After a considerable cut in aid package by the World Bank recently, the African Development Bank, ADB on Monday 28 July in Yaounde announced a slash in development projects in Cameroon. The ADB regional representative for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea Ahanas Gahunghu said the cut was a sanction following the failure by Cameroon to execute already sponsored projects.
So far only 10% of already sponsored public projects and about 35 % private projects in Cameroon have been executed since 2001.
He attributed the failure to unexplained delays due to administrative bottlenecks, long and cumbersome procedures in the award of contracts, corruption and the pervasive public service malpractices that have tarnished the image of the government, non respect of laid down contracts award procedures by ADB.
Accordingly the African Development Bank prescribes three weeks for contracts to be awarded but it takes at times over three months in Cameroon. As for the nine months prescribed for execution, most projects end up in drawers or at best partially executed. It was revealed that ADB provided some FCFA 89 billion for the execution of projects in Cameroon for the 2007/ 2009 fiscal years. Among these include projects in water and energy, electricity with AES-Sonel, road construction and the Douala and Yaounde urban city renovation.
It is against this backdrop that the Banking institution is organising a one-week training workshop in Yaounde to get the different ministerial administrative officials charged with the award of contracts to be abreast with the laid down principles and modalities by ADB. Directors, sub- directors, chiefs of services, administrative heads contractors were all part of the ADB schooling.
The workshop is taking place from 28 July to 1 August 2008 at Mont Febe Yaounde.
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