THE OMNIPRESENT PAUL ATANGA NJI AND HIS SECRET MISSIONS
THE OMNIPRESENT PAUL ATANGA NJI AND HIS SECRET MISSIONS
The Pan-African Magazine Jeune Afrique devoted an excellent article to the all-powerful Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji. In this paper, several facets of this formidable political animal have been revealed.
Jeune Afrique qualifies the style of Paul Atanga Nji as iconoclastic
“Appointed to the Territorial Administration in March 2018, Paul Atanga Nji seems indifferent to the conveniences of the high administration. His detractors gladly reproach him for his iconoclastic style, his sometimes unrefined language, the thinly veiled threats he does not hesitate to utter and, in general, a conflictual approach to the exercise of power. He remains focused on his mission, equipping the prefects with equipment, monitoring road accidents and monitoring the opposition. English speaker without fear of upsetting the Prime Minister. And here he is soon tracking down the striking teachers, ordering the regional governors to “systematically identify” the most recalcitrant. And too bad if,
“By canoe in the Far North region or by car on the laterite tracks of the Eastern region, Paul Atanga Nji assumes this omnipresence in a country where the majority of political leaders have made discretion second nature. . He did not follow up on the interview requests that we sent him, but he is not hiding. He wants to be the one who moves the lines, the one who dares to tackle the hottest issues. It doesn’t matter if it earns him criticism and unpopularity, only the leader’s opinion counts. Paul Atanga Nji knows that he has the confidence of Biya, whom he has accompanied everywhere, from New York to Geneva, and to whom he offered the town hall of Bamenda, in 2013. It was the first time that the Democratic Rally of Cameroonian people (RDPC, in power) managed to gain a foothold in the big city in the North West.
“He also knows that the Territorial Administration can be a formidable stepping stone. Weren’t two of his predecessors considered possible dolphins? Minister from 2009 to 2011, Marafa Hamidou Yaya had the audacity to display his ambitions. In 2012, accused of being involved in a scandal linked to the purchase of a presidential plane, he landed behind bars in Kondengui central prison. never to lend the flank to speculation, but he has often been presented as a possible successor to Paul Biya.
A time minister in charge of a mission to the presidency, here he is now in Communication. So what about Atanga Nji? By entrusting it with territorial administration, Is the president preparing him for a more important function? His rise has the particularity of almost always being under the radar. Having neither the course of the administrative executives graduated from the great schools, nor that of the economic operators who invest in politics to shelter their business, he was rarely the man to be killed. Although he comes from a wealthy family from Akum, a locality located in the municipality of Santa (North-West), it is in the streets of Bamenda and Yaoundé that he forged his destiny, far from the halls courses in American and British universities, where many of his peers have acquired the expertise and legitimacy to aspire to the high offices of the country”, can we read among others. Having neither the course of the administrative executives graduated from the great schools, nor that of the economic operators who invest in politics to shelter their business, he was rarely the man to be killed.
Although he comes from a wealthy family from Akum, a locality located in the municipality of Santa (North-West), it is in the streets of Bamenda and Yaoundé that he forged his destiny, far from the halls courses in American and British universities, where many of his peers have acquired the expertise and legitimacy to aspire to the high offices of the country”, can we read among others. Having neither the course of the administrative executives graduated from the great schools, nor that of the economic operators who invest in politics to shelter their business, he was rarely the man to be killed.
Although he comes from a wealthy family from Akum, a locality located in the municipality of Santa (North-West), it is in the streets of Bamenda and Yaoundé that he forged his destiny, far from the halls courses in American and British universities, where many of his peers have acquired the expertise and legitimacy to aspire to the high offices of the country”, can we read among others.
