Dear Governing Council, take your time, take it slow and steady. Work using your own consciences. Don’t follow anyone but your hearts. Follow your judgment. Don’t allow yourselves to be bullied by anyone, even us who write these things.
There is need for the Governing Council to be reorganized. For those who fear the word reorganization, let it be clear that it doesn’t imply destabilizing this body that has served us so faithfully within so short a time. Neither does it imply that we are going back to the status quo ante of pre-SCACUF. That is implausible. Let no one deceive you – the diplomatic offensive Sisiku Tabe and Atam Millan undertook recently in Europe and the USA are among the finest activities this struggle accomplished. They, in their beautiful elegant appearance demolished the nonsensical TchiromaBakary classification of us as terrorists and made Paul Biya and his conmen look like political rascals. Just their (Sisiku and Millan) statesmanlike appearance to the world and to their people won a great diplomatic point and whether we like it or not, the world looks at appearance before it looks at the reality.
I was personally present at their Maryland USA visit and I felt as I have never felt the birth of a new nation, I felt for the first time that I had a president and it was the feeling of the thousands of people present at that come-together. So to me, His Excellency SisikuAyukTabe has won the hearts of our people and we know that in sports we do not change the winning team. But his Governing Council should be reorganized, and take on the look of a country and a nation. Reorganization is not a silver bullet. It won’t take care of our difficulties, but trying to solve our national crises without reorganizing the Governing Council effectively will amount to putting the cart before the horse. The bottom line is that if we are truly working for our people who day by day are killed and kidnapped and disappearing, we must stop this rivalry and power mongering and give way for reason and good sense to reign.
We can point to poor direction, bad management of finances and the need for attitudinal change, but these are symptoms of a much treacherous disease, the practical crisis that exists inside our camp. We are betraying ourselves and shouting out for the enemy to hear. This is the greatest malady, and not Millan or Tassang. Their conflict is just a symbol of what has wreaked havoc in our midst since 1961: Foncha and Endeley,Muna and Jua, Ben Muna and Fru Ndi, Akere Muna and Sisiku Ayuk Tabe!The Bible warns us that “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.” (Luke, 15:17). But the Bible also admonishes us to look outside and see and try to be inclusive for “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” (Luke, 15:23). We would lead nowhere if we do not step aside and rearrange or reorder things. The undying words I have for the Governing Council are those I borrow from the great Pan-africanistTajudeen Abdul-Raheen: “don’t agonize, organize”!!!
Father Gerald Jumbam
Kumbo Diocesan Priest
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no Scian/Ambazonian shall get extra credit for doing what we all do, which advocating for Ambazonia. We are the army of the Lord of Amba, who is the true Lord our savior, who granted us our Freedom. Hail him. Hail Him.
No matter what,
ups or downs, WE Ambazonians of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia, as we know and has always done, full and unconditionally stand behind all our leaders, freedom fighters and heroes and only to our all mighty, all knowing, all powerful, all present Creator, supreme consciousness, infinite intelligence do we the people of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia bow down to.
WE rise, never to fall.
Criticism is good, especially when it is constructive criticism. God bless you Father Jumbam.
The sacrifice that has been made by many in this struggle is really humbling. As frigidly cold as it is in New York, I could not but be over joyed that Abu Fri will leave the deep south to go and be protesting in front of the UN building in New York unfazed by any distraction. This is really what we call pure love.
What is Happening im Hearing our Elites distrubuting money Around. Look if this pple go Without us Putting up or oppose to all what they want to say.we should kiss our dialogue good bye since he wld tell the U.N that our elites n youths have found a common ground of undrstndx. Wake up ambazonians Ayah was right abt another foumban conference b4 our own bck yard
I think we worry about things we shouldn’t even think about. Let them do what they are doing. Our calling is to remain focused. They should share the money. Let our own strategy be loud. They should the UN that they’ve dialogued. Dialogue with no solution is empty. We don’t even need the dialogue. All we want is enforcing our independence
Its been a long and hurtful walk.So be watch ful of the twists and turns ahead for they can be so slippery.Move on Ambazonians,no turning back.The mighty hand of the Lord is upoun us.
Thank you Father Jumbam. We are wiser now. The people who want to divide and rule us will fail. We are here because Foncha and Endeley did not join forces to demand total independence. We will never make that mistake again.