Nouboue nee Monguen Alice
can be likened to an ambassador of assiduity, transparency and stringency; and above
all, she is a great patriot.
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| Mrs. Nouboue Alice |
Ask her goal for
Cameroon and she won’t hesitate to tell you: “To put my experience and competence
at the service of my country”
This soft-spoken Cameroonian,
born in Ndoungue-Nkongsamba in 1964 and educated up to university level where
she studied statistics and economics, is one of many Cameroonian women of tiber
and caliber, who, despite their high status in society, choose to remain humble
and helpful.
Mrs. Nouboue-who is
bilingual (fluent in English and French) has been the Southwest Regional
Finance Controller for a year now; but in all, she has dutifully served in that
capacity for about 10 years in different regions. In 1998, Mrs. Nouboue served
as Interim Finance Controller for the West Region, then Regional Finance
Controller for the Northwest for seven years (July 2006 – May 2013) before his appointment
to Buea in the same capacity.
This 50-year old
financial expert/statistician says the work of a finance controller is very exacting.
The Regional Finance Controller, among other duties, ensures the strict regulation
and implementation of the state budget at the regional level.
“Although the job is
very demanding, I love it. Sometimes we leave the office in the night. That is
when you have enough time to concentrate on certain files. In the day, the
coming of service users/visitors makes it difficult for somebody to concentrate”,
Mrs.Nouboue told The Recorder.
As a finance controller,
she says she is not afraid to be controlled by hierarchy. “As Controller, I am
also an authorizing officer, a civil servant and I am obliged to respect
regulations in force in the performance of my job. As a human being I am not perfect
and would like to be controlled too. Controls have their positive aspect in
that, they make workers sit up”
Success Secret
A devout Catholic Christian,
Mrs. Nouboue does her work with the fear of the Lord. “Before I start my day, I
humbly ask the Almighty God to direct my actions. When I have a heavy work load,
I always invite God to help me do it as required”, she says, noting that Jesus
in the Bible book of Matthew 11:28 says "Come to me, all of you who are
weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
Her open door policy
makes her very friendly to both her colleagues and service users.
“My boss is not only
time-and duty-conscious. We have observed that she is open-minded and motherly”,
said one female worker when I tried to find out whether the Finance Controller
is bossy. Other service users (contractors and state employees) met in the waiting
room of the Finance Controller all agreed that Mrs. Nouboue is very welcoming
to all.
“The public is free
to appreciate our services and to meet the right source for whatever
information they want,” Mrs.Nouboue says, adding that her office also has a public
suggestion box. “We are not perfect but are working hard daily to improve the
quality of service we give out. I make sure no file lasts more that 72 hours in
my office. If it does it means the file needs special attention”
Mrs.Nouboue is
skilled in the following areas: economic and financial statistics,
macroeconomic projection, management and the analysis of public finances, as
well as budget preparation and implementation
She has been occupying the
sensitive office of Regional Finance Controller for more than 10 years now because
she masters her job well and does it both to the satisfaction of hierarchy and
the public, The Recorder was informed.
Education
Mrs.Nouboue graduated
as an Application Engineer of Statistics from ISSEA Yaoundé in 1986; graduated as
Statistical Engineer/Economist from ENSEA in Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) in 1993;
In 2004, she earned a Diploma in Management from the Advanced School of Public
Management, Yaounde and in 2006 she did an internship course on the “Elaboration
and Evaluation of Public Policies at ENA Paris, France.
Professional
Experience
Before her current
post as Regional Finance Controller for the Southwest, Mrs. Nouboue held and or headed several other offices ,which include Representative of the Minister
of Finance at Boards of Directors of MIDENO –Bamenda and UNVDA(from 2006 to
2013);Specialist Finance Controller ,University of Bamenda(July 2012 –May 2013).In
the 1990’s ,she headed different services in the Ministry of Finance, and
served as an exemplar to many.
Sociopolitical
status.
Mrs. Nouboue, who is
a mother of four children, is a member of the ruling CPDM and official of several
social groups. For example, she is vice president of the Association of Women
of Elites of Bandjourn .She enjoys doing sport because she holds that “sport
keeps one fit and healthy”
No
State Medal
Although a workaholic,
who has put more than 25 years at the service of the nation, Mrs. Nouboue is
yet to receive a state medal as another form of recognition of her commitment
to serving the State. Why? It is not because
she is not qualified for medals. She is quite qualified but the Cameroon system
demands that a worker should apply for a state medal, a thing Mrs. Nouboue finds
unreasonable to do.
“Honestly, I think that when you want to congratulate
somebody, it should not be that person to apply for it. For my more than 25
years of service, I have not received a medal from the State -simply because I
have not bothered to apply for one,” she told The Recorder. “As Finance Controller
in the Northwest I recommended hard working colleagues for Letters of Congratulation
to the Minister. But I cannot apply to be congratulated, but I would continue
to be patriotic and serve my country to the best of my abilities”
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