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Monographic Study Nguti CouncilPREFACEThe Monographic Study of Nguti Municipality was realized thanks to a coordinated effortbetween Nguti Council, Traditional Authorities, Government Technical Services, DevelopmentActors in Nguti and the Programme for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources(PSMNR) South West Region which provided financial and technical support.As Local Councils are increasingly being required to play a greater role in providing basicservices to their constituencies, it is timely for Nguti Council to document the existing situationof all aspects of life within the municipality. This Monographic Study will serve the purposesof Strategic as well as Operational planning that will result in improved and balanced servicedelivery to the residents of all nine clans that constitute the municipality.Information in Cameroon is a very scare commodity. Gathering it provides several challengesat local, regional and national levels. We have attempted to put the most information aboutNguti Council area in one volume. This is a first of its kind. There may be omissions and theneed for corrections. We think these are minimal. However, we remain available tocontinuously update this document to the benefit of Nguti Council.Finally, we acknowledge the efforts of all those who contributed in one way or the othertowards the realization of this study.VII
GENERAL INTRODUCTION1.1 BackgroundMonographic Study Nguti CouncilFrom independence in 1960 to 1991, Cameroon was governed under a one party system whichsort to harmonise the thinking of all development actors in the country. One such strategy toensure this policy of oneness was through the elaboration on 5-year development plans that onpaper were usually well implemented and evaluated at the end of each period. Despite a fewweaknesses especially in the timely execution of planned activities, basic figures of growth andprogress could be stated with confidence following the implementation, monitoring andevaluation of these plans.With the advent of multi party politics in Cameroon (1992), the last five year development planended in 1991 and since then annual plans have seen the order of day. These annual plans lackclearly defined objectives with measurable indicators. The result is that growth parameters inCameroon have consistently been estimated with a high degree of error.National policy makers as well as Local Government and Traditional Authorities in the variousadministrative units of the country, hardly have a mastery of the development of their areas.This is often due to missing baseline information that can be used for comparison.The non-mastery of the development of the various regions could partially have resulted fromtoo much centralization of development plans that are often drawn at the central level andimposed on many local beneficiaries. Hardly has there been participatory planning where thepriorities of the beneficiaries are taken into consideration.The 2004 Law on Decentralisation as applicable to Councils mandates these collectivities tofoster local economic development in the domains of Infrastructure, Education, Health, WealthCreation, Sports, Culture and Leisure. This Law is in line with the decentralization statusenshrined in the 1996 Constitution of Cameroon. For local authorities to be effective, they willneed a clear knowledge of the resources of their municipalities. Unfortunately, this is not thecase. This database deficiency is most alarming at the level of the local councils that are veryclose to the grass root. On the other hand, these grass root jurisdictions sustain over 62% of thenation’s poor and are estimated to posses over 70% of the nation’s natural resources.The Monographic Study of a municipality can reveal baseline information on the socioeconomicsituation which can allow for project identification and prioritisation at village andcouncil levels. A monographic study also can serve the basis for drawing up strategic as well asoperational plans. These instruments can give a clear guide on development projects to beimplemented and also enable the beneficiaries and the development agents to better master andown the development processes of their municipalities. It is worth noting that the Republic ofCameroon is a signatory to the Millennium Development Goals which promises to reducepoverty by 50% in 2015. There are barely 6 years left and baseline information about several ofour municipalities have not been gathered. Nguti Council has taken a bold step (Elaborating aMonographic Study) that will culminate in drawing up a Strategic Development Plan.1
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