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​At 2023 AGM, NtaCCUL Pays lofty interest rates, Improve Digital services! By RUTH CHE WACHONG Presenting the Balance sheet for 2023 during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) Sunday, the President, Board of Directors for NTACCUL, Fru Isaac, revealed that the number of members have increased by the day thanks to their lofty interest rates. “Our greatest secret is numbers as we have grown up to 92,210, which has also increased the balance sheet value of the credit Union by 9billion in one year. We are presently at 62 Billion balance sheet value which is a value higher than any other credit Union in Cameroon. Deposits have also increased thanks to the 6% we pay on deposits.  Fru Isaac President NTACCUL BOD "Our members are business persons, civil servants and people from all walks of life who need finances for their businesses and Projects. That is why we experienced an increase in the total amount of loans acquired in 2023 which stood at 35 Billion CFA FRS. Fru Isaac added The Board ...

​CBCHS, CAMASEJ Bamenda Train Journalists, Community Health Workers on Cervical Cancer Awareness/Reporting! By Ruth Che Wachong  The Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS) has trained some members of the Cameroon Association of English Speaking Journalists (CAMASEJ) Bamenda branch, and Community Health workers on Cervical Cancer Awareness and Reporting. Organized under the Patronage of the Ministry of Health and National Committee for the fight against cancer in Cameroon, the training was organized as part of activities to commemorate the National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month which comes up every January. Participants at the Workshop Addressing participants during the one day workshop, Assistant Professor of Reproductive Health and Deputy Director at the CBCHS, Dr Manga Simon says Cervical cancer is deadly and claimed the lives of more than 300,000 women in 2018. Dr Manga Simon Assistant Professor of Reproductive Health/Deputy Director CBCHS “Cervical cancer is the ...

​At 71st International Customs Day, MINFI Lays Foundation Stone for North West Customs, Applaud Personnel for Resilience! By Ruth Che Wachong  H.E Louis Paul Motaze laying NW Customs Office Foundation Stone  The foundation stone for an Ultra modern Customs office for the North West Region has been laid. Presiding at the event which coincided with the 71st edition of the International Customs Day in Bamenda, H.E Louis Paul Motaze, Minister of Finance expressed satisfaction at the successes recorded by the Customs sector amid the Crises. He believes the customs sector will do better and improve the living conditions of the population with the construction of an office in Bamenda. “I am very happy with my people of the Customs Department because they are resilient. Inspite of the challenges, they still managed to perform well and have delivered way above the target I gave them. They have worked well and need to be encouraged. Hence the construction  of this ultra modern offi...