The
Southwest Regional selection committee for the National Civic Service Agency
for participation in Development (NCSAP) has validated a list of 1000 youths
from the region for capacity-building and technical support.
Meeting in
Buea on July 1 and 2nd at the conference hall of the Delegation of
Public Service and Administrative Reforms, the committee, which was chaired by
Clement Fon Ndikum secretary-general at
Buea Governor’s office, was unanimous that the selection process was objective
and credible. Six hundred youths were retained as NCSAPD volunteers and 400 as
conscripts. The conscripts, aged between 17 & 21, would be trained for two
months and awarded certificates to that effect.
The 600 volunteers
will receive their six-month training in different subdivisions and trainers
must move to where volunteers are carrying out activities.
The Deputy
General Manager of NCSAPD,Esua Enow who attended the two-day meetings, said the
agency is one of the strategies for the accomplishment of the vision of the
state. “It mainly trains youths in order to re-arm them morally and also equip
them with technical and professional competences necessary for their full
participation in projects and developmental programmes of the nation,” Esua
Enow said.
He said this year
NCSAPD would train 7000 nation-wide, with 4000 to serve as the first batch.
Esau Enow
said the voluntary period is aimed at developing in the creation of in-come
generating activities, vocational training and realizing community services in
areas in public or private sectors. He noted that the conscript’s period is
intended to inculcate civic values and develop responsible behaviors in the
youth; train in sporting, physical and cultural education; consolidate
solidarity and national unity; ensure training on civil protection and first
aid as well as sensitization on environmental protection.
Conscripts
from SW will be trained at Mutengene Police College and by the staff of
Ministry of youth Affairs and Civic Education, Miliatry and security personnel
and other approved resource persons.
Selection of
the youth was done by sub- divisional delegates of Youth Affairs and Civic
Education in collaboration with the National Youth Council and local authorities,
before submission to the regional committee for validation.
(First Published in The RECORDER Newspaper,
Cameroon, of July 9, 2014)
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