Le bulldozer du développement urbain était sur le terrain . À travers l’inpection des chantiers ce mardi 3 septembre 2024, Célestine Ketcha Courtès dans sa rigueur habituelle a apprécié a sa juste valeur la réhabilitation du carrefour Nkol-Eton qui plombait la sortie ouest de Yaoundé. Elle a tout aussi salué les travaux en cours au Marché Nkol-Eton en prodiguant de bons conseils pour la gestion des ordures et l’évacuation des eaux usées avant de prescrire l’implication de tous les acteurs pour une accélération des travaux et pour la fluidité du trafic pendant la rentrée mais surtout l’utilisation responsable et la préservation de ces belles infrastructures prescrites par le Chef de L’Etat SEM Paul Biya. Avec fermeté le Ministre a instruit des actions fortes contre les entrepreneurs du désordre urbain et de l’insalubrité dans la cité Capitale.
Dans le cadre de l’amenagement urbain, l’agenda du Minhdu pour l’annee 2024 prévoit entre autres projets des contructions, d’aménagement et de réhabilitation de plusieurs voiries stratégiques telles que ROND POINT- BATA NLONKAK OU ENCORE MOBILE OMNISPORT-HOTEL LE PARADIS en passant par MOSQUÉE NGOUSSO, la lutte contre de désordre urbain et des actions fortes pour l’amélioration des conditions de vie des populations.
Ce jour à Yaoundé, dans la région du centre, la descente de Célestine Ketcha Courtès qu’accompagnaient les Autorités Administratives et des Forces de maintien de l’ordre sur le terrain, a permis de noter la gratitude des populations au Chef de l’Etat SEM Paul BIYA, pour la qualité des travaux exécutés marquant le respect de son engagement à moderniser Yaoundé
De Longkak à Mbankolo en passant par Simbock , Nkoleton, Messassi Fouda, Manguier Ngousso, Cradat, Nsimeyong, Accassia, Happy, Odza, Emana et autres , l’on peut noter que le Minhdu est en action pour l’amélioration de la mobilité urbaine dans la cité capitale.
Rendu au deuxième semestre de l’année 2024, le ministre Célestine Ketcha Courtès mets un point d’honneur sur le calendrier des travaux et le respect des cahiers de charge afin de s’assurer du bon déroulement des travaux et de l’évolution et du respect des délais fixés.
A chaque étape, il a été question de Visiter un certain nombre des travaux et ouvrages, et lever les blocages pour Conduire à un meilleur achèvement des projets engagés :
le chantier de construction des boutique par la communauté urbaine devant Mélina hôtel en plein centre ville reste problématique. Dans le cadre de la lutte contre le désordre urbain, Le Ministre de l’habitat a precrit l’arrêt immédiat des travaux, invitant les administions concernées à travailler en synergie, et sous l’encadrement des services compétents du MINHDU .
Avec satisfaction generale et des instructions fermes à chaque étape, le Ministre s’est rendu sur les axes Carrefour Bastos-restaurant Istanbul-Ambassade de Suisse (1805 ml)Rond-Point Nlongkak-Marché Nkoleton-Feux tricolore Bata Rond-Point Nlongkak Bata Nlongkak-Vers Mballa II Marché Messassi- Carrefour Fouda où sont exécutés les réhabilitation en BCR et BBME, invitant l’entreprise à continuer avec sérénité.
Les travaux préliminaires de la section urbaine de l’autoroute Yaoundé-Nsimalen qui ont effectivement débuté avec le recalibrage du lit du Mfoundi derrière le bois Saint Anastasie, ont retenu l’attention du Ministre qui a Demandé une solution d’urgence sur le site querellé afin que l’entreprise accélére les travaux.
De façon générale, le ministre de l’habitat et du développement à invité les populations a contribuer sans réserve à la grande campagne d’hygiène et de salubrité en cours.
As part of the Implementation of the Governmental Programme to construct 10,000 social housing units and to develop 50,000 building plots, the Mbanga-Bakoko site was chosen in the city of Douala on a total area of 30 hectares. To this end, the Government of Cameroon, through the Chinese cooperation, has made available a land base to be developed. Following investments which made Mbanga-Bakoko a real new town, an undeveloped area of seven (7) hectare had been reserved to promote a social mix through constructions of different standings. Following the release due to illegal occupation, MINHDU, the project owner of this program, launched a call for project proposals both from the LRAs, the private and semi-public sectors for a coherent enhancement according to the Government’s vision.
Thus, at the end of the examination of various offers, MINHDU Technical Services and the Urban and Rural Land Development Authority (MAETUR) worked together and agreed for a joint development to the tune of nearly 5 billion purpose of the memorandum of understanding signed on 20 August 2024. In fact, a working group has been set up to prepare and examine the draft convention, the program outline and the institutional framework likely to govern such agreement.
The purpose of this agreement is to define the contractual framework by which the MINHDU and the MAETUR pledge to develop a land base with a surface area of approximately seven (7) hectares located in MBANGA-BAKOKO for the creation of a mixed and multifunctional housing area comprising:
Areas of collective housing plots intended for real estate promotion;
Areas for commercial and service activities;
Major and local community facilities:
Educational and health facilities;
Religious and cultural facilities;
Treatment plant;
Green and leisure spaces.
Content of work
For the planned services, MAETUR will be responsible for:
– Project management including:
The technical and financial set-up of the project;
The search for funding;
General project management.
