By Christopher Ambe
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| Luma Stephen Njoke:Alternate MP,,Buea Urban |
Mr.Luma
Stephen Njoke has, for years now been the CPDM Sub-Section President for Buea
Central I which includes Mukunda- where the Palace of the Paramount Chief of
Buea is situated.
In
fact, Chief SML Endeley of Buea and Hon.Meoto Paul Njie, former Director of Cabinet
at the Prime Minster’s Office and CPDM Central Committee envoy, are militants of
this sub-section.
Mr.Luma,
soft-spoken and persuasive, is also the alternate Member of Parliament for Buea
Urban. As alternate to the late Hon. Adolf Ngale Namme, MP for Buea he was
very collaborative, helping the late MP, in one way or the other to succeed,
instead of engaging in a campaign of calumny against him, as some politicians do.
Mola Luma, who is a career
accountant, is currently the Municipal Treasurer of Buea Council, and is noted
for his stringency in keeping accounts. Before his appointment as the Municipal
Treasurer, Mola Luma had held several duty posts in the Northwest and Southwest
Treasury Services.
So
efficient was this financial expert of Bakweri origin in scrutinizing public
accounts, that even when he was appointed Municipal Treasurer of Buea Council,
he was still retained as a senior auditor at Buea Regional Treasury, for
sometime.
Mola Luma believes in
capacity-building as a sure way of improving living standards. That is why in
2010 he launched a scholarship program in his subsection, and at least 34
pupils and students residing in the subsection, smiled home with a total of
about FCFA 500,000.
“These scholarship awards will be given
annually and they are aimed at developing our branches, building the capacity
of youth and to encourage education -for as the civil rights Activist Malcolm X
states: ‘Education is our passport to the future, tomorrow belongs to those who
prepare for it today’ ”,Mr. Luma remarked during the award ceremony in
Mukunda,Buea Town.
Mola Luma is also described as
philanthropist, who does not hesitate to assist needy people. But as a true
Christian he does not make noise when he assists the less privileged.
Although
a quiet and well-behaved Presbyterian Christian, he can sometimes strike his attackers
in self-defense. This, as a warning so that people don’t take him for granted.
It would be recalled that during the 2007
municipal and parliamentary campaigns, when APF militants came right to his
residence to provoke him, almost hoisting their party flag at his house entance,
knowing very well that Mola Luma was
a CPDM stalwart, he chased them and later lodged a compliant to that effect
with the Police. “There is no place for APF in Buea”, he insisted.
Mr.Luma
becomes even more popular in Buea because of his regular sponsorship of what is
styled the Luma Stephen Inter-quarter
Football Tournament for Buea Youth, organized during holidays as his
contribution to the development and promotion of football in the Southwest
Region.
From our findings, this gentle
husband and father of several children, is generally described as an asset in
the CPDM in Buea.Militants and sympathizers told The Recorder that, he is not
only reliable, but politically very knowledgeable; that he has leadership
skills.
It is worthy of note that for close to ten
years, the ruling CPDM has won all elections in Buea-municipal, parliamentary
and presidential. Militants say it is due to the continued ground work and hard
work of CPDM apologists such as Mayor Charles Mbella Moki –who is a gifted
public speaker and political engineer, and the likes of Mola Luma, said to be a political tactician and development agent
Many Buea Urban residents and
CPDM supporters say they will vote for him as their Member of Parliament in the
2013 parliamentary elections, if he accepts to vie for the post.
But will Mola Luma listen to the people’s call? Only time will tell!
(First Published in The Recorder Newspaper,of November 22,2012)
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