Archives Panicked Kumba parents and guardians rushed to pick up their children from school Friday, February 19, 2021, following rumours that a medical team was administering the COVID-9 vaccine to schoolchildren.
Chamberlain Ntou’ou Ndong, Senior Divisional Officer for Meme Division in Cameroon’s South West Region said on Friday, “fake news” spread in Kumba from unknown individuals on the supposed vaccination of children against COVID-19 creating “general panic and fear amongst parents and students leading to the withdrawal of children from schools”.
The rumour immediately sparked furious panic withdrawal of children from schools in Kumba as the city saw chaos and frantic movements with residents fearing the worst.
Kumba: Gregory Mewanu Is New City Mayor
A September 24, 2020,
Supreme Court decision ordered a rerun of the
Kumba City Council election on basis of flaws registered during the previous March 3 poll that catapulted
Nkelle Ngoh to the seat of
grand councillors, the
First and Second Deputy Mayors were Mrs Ebanja Victorine and
Paul Tasong was on hand to attempt
reconciliation between incumbent Nkelle Ngoh and Mewanu but failed the previous day (21 October, 2020). This is why the election proper had to take place yesterday as planned. The
Senior Divisional Officer for Meme, Ntou’ou Ndong later moved to the election premises apparently to supervise the handing over of the Kumba City Council keys to the new winner. The elections took place behind