– The execution of various studies:
Hydrological studies;
Geotechnical studies for planned roads;
Excavation studies;
Development studies including:
Topographic surveys;
Urban planning studies with production of a sub-division file (in order to obtain the subdivision permit) and a 3D rendering in computer-generated images;
Technical studies of roads and various networks (VRD) (supply of drinking water, electricity and optic fibre, waste water Treatment, etc.);
Environmental and Social Impact Assessments.
Development works shall include:
Site cleaning and earthworks;
Construction of drinking water and electricity supply networks with the support of network dealers;
Road networks:
The coating of the primary roads with bituminous concrete, secondary in tri-layer and tertiary in bi-layer;
Rainwater drainage with gutters and reinforced concrete discharge structures- Electricity supply;
Drinking water supply;
Wastewater treatment by a collection network and treatment plant;
Demarcation of plots and preparation of technical files;
Development of green spaces.
Monitoring and control of development work;
The marketing of developed plots.
Secondary, tertiary and quaternary roads and RVNs will be financed by the beneficiaries of the land bases, namely Real Estate Developers, through the purchase of plots in a future state of completion.
The MAETUR will take care of:
The mobilization of the necessary funds to launch work;
Recovery of funds from the beneficiaries of the land bases.
The above-mentioned services will take place over a period of twenty-four (24) months from the date of registration of the convention.
For the 2024 budget year, 600 struggling urban youths are being trained for a month in paving stones production and laying techniques in the councils of Yabassi, Njombe Penja, Mbandjock, Nkoteng, Njimom and Massangam.
The training sessions were launched on 5 August and will end on 2 September 2024. The said training is subdivided into 3 lots, as follows: Lot 1: Massangam and Njimom, 100 youths per Council; Lot 2: Njombé Penja and YABASSI, 100 youths per Council and finally Lot 3: Mbandjock and Nkoteng, 100 youths per Council. A practical case will be carried out on a training work site.
In the same vein, Bangangté Urban Youths Empowerment Center (CIJ) has been engaged since February 2024 in supporting self-integration and the provision of paid jobs.
Among other things, the young entrepreneurs trained are equipped on the new avenues of wealth creation (recycling of plastics into paving stones, agriculture and livestock), support in the search for funding (setting up projects and referral to Government programs, banks, micro finance and elites) participation in entrepreneurship competitions, organization of awakening fairs, etc.
Specifically with regard to the recycling of plastic in paving stones, the centre brought together young people around a collection and transformation project, in partnership with the Divisional Delegation of the Environment. Currently, 15 youths are mobilized in a production unit that transforms plastic into paving stones every Thursday. While helping to preserve the environment, these young people produce extremely strong paving stones and actively seek markets to create wealth. Regarding support for project funding, the youth groups of the centre are currently participating in an entrepreneurship challenge organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs (Minjec) and the World Bank, with the effect of financing the best joint projects.
These training courses are based on the “Cities for All” programme, which develops innovations in favor of an inclusive urban future, by matching the demand for employment through practical, short-term training for the benefit of struggling young urban dwellers in the urban sector. This helps a category of vulnerable youths to meet the requirements of the market economy which requires applicants to have prior knowledge. This training also aims to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goal 11.
At the end of its instruction, prospective and supervision mission for the Land Transport portfolio in Cameroon, a mission from the French Development Agency, led by its Cameroon Deputy Director Sylvestre Mang, was granted an audience on 19 July 2024 on the eighth floor of the Ministerial Building N0. 1 housing the central services of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Top on the agenda of the discussions was the restitution of the AFD mission carried out from 10 to 19 July 2024. Seating for the Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Prof Nna Mathurin hailed the visit, which consolidates the convergence of views on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Yaoundé Coeur de Ville projects funded by the AFD. The mission lauded the progress made on the project thanks to the involvement of the Cameroonian side, progress which concerns the multiple calls for tender relating to the Yaoundé Coeur de Ville, the results of which will trigger the start-up of the project. As far as the BRT is concerned, several studies have already established the length of the line from Olembe to Ahala. What remains is an updated financing study, with the AFD lobbying European Union financiers in advance.
In conclusion, Professor Nna Mathurin reassured the guests of the day that the resources on both sides will be pooled to ensure the success of these complex and highly ambitious projects, and to consolidate cooperation between Cameroon and France.
At the end of its instruction, prospective and supervision mission for the Land Transport portfolio in Cameroon, a mission from the French Development Agency, led by its Cameroon Deputy Director Sylvestre Mang, was granted an audience on 19 July 2024 on the eighth floor of the Ministerial Building N0. 1 housing the central services of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Top on the agenda of the discussions was the restitution of the AFD mission carried out from 10 to 19 July 2024. Seating for the Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Prof Nna Mathurin hailed the visit, which consolidates the convergence of views on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Yaoundé Coeur de Ville projects funded by the AFD. The mission lauded the progress made on the project thanks to the involvement of the Cameroonian side, progress which concerns the multiple calls for tender relating to the Yaoundé Coeur de Ville, the results of which will trigger the start-up of the project. As far as the BRT is concerned, several studies have already established the length of the line from Olembe to Ahala. What remains is an updated financing study, with the AFD lobbying European Union financiers in advance.
In conclusion, Professor Nna Mathurin reassured the guests of the day that the resources on both sides will be pooled to ensure the success of these complex and highly ambitious projects, and to consolidate cooperation between Cameroon and France.
