Some sad news just reaching our Ndungated.com Desk. The first Parliamentarian of Lebialem Division, Hon John Ategwa is no more. John Ategwa is widely credited for fostering Education in the Bangwa land as a whole.
He was the pioneer principal of the erstwhile GSS Fontem (now GBHS Fontem), and traveled across all major towns in Cameroon to lobby for all Bangwa parents to send their children home to attend college, irrespectively of age. He persuaded many to leave coffee and cocoa farms and get back to classrooms. His efforts paid off tremendously.
In 1988, he opened a college in his native village of Ndungated (Bilingual Comprehensive High School, BCHS), and it was another big boast, that enabled many native people t send their children to secondary school.
He was one of the main architects behind the creation of Alou sub Division, and Lebialem Division. He was voted to be the lone Lebialem parliamentarian at the Cameroon parliament in 1992. But popular opinion agrees that he failed to live up to expectation as an Honorable. He is married with Children. May his soul RIP.
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2 comments:
The hardwork of Hon. john Ategwa would be remembered, even beyond Ndungated and Lebialem.
His hard work would be remembered
Can you please add a picture of him to this article
thanks
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