NtamCCul Rides with PNB, Brings International Music Festival To Bamenda Benjamin Ngah

From the 9^th to the 12^th of October, 2014, the Bamenda Congress Hall will play host to the International Music Festival -IMF organized by Project New Bamenda -PNB) in partnership with Ntambeng Cooperative Credit Union (NtamCCul).

The musical festival which is expected to bring in close to forty musicians from around the world is expected to be one of its kind in the north west region and the country as a whole.  Speaking at a press conference organized for that purpose, the President of NtamCCul, Mumandam Che Valentine, said NtamCCul is a credit union with a vision especially for the youth and would like to make a difference by bringing in initiatives that can help the youth generate income by bringing out the talents in them. By supporting and partnering with PNB, he said was not the first time his union was supporting this kind of initiative by the youth aim at encouraging Cameroonians youth towards sustainable development, they had support and partnered with Viola Foundation to ease the acquisition of ICT gadgets.

Reechoing Mr. Mumandam, the General Manager of NtamCCUL, Mr. Mokum Glynn Atanga the vision of NtamCCul was to nurture the younger generation into sustainable business ventures. He disclosed that the union will make a collateral free credit to 100 youths to start up sustainable business. According to him, his union is like a baby-sitter that would pamper and encourage the youths to be the next successful business gurus of the 21^st century.

Project New Bamenda after the successes recorded in the past years, is bringing in “In The Move” with the aim of making Bamenda the cultural capital of Cameroon.  ITM aims at showcasing traditional dances, budding stars, and young talents in other domains and also make them palatable not only for local consumption but internationally.

According to the event organizer, almost everything has been put in place. The project is expected to cost more than FCFA twenty millions including security and insurance policy. Some renowned musical stars to grace the occasion include Petit pays, lady Ponce and other Nigerian top stars. One of the most damaging prejudices many people hold about Bamenda, he said was the idea that Bamenda had no hotel, no hall and cannot host an international event of this magnitude but “we want to challenge that idea and tell them that Bamenda has the best hotels in Cameroon and can host international events”