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Monographic Study Nguti Council2.4 Migration Pattern2.4.1 OverviewMovement in and out of Nguti municipality is same like in other rural communities. There issignificant movement of people out of Nguti Municipality to other areas of the South WestRegion, Douala, Yaounde, and even out of the country. People move out of Nguti for severalreasons including the search for job opportunities, higher education, and other economicopportunities. Movement into the municipality is significantly low. Most of the internal migrationis due to farmers’ quest for new farmlands and administrative transfers of teachers and other civilservants.2.4.2 Emigration.Movement out of Nguti sub division is high mostly due to the following: work and highereducation opportunities, the search for better social facilities and the human desire to discover theworld. This high rural-urban migration can be attributed to the absence of electricity, job creatinginstructions and the generally slow pace of life.2.4.3 ImmigrationMovement into Nguti is slow compared to movement out of the area. Emigrants from villagesaround migrate to settle and do business. People of the North West Region of Cameroon alsomigrate here to take advantage of the fertility of the soil which is good for the cultivation ofcocoa and major food crops such as plantains and yams that have become important sources ofincome. The St John of God Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital in Manyemen constitute pullfactors for migration into Nguti as many persons come for health reasons. The WIJMA WoodProcessing Industry plays a contributing role in bringing people into Nguti. There are a fewservices that have been established in Nguti and Manyemen towns to cater for the needs ofWIJMA workers including road side sellers of food, drinks, provision stores and the availabilityof free women who have come from other parts of the South West and Littoral Regions.Nguti and Manyemen towns are transit areas on the Kumba – Mamfe road. Few Nigerians havesettled in Nguti and Manyemen as traders.2.5 SociologyNguti Sub division consists of fifty–four (54) villages belonging to the following clans: theBebum clan dominates in Nguti town with six quarters, the Bassosi clan rules in eleven villages,the Ngemengoe clan in eight villages, the Upper Balong in eight villages, the Banyu clan in sixvillages, the Lower Mbo in nine villages, the Upper Nkongho in seven villages, the LowerNkongho in three villages and the Abongoe clan dominates one village with 7 quarters. Thesefifty-four villages, which are made up of four tribes (Bakossi, Bassosi, Balong and Mbo), havedifferent founding fathers who shared the same ancestral origin.2.5.1 Origin and MigrationNguti Subdivision is inhabited by 4 tribes: Bakossi, Balong, Bassosi and Mbo all of whom sharethe same ancestor as descendants of Ngoe who was married to Sumediang and they had sevensons. They lived in Mwekan, in the western part of the Mwanenguba Mountain.As prosperity increased in property and people, the land became smaller and there was need toexpand into new lands to avoid internal clashes. The further afield people went hunting andencountered more game the more the lure to move out of the original home at Mwekan.15