SCANDAL: PRESIDENCY BUYS 60 HOUSES BUILT AS LOW COST HOUSING FOR THE POOR

Giving with one hand and taking with the other, houses initially constructed for the poor termed social housing in Cameroon have been bought by the presidency of the republic. Thus some media comment on the situation of social housing of Olembe in Yaounde. The  Quotidien de l’Économie (EQA) of 17 June 2016 informs that the Minister of Housing and Urban Development (MINHDU) was Thursday, June 16, 2016 at the northern entrance of Yaounde where 120 are already available social housing.Jean-Claude Mbwentchou handed symbolically housing 60 to the first purchaser. It is the Presidency of the Republic. Such houses will be occupied by personnel of the Presidential Security Division (PSD). “Of the 160 housing Olembe of the first phase, the Presidency of the Republic has acquired 60. I mean acquired. For a staggering amount of 1,248,000,185 FCFA. And has therefore decided to allocate these 60 housing the General Secretariat of the Presidency who put at the disposal of the presidential security, “the minister said.
A situation which leads the newspaper to ask the meaning given the low cost housing that is ‘social housing’  is a project conceived for the poor, so that Cameroonians can live in comfort but it is being bought to be given to the rich officers a the presidency with huge budgets to control, huge salaries and allowances and when you look at the client profile, presidency no poor person works there. Then the nature of the goods. Finally, the amount disbursed, “said the private daily. ” amounts 1 billion 248 million 185 FCFA (for 60 units, Ed). This amounts to approximately 20.8 million FCFA per appartment “adds EQA. No poor person can afford such and it actually  seems out of reach to the “poor”.
In addition, the homes purchased by the Presidency are fenced and no other house is like that. A favor that other buyers will not have. According to General Director of Real Estate Company of Cameroon (SIC), “Each building has 20 apartments. In front of me, the buildings BA and BB, contain housing of four rooms, which range from 111 to 115 square meters. And behind me, these are apartments which include T5 housing of about 130 square meters, “said Gabriel Bengono.