Cameroon National Assembly: Closing of the November 2024 Ordinary Session

It was an unusual day today, 11 December 2024 at the National Assembly of Cameroon. Unusual because the closing Plenary Sitting of the November 2024 Ordinary Session took place in the newly constructed National Assembly Complex after spending five years at the Yaounde Conference Centre. The excitement in the air was visible through the lengthy conversations among the MPs. As they took possession of their new working environment which from every indication is one of the best in Africa, the Sitting in this brand new Plenary Hall has opened a new page in the beautiful and rich history of the National Assembly which is the oldest Political Institution of the Republic of Cameroon. The acclamation the Right Honourable Speaker received from all the MPs across the political spectrum which is now at the National Assembly and from the Staff in the beginning and at the end of the Plenary Sitting was telling enough that everybody is happy with the realization of this  magnificent Building that saw the direct follow - up of its construction by the Right Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly, Cavaye Yeguie Djibril. The Speaker left no stone unturned to make sure that the Building was constructed according to the specifities and characteristics of what obtained in the former Building. The lone item of today's closing Plenary Sitting was the speech of the Speaker. His speech was focused more on all the activities that took place during the 30 - days long Session.  The Speaker was assisted in his duties today by Hon. Atangana Aligui Épse Mendoua, Secretary of the Bureau of the National Assembly and by Mr. Essian André Noël, the Secretary General of the National Assembly. The Sitting was also attended by an impressive number of  Government Ministers led by the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Chief Doctor Joseph Dion Ngute. It should be noted that the 2024 November Ordinary Session of the National Assembly opened on 12 November 2024 and it closed on 11 December 2024 at 11:30am. Among  many other things achieved during the Session was the scrutiny and adoption of 13 Bills by the National Assembly.