Breaking New Grounds!

https://www.camerooAs Cameroon’s Army and the population celebrate the bond of friendship and fraternity that have kept them going over the years; relishing diverse spinoffs in territorial integrity and national socio- economic development, there is need to be forward-looking. The challenges of today, spanning from security to economy and prospects of tomorrow and thereafter, especially with the middle-income economy vision, demand constant synergy for mutual gain. Most, if not all, citizens would agree that the country’s military corps is more and more multifaceted, striving to play dual roles of securing life and guaranteeing livelihood. They balance security operations against common enemies of peace and progress. From the North to South and East to West, they are called to be fully involved in social and infrastructure development to boost national growth. It is no secret that while huge military spending on health and other civilmilitary activities give health, which is also wealth, as well as hope, to many Cameroonians, the construction of road infrastructure, especially in security-challenging localities and other public edifices by the Military Engineering Corps, directly stimulates socio-economic development. These are facilitated by the salutary Army- Nation bond which must be made to continually thrive, with each putting the country above anything. Angling the 54th National Day to be celebrated on May 20, 2026 on the theme, “National Unity: Backbone of our Defence System, Bedrock of Cameroon’s Development,” is logically a call for more efforts to be put in place by all components of the country’s defence and security forces and the population. Cameroon, as the Head of State and Commander-in- Chief of the Armed Forces has said severally, is a shared heritage, a most precious asset. This suggests that the country belongs to all citizens and all hands must therefore be put on deck to guarantee its togetherness as well as give it the development they want. This is through building, strengthening and modernizing it. This requires collective efforts, which sons and daughters of the country must know, they have a herculean task of upholding the Cameroon they inherited from the founding fathers and even more, harnessing the country’s unity and progress for future generations. For, this is what they will bequeath to others. Unity, they say, is strength and if the country could remain inviolable and making strides in its development for the good of all, thanks to the bond existing between the Army and the people they are called to defend, much could be gained should such fraternity be strengthened. In fact, there is no better option than living for one another and also striving, each in his/her sphere of influence, to making the Cameroon of tomorrow better than what is existing now. The country&rsqu...