In recent times, the cry and call for a dynamic, vibrant, young leader made a very remarkable turning point in the Cameroonian presidential election and campaign strategy.
A very telling and promising household name in the country is Prince Michael NGWESE EKO EKOSSO, a candidate for the election scheduled for October 2025.
Prince Michael NGWESE EKO EKOSSO has formally committed to serving Cameroonians under the USDP’s Manifesto of One Nation, Two Systems within the context of a Federal Constitution, and for a two four-year mandate as President of the country.
Prince Michael NGWESE EKO EKOSSO was speaking in Buea recently during his meeting with electorates in Fako Division.
Such pronouncements have sent shock waves to Cameroonians, especially within a political context in Cameroon whereby young people have been relegated at the political background and where old people hold on power at all costs.
It should be noted that President Paul Biya, who is now 92 years of age, and who has led Cameroon for 43 years, is expected to still run for the office of president in the election scheduled for October, 2025.
Prince Michael NGWESE EKO EKOSSO’s position on a number of key issues regarding the future of Cameroon like the One Nation, Two Systems within the context of a Federal Constitution seems to show a conscious divorce from the unproductive, failed system of the current regime.
“It is extremely fundamental that we establish a path to true democracy in Cameroon. That is why I am promising the Cameroonian people that my mandate will not exceed two terms of four-year presidential mandates. My position on this subject is not based on any political manipulation, rather on a conscious reflection of my beliefs, values and conviction towards upholding a distinct culture laid down by our fathers of democracy. We cannot pretend that our country is doing well, because evidently, the country needs leadership that can lay the foundations for a renewed promise and established democracy”, he said.
The candidate’s declarations and very strong positions on such issues suggest a very passionate desire to produce a culture of the rule of law, peace, development, democracy, equality, equity and the possibility for alternative political vision in Cameroon and for Cameroonians at home and abroad.
Those close to his campaign are strategically focusing his presidential communication on profound changes in all the ramifications of state’s apparatus like instituting a program for industrialization; squarely addressing and ending the Anglophone conflict; establishing dual nationality in Cameroon, effectively combatting corruption, tribalism, nepotism, child labor, human rights abuse, and poverty.
Prince Michael NGWESE EKO EKOSSO, a graduate in social sciences and international relations, is an advisor, pioneer president of Cameroon Pace Setters Association, former President of the Board of Directors of Global Trade International Investments, founder and CEO of Christ Liner Services International Companies. He is also an inspired writer, constitutionalist, and a legalist.
In 2011, 2018 presidential elections in Cameroon, his political party, the United Socialist Democratic Party (USDP), worked in a coalition with Mme Edith Kabang Wallah and Akere Muna respectively. Since 2022, he has been working with a strong coalition of 7 opposition political parties namely:
– UDC
– USDP
– SDF
– CRM
– MP
– UMs
– PCRN, that wrote the consensual electoral code in Cameroon.
He has been working with a broad range of other political parties as well as civil society organisations in Cameroon and abroad.
Though this is the candidate’s first time to run for President in Cameroon, he believes that his commitment, loyalty, service, resilience, and the spirit of tolerance add to his profile as an experienced leader, an expert in technical know-how, and his vision of a One Nation, Two Systems within the context of a Federal Constitution, will unify country more beyond tribal, linguistic, and cultural divide which has eaten deep in the fabrics of the country.
It is important to note that the idea of a four-year term and and maximum two mandates is creating curious, but very welcoming reactions amongst Cameroonians at home and abroad as well as diplomatic relations across the world. Though many think and see this position as a design of a truly democratic change, some skeptics doubt the feasibility of such dramatic reforms and transformation in Cameroon within two four-year mandates.
