The Member of Parliament for Lebialem Constituency, Hon. Dr Foju Bernard, recently coughed out FCFA 2,000,000 to enhance effective school re-opening in the Menji Council Area. An official ceremony presided at by the Mayor of Menji, Dr Nkemasong Nicasius Anunveh, in the presence of the SDO of Lebialem, Ambang Fabien Kah, and education authorities of the division, was organised in the Municipality to hand over materials procured with the funds destined to the needy young learners.
The largesse of the MP comes in the context of the ravaging anglophone armed conflict where schools in Lebialem, like elswhere in the troubled regions, have been grounded in the past 8 years, necessitating the intensification of financial, material and moral support, if effective take-off of schools must be achieved.
On the heels of the cash disbursement, an ad-hoc committee coordinated by the Education Committee of the Menji Council and presided at by the Second Deputy Mayor, laid out a plan to facilitate the provision of essential school materials to the needy children in the area.
The committee purchased and distributed materials in terms of exercise books, pens, pencils, rulers, erasers and water bottles, triggering unreserved excitement among the children, as they looked forward to beginning or re-beginning their academic journeys.
A Tale of Continual Assistance
To recall, Dr Foju Benard has been a long-time supporter of infrastructural, educational, agricultural development, and other social projects within the Municipality. In recent times he has been contributing significantly through the council by providing assistance of FCFA 1 million to youths in Fontem Sub Division in 2021.
Still, the. Parliamentarian provided support of FCFA 2 million for the clearing of Menji in 2021, plus assistance to farmers with farming equipment worth FCFA 5 million in 2022
In 2023, Hon Foju also provided support via farming equipment worth FCFA 2 million to women in the municipality.
Hopes are high that with this year’s assistance, coupled with assistance from other quarters to the needy children in the Menji area, there will be considerable improvement in the turn out for the 2024/2025 acdemic year.
