Rural Electrification : Widikum Awaits Two Mini Hydro Plants

From the look of things, the Widikum-Boffe Council is turning full circle to become the first municipality in the North West region to achieve mini hydro plants to fast-tract development activities and enhance the livelihoods of inhabitants. The 2021 Administrative and Management accounts of the council feature the imminent realization of mini hydro plants in Widikum and Menka. It is all about initiatives expected to help matters towards the operation of their giant oil mill project and expected soap factory. 
The Mayor; Andoh Stanilas Tambu told C.T in Bamenda that the construction of the mini hydro power plant projects are expected to takeoff soon and business negotiations are on course to import Alternators and Turbines from Germany to move the project forward. Widikum Subdivision in the North West region is a vast production basin and the kingdom of palm oil production, cocoa, plantain and coco yams. It is against this backdrop that the Mayor, Andoh Stanilas Tambu believes in the potentials of the municipality to move from C. to a category B council in performance. 
It emerged from their Administrative and Management accounts that Widikum Council realized all their PIB investment projects in 2021. The Mayor sounds off with some 100 solar street lamps to show in the capital of the municipality, Construction of some bridges, road works and medical supplies to some health facilities. Staff salaries have not been regular in recent times and he blames it on delays in the delivery of the Council Additional Tax from FEICOM. The...