Actualité mise à jour le 01 Juillet 2020
-Publié initialement le 01 Juillet 2020
Mamfe welcome is mayor
Tabenchong Robertson Ashu is the newly elected mayor
of this council since the 30th of june 2020
The new mayor, who is 32-year old, replaced at
the head of Mamfe council the deceased Mayor Ojong Priestly. Mamfe municipality
is found in Manyu division of the Southwest region of Cameroon. It is located
in the northern part of the Southwest.
It is about 74 km away from the Cameroon – Nigeria Border. The council
shares common boundaries in the north with Akwaya council, in the east and
south with Eyumojock council and in the west with Tinto council. The Mamfe Rural council area is made up of 11 autonomous villages
grouped into four clans
Mamfe rural council started as far back as 1917 as
Mamfe Native Authority. It was comprised of the present day Nguti, Fontem,
Widikum, Akwaya, Eyumojock, Tinto and Mamfe Central council. In 1978 when
Eyumojock was created, it became Mamfe rural council. Tinto was later carved out in 1995 to let
alone Mamfe central. Before
1995, the government appointed the Municipal administrators