Dawn of a new era for Cameroon, Nigeria

  1. Posted on Wednesday 27 August 2008 - 08:44
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    Solomon Tembang, AfricaNews reporter in Limbe. Cameroon
    Things will never be the same again for Cameroon and Nigeria as president Paul Biya in an address to the nation on national television and radio broadcast on the occasion of the withdrawal of the Nigerian administration and police force from the Bakassi Peninsula recently.
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    He announced the dawn of a new era void of the spectre of suspicion and wariness between both countries would hence take a turn for the better.

    President Paul Biya paid tribute to the Nigerian government for honouring its engagements, sovereign responsibilities and international obligations. He also paid glowing tribute to all those who in one way or another contributed to the Green Tree and final handing over success story, pointing out that it was time to acknowledge the friendly and brotherly gesture of the Nigerian government and reciprocally lay the blue print for a more practical brotherly relationship.

    It is reasonable that Cameroon and Nigeria must henceforth do everything possible to consolidate the settlement reached and seize the opportunities afforded them to develop their relations in other fields. In this regard I want to reaffirm that Cameroon will honour all the commitments made concerning our Nigerian brothers and sisters who have chosen to reside in Cameroon, that is, those living in Bakassi as well as those who have been living on Cameroonian territory.

    I want to reassure them their rights and security will be respected and guaranteed. There is therefore reason to believe that this is the dawn of a new era in the relationship between Cameroon and Nigeria, Biya said.

    Terms Of New Relations

    Though government still has to delimit the terms of the new era of relationship, it is no news that Cameroon and Nigeria in many cases share the same culture as well as common interest.

    According to some economic observers, it is time Cameroon acknowledges the economic might of Nigeria in Africa coming second after South Africa and seize the opportunity to formally and officially strengthen the economic relationship between both countries.

    As president Paul Biya said in his speech both countries are bound by history and geography to live together and by numerous links rooted in common culture. They thus have every reason to promote mutually beneficial ties of friendship and cooperation.

    The future he promised was bright, thus the need for both peoples to be happy.

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