The Vice President of the newly-created National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism has promised to learn English so as to promote bilingualism.
Oumarou Djika Saidou admitted his weakness in English when he recently failed to express himself in the Queen’s language on CRTV Ngaoundere.
Saidou, who once worked at the Prime Minister’s office, was unable to make a sentence in English; he got stuck in the middle of his first sentence. Afterwards, he promised that he would rapidly learn English following his appointment as member of the commission to promote bilingualism.
Saidou, who has been on retirement in his native Ngaoundere, exposed his shortcomings when CRTV wanted to get his reaction shortly after the Presidential decree appointing members of the commission was published on March 15.
The former Regional Delegate of Education was appointed as Vice President of the Bilingualism and Multiculturalism Commission by President Biya on March 15.
The appointment of an English-deficient Saidou as Vice President of the commission for the promotion of bilingualism has raised the question as to the criteria that President Biya used to appoint members of the commission.
Prince Aristide Ngueukam, the publisher of the French language weekly, ‘Forum Libre’, has questioned how somebody who is not bilingual could be appointed as Vice President or even a member of a national commission for the promotion of bilingualism.
By Joe Dinga Pefok
The Post Newspaper
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What a pity and a disgrace . Was it not good for the Government to appoint poeple who are bilingual to do this work than THE VICE -PRESIDENT we hear is still about to study the English language? Do we really have time for this ? There are thousand of Cameroonians out there who are bilingual in all aspect of their lives who could do this work pretty well. At times I ask my self where is this world heading to and that if GOD could do something by even ending it and start it all over again, it would HAVE been better. The same poeple doing the same thing every day and the same error and the Government seems not see it. GOD are you seeing what is happening to your children?