Public Asset Management: Materials Accounting Training Centre Reopens

I n a bid to strengthen the ca­ pacity of officials in charge of public asset management and good governance in Came­ roon, the government has reo­ pened the Directorate of Stan­ dardization and Material Accoun­ ting (DNCM) under the Ministry of Finance (MINFI) in Yaounde. According to MINFI’s Secretary General, Edoa Gilbert Didier, the increased demands for transpa­ rency, performance, and accoun­ tability, regarding the quality of public asset management chiefly depends on competent human resources. Reasons why the go­ vernment is particular about en­ hancing modernized training of the over 400 students enrolled for the 2026/2027 academic year at the centre. “The institu­ tion that had been closed for over two years due to adminis­ trative bottlenecks, will hence­ forth operate in a renovated and functional framework that will host information sessions and trainees from all parts of the country under optimal condi­ tions”, the SG said. Under the new directive, the centre’s Director, Desire Kongo Elanga, explained that materials accounting is now a strategic tool for internal control and per­ formance. Its objectives, he un­ derscored, will ensure exhaustive and reliable traceability of all public movable and immovable assets, enabling r...