The municipality of Buea, the City of Legendary Hospitality, head quarter of the South West Region, today Friday 1st of March 2024 was honored with the visit of the European Union delegation to the Republic of Cameroon and for Equatorial Guinea. The mission was headed by H.E Jean Marc Chataigner, H.E Dr Corinna Fricke, German Ambassador, H.E Eric Jacquemin, Belgian Ambassador, and H.E Filippo Scammacca Del Murgo, Italian Ambassador as well as other diplomatic officials from Europe. The delegation had a brief stop at the Governor’s Office, where H.E Bernard Okalia B. presented to them a synopsis of the state of relations between the European Union and Cameroon in general, with some emphasis and expectations from these particular five countries for the South West Region.
In the same vain the delegation had a working session with the University of Buea.
The day was round-off with a lunch where some stakeholders of the Region, in the like of The Director of National School of Local Administration (NASLA), the Independent Conciliator for the South West Region, the head of the commission of education and sport for the South West at the Regional house, and Barrister David Mafani Namange Mayor of the Buea Council, who had to use the opportunity to exchange opinions.
The delegation left with souvenirs items offered to them by the landlord of the City of Legendary Hospitality, in remembrance of the historic cosmopolitan city.
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The Buea Council’s history traces back to 1922, initially established as the Bakweri clan council under Chief Mathias Lifafa Endeley during British colonial rule. It wasn’t until June 29, 1977, that it officially became the Buea Rural Council, formalized by Presidential decree No. 77/203. Prior to this, Buea served as the capital of Kamerun (Cameroon) under German colonial administration from 1901 to 1909 and later as the capital of Southern Cameroons under British rule