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THE MAYOR
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THE FON OF NSO |
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ARRIVING KUMBO |
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BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE |
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
KUMBO COUNCIL
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Kumbo Council
was created since 1977 out of the defunct Nso Area Council, which
was created from the South Western Federation, with headquarters in
Ndop. At the time of its creation, late Mr. Bernard
Bruno Wirnkar was elected Mayor. Mr. Ntani Daniel later succeeded
him as Mayor in 1991 and ruled the council till 1996 when the Social
Democratic Front took over, and Mr. Njong Fonyuy Donatus was
elected. He has been at the helm of the council from then till date.
Before the creation of the council, his Royal Highness the Fon of
Nso, Sehm Ataar, administered Nso with assistance from the Fons of
Oku, Mbiame, Nseh, Nkar and Ndzeen. These Fons had a common council
presided at by the Fon of Nso, where they planned and made rules to
keep away all evils from their various fondoms. The Fons were
members. Nso shared boundaries with the people of Kom, Bum, Babungo,
Babessi, Foumban, Ntem, and Mboon. Each Fon respected his own
position and there was no power wrangling. They lived in harmony
with each other.
Colonial administration grouped Nso, Bafut, Ndop, and Native
Authorities to the Bamenda South Eastern Federation of Native
Authorities in the 1940s. The Nso Native Authority split up from the
union in 1960 and by 1st April 1961, the Nso Area Council
was created which administratively fell under a Sub Division. Nso
rose to a Sub Division on November 4th 1963 and became a
full division on December 15th 1966. Evolutionally, the
Kumbo Council was created in 1977.
Kimbo, which constitutes the largest part of the Kumbo urban
Municipality is the center of the whole Kumbo town and has a long
history behind it. It is the seat of Nso Fondom. Fon Sehmbum
migrated in 1820 to Kimbo and started with the construction of the
Nso Palace from Kovifem, which is the residence of the present Fon.
The famous Cathedral, one of the landmarks of Kumbo, was constructed
in 1955. Its foundation stone was laid by Sehmbum Atar, Fon of Nso
in February 1955 under the pastoral leadership of His
Lordship Bishop P. Rogan.
In
recent years, the Kumbo Council has made some very striking progress
in terms of developmental achievements. This can be read on the
ACTIVITIES
Pages.
Furthermore, the Council is dedicatedly striving to ameliorate the
living standards of the inhabitants of Kumbo and to transform Kumbo
to a more habitable and glamorous municipality. In effect, we have
developed Programs and Projects to accomplish this vision. We thus
invite you to join hands with us in these developmental efforts as
you read our
PROJECTS
Page and kindly
channel your Contributions.
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