Local council staff capacities under evaluation

By NOELA EBOB BISONG A head count of council staff in all 360 local councils as well as the 14 city councils in Cameroon has begun in Yaounde. The census began last March 18 2019. According to the Minister of Decentralisation, Georges Elanga Obam, the purpose of the census is to gather information on the academic and professional profile of council staff, in line with the effective implementation of the decentralization process. “We are trying to know exactly those that are working in the local councils; know their numbers, trainings, know what they are doing, and we think it is by…