Manyu burries a 2nd GM in two years

The deputy GM of the Yaounde Conference Centre who died on 11 April 2015 has been buried in her native Ntenako village near Mamfe in Manyu Division. She was aged only 41. Recall that Obi Okpon Wanobi Ossang, GM of Pamol was buried only two years ago.

Mrs Tabe nee Celine Mbeng Nchong is now history. The young Assistant General Manager of the Yaounde Conference Center was on Saturday 9 May 2015, buried in Ntenako village near Mamfe in Manyu Division. She died on 11 April 2015 at the CNPS Hospital in Yaounde, after a brief illness.

The remains of Celine Mbeng were removed from the mortuary of the Yaounde General Hospital on Thursday 7 May, amid wailing and sobbing by the crowd of mourners comprising of family members, friends and colleagues.

The coffining ceremony was also witnessed by senior state personalities notably Prof. Peter Agbor Tabi (ASG of the Presidency), Dr. Dion Ngute Joseph (Minister Delegate at MINREX), Dr. Hamajoda Adjodji(CPDM bigwig), Christophe Mien Zok (GM of Palais des Congres), Dr. Ebot Ebot Enaw (DG of ANTIC), Prof. George Etchu of the presidency, Dr. Charles Alobwede of MINFOF, Prof. Abel Mbida of MINCOM among many others.

Celine’s boss Christophe Mien Zok could not help cleaning his eyes with his white handkerchief when Celine’s body was brought out of the Yaounde General Hospital Mortuary on Thursday.

Later in the evening family members had to grapple with a stampeding crowd that converged on Celine’s Nkoldongo residence to mourn with them and keep vigil over the remains.

Celine’s body was escorted to its final resting place in Ntenako village on Friday, by workers of the Conference Centre led by the General Manager, Christophe Mien Zok.

Family members, friends and well-wishers also constituted the bulk of the hundreds of mourners that thronged into Ntenako village to pay their last respects to the fallen star. She was burried Saturday.

Born on 17th April 1974 at Ntenako village, Celine was the 6th child of a family of 10 children.

A former student of PHS Besong-Abang and later GHS Mundemba, Celine later trained as a journalist at the Advanced School of Mass Communication ASMAC in Yaounde.

She joined the civil service upon graduation in 1998 and had a rich and brilliant career at the MINCOM; within a very short time she rose from the rank of chief of service to become inspector of services.

She was appointed the Deputy General Manager of Palais des Congress on 15 February 2013. She held the position for only two years before her untimely death on 11 April.

Her passing is certainly a great loss to her boss, Mien Zok