NGUTI YOUTHS CONVERGE ON LIMBE FOR 3-DAY MINI-CONVENTION ON JULY 29
Youths of NGUTI (known in her native name as BEBUM) will be converging on Limbe for a three-day MINI-CONVENTION. The rally which will take place as from the 29th to the 31st of July, 2022 will bring together young men and women, home and abroad under the banner of ‘The Nguti Youths Global Association’.
Led by its Global President, Mr. NJANG EKANGHAKI George Gideon and a team of vibrant young men and women at the level of its executive, the Nguti Youths Global Association is registered both home and abroad. In Cameroon, it is registered both in the Kupe-Muanenguba and Fako Divisions.
The main objectives of the Nguti Youths Global Association are:
■ To enable brethren familiarize with one another.
■ To exhibit the very rich BEBUM culture and tradition.
■ To discuss and evaluate the contributions made by the youths in the development of the Nguti Community.
■ To celebrate the legacy of the Late Honourable NZO-EKANGHAKI, the one-time great hero of the community.
■ The setting up of the NZO-EKANGHAKI Charity Foundation, and more.
The association as at now, comprises of the following branches in Nguti, Kumba, Buea, Limbe, Tiko, Douala and Yaounde in Cameroon, as well as the USA and the United Arab Emirates and the Scandinavia in the Diaspora.
Members of various branches of the association will arrive Limbe on July 29th. On July 30th, a Cultural/Traditional display and other activities will hold at Sunset Resort Ngeme-Limbe at 2:30 prompt.
NGUTI, A COSMOPOLITAN TOWN FOUNDED BY T’EYOHMBUGHEHNguti is known in its native name as BEBUM. It is the headquarter of the Nguti Sub-division which comprises of 54 villages. The Nguti Sub-division is in Kupe-Muanenguba Division of the South West Region of Cameroon.
Nguti is a cosmopolitan town which harbours persons from various parts of Cameroon. It is situated about 92 km from Kumba and along the Kumba-Mamfe Road.
The founder of BEBUM (present day Nguti) was one T’Eyohmbugheh a.k.a. PA EYONG MBUGEH who in the course of his hunting expedition landed at a place which had sufficient water sources such as streams and rivers, as well fertile soil for farming. He then went back home to spread the news and the entire community unanimously agreed to migrate from the hinterlands to the current location of Nguti.
Following migration history, natives of NGUTI are the ‘MBO’s’ who left the hinterlands to settle where they presently reside. The people of NGUTI share much as far as culture and dialect are concerned with their fellow Mbo brethren on the other side of the MUNGO River, precisely Melong, Nkongsamba, Loum and other Mbo villages in the Littoral Region as well as SANTCHOU in the West Region.
The native language (dialect) of the Nguti people is the “Nghen” which has several similarities with those spoken by the Bakossi’s and the Bassossi’s.
Social amenities in Nguti include a District Hospital, a health centre and The Saint John of God Hospital which belongs to the Catholic Mission. The latter had once been a referral hospital in Cameroon as far as Orthopaedic surgeries were concerned.
In Education, Nguti has both a Government Bilingual High School (G.B.H.S) as well as a Government Technical College (G.T.C).
Prior to the start of the current sociopolitical crisis plaguing the North West and the South West Regiins, the population had been enjoying good potable/pipe-borne water managed by the Cameroon Water Utilities Corporation, CAMWATER (formerly SNEC). However, with onset of the crisis, the water systems were almost damaged due to lack of maintenance but for the timely intervention of the Nguti Youths Global Association with great support from ELATI BEBUM (the umbrella developmental Association of Nguti) which have made enormous efforts to ensure that the population has constant flow of potable water.
The population of Nguti is in urgent need of permanent electricity supply, given that its location is very economically strategic and favourable to all kinds of genuine businesses. The lack of permanent electricity has however greatly hampered this sector.
Thus, the key mission of the Nguti Youths Global Association is basically developmental. The Association brings together young boys and girls as well as well-wishers and sympathizers of Nguti under one thinking cap so that they can invest back home and develop their community.
Through its dynamic Exco under the leadership of Mr. NJANG EKANGAKI, the association is working to ensure that the local population back home do not lack basic social amenities like potable water and to also encourage the education of youngsters in the community. This is being done with the help of ELATI BEBUM which is the community’s umbrella developmental association.
The association with the help of ELATI BEBUM equally seeks to promote and preserve the rich and enviable culture and tradition of the Nguti people. Much of this culture will be discovered by the Limbe people on July 30th, 2022.
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