecting the closing hours will be required, we regret to have closed nearly 42 drinking establishments for various reasons, much more the hotel industry which does not fall under their jurisdiction. From tomorrow, respect for collection zones should be required and this meeting made it possible to understand that unions are not enemies but social partners who contribute in their own way to the fight against urban disorder ».
Clément Noumsi
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