Tanjong Martin and the transformation of Tuba Municipality

Transformation of Tubah Municipality into a city well on course

Many readers may not be familiar with the name Tubah on the National Triangle called Cameroon. It is rather names like Bambili or Bambui that stirs a cord in the minds of many Cameroonians. However, Bambili and Bambui are simply segments of a bigger entity called Tubah which happens to be the municipality that houses these two well known places. 

With the very elevated status that Tubah has especially due to its educational prowess thanks to the presence of academic institutions like the legendary Cameroon College of Arts Science and Technology; CCAST Bambili, the Higher Teachers Training College known in its French abbreviation as ENS Bambili, The Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary Bambui and now the University of Bamenda located in Bambili, the SDF Mayor Tanjong Martin since his election took a determined stand to transform the municipality in other domains as well.

The Tubah Municipality has therefore through this community developer seen a reasonable degree of dis-enclavement. A network of earth roads has been opened in areas hitherto impassable. This has been accompanied by the expansion of construction projects that would normally accompany new roads. The influx of university students adding onto the already bustling municipality has only come to further push Tubah towards the dream that Mayor Tanjong Martin has for it. Sometimes getting it from the horse’s mouth is better. Let’s hear him.

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 “With the coming of Ghost Towns that started in 2016, it was very difficult to realise many of our projects. I feared when the year began but I ended up realizing 90% of my ear marked projects. As I stand here, I am proud that my council does not owe salaries to its workers. In the development of my municipality much has been done. If you move round my municipality you will notice that there are no plastic papers around. Last summer holidays I recruited 125 students who brought 550 Kilograms of plastic paper bags. That’s what we are using now and converting into bricks for building.

My plans for 2017 were covered and I and my councilors took cognizance of the fact that the roads we started bulldozing in 2014 were getting old 4 years on and one of our aims in 2018 has been to put these roads back in their original state.

Tubah is transforming from a big village to a town. In order to transform Tubah from a Sub Division to a modern city like I promised to do, there are some things that must be done. When I took over on the 29th of November 2013, before the 15th of December I was already opening up new roads. I had to open roads in the whole municipality not only in Bambili. With the presence of the University, this was needed to open up the area to facilitate movement in Bambili. This past year we constructed classrooms and provision of electricity to about a third of the municipality. We did it in Kejomkeku, Kejomketungo, Bambili and Bambui though that of Bambili is not entirely concluded. We keep on subsidizing water organisations like that of Bambui and providing materials like pipes and other accessories that help in the continuous provision of water. My main objective for 2018 was that all roads were to be brought back to normal.”

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