Presidential Reconstruction Plan : UNDP Appreciates Pace Covered

With the outbreak of socio-political tensions in the North West and South West Regions some seven years ago, the government, after the organisation of the Major National Dialogue held in 2019 put in place the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of the two regions. Progress made in the execution of earmarked projects in the plan, which has the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as the implementing partner, has been appreciated by the Resident Representative of the UN agency, Mathieu Ciowela Katumba Mateso. This was during his maiden audience with the Prime Minister Head of Government, Joseph Dion Ngute at the Star Building on July 2, 2025. 
Speaking to the press after the audience, the Resident Representative said collaboration between Cameroon and the UNDP is exemplary, rating it as one of the best. “We thank the government of Cameroon for its contribution to facilitating our works and also the confidence on the UNDP which is the implementing partner of the Presidential Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of the North West and South West Regions. We have had the opportunity to attain the Steering Committee meetings and we appreciate what was done by the UNDP and by other actors in the implementation of this programme which is bringing peace to the population and particularly new alternatives for them,” he stated.  Mathieu Ciowela Katumba Mateso added that the UNDP has a programme for Cameroon which has three components and th...