Land Restitution Surrender Saga in Fako Division The Nefarious Role of Government Administrators and Fako Chiefs in the CDC Land Restitution Surrender Policy
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TREND IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 7 (1):
194-206 (February 2023)Abstract
In 2003, the government of Cameroon instituted the policy restitute surrender lands under the custody of the Cameroon Development Corporation CDC to Fako indigenous communities through Fako chiefs as a result of the Bakweri Land Claims Committee BLCC vs the government of Cameroon matter at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ACHPR in Banjul, Gambia. The CDC lands restitution surrender policy was controlled and managed by government officials, most of whom high jacked it for their personal interests, with the active complicity of some Fako chiefs at the detriment of the indigenous people of Fako Division. This paper therefore examines the role played by government administrators and Fako chiefs in the government’s lands restitution surrender saga in Fako Division. Molua Patrick Ewange | Ekombo R. J. "Land Restitution/Surrender Saga in Fako Division: The Nefarious Role of Government Administrators and Fako Chiefs in the CDC Land Restitution/Surrender Policy" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-1 , February 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52661.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/52661/land-restitutionsurrender-saga-in-fako-division-the-nefarious-role-of-government-administrators-and-fako-chiefs-in-the-cdc-land-restitutionsurrender-policy/molua-patrick-ewange