With much cry about another State Owned English Speaking University
in the Country, the Government of Cameroon seem to be giving deaf ears
to that. With the recent creation of the University of Maroua this
academic year, the people of the North West Region of Cameroon have
embarked on having their own state Owned University.

The North West Region of Cameroon is one of the most highly
scholarised Regions in the country. The absence of a state owned
university remains an object of speculation.
The no nonsense politically conscious people think that their region
is being marginalized because they vomited the Biya regime since 1990
and are not willing to "repent". If not, how then can one justify that
the region with the most successful lay private colleges; the most
brilliant mission colleges in Mankon, Nso, Bali, Bafut, and Ashing
Kom; and above all, the Region with the most highly populated
government colleges (Bamenda, Bambili and Mbengwi) has been deprived
of a state university for this long?

When the President of the Republic, His Excellency, Paul Biya
promised to create a University in the Far North Region of the
Country, the People of the North West Region immediately knew that
they would have their own state university of English speaking. But
when the presidential decree came creating the University of Maroua, no
cite of another State University of English Speaking in the North
West Region was mentioned.

Another Issue delaying the creation of a state owned university in
the North West Region could be that the Region in it self is divided
or confused as to which town will host the University if granted.
Towns topping the list are Mbengwi, Bambili and Bamenda, and lobbyists
are burning the midnight candle as they scramble to convince the
powers that be that their candidate is the most appropriate.

The University of Buea, the Lone Anglo-Saxon University in the whole
of the Country is too populated by students from the North West
Region which some people say is due to the absence of another English
Speaking University in the Country. Since everybody or students will
want to have a University Degree, there is high need for a state
university in the North West region. Also bearing in mind that there
is the National Polytechnic Bambui that offers courses for National
Diploma, (ND) Higher National Diploma (HND) and most recent the Degree
Programme that was enforced this academic year, due to the partnership agreement signed with the University of Buea in 2006.

The North West people are well known for their dynamism, handwork,
perseverance, and legendary solidarity. "Graffi solidarity" can be
seen each time a wonderful idea emanates from the province with
everyone else sacrificing his/her ambition for the idea to succeed for
the glory of all. The success story of football teams like PWD
Bamenda, CAMMARK, Free Boys, Kumbo Strikers and Yong Sports Academy;
the effective take off of banks like AmityBank, Union Bank, NFC; or
the pride of co-operative institutions like Azire Co-operative Credit
Union, Bamenda Police Co-operative, and CAMCCUL; and the political
steadfastness of the Social Democratic Front, SDF party, are all prove
of "graffi solidarity".

The cry of the North West Population for an English Speaking University in that part of the country is very important bearing in mind that the North West Region is very cheap to live and study in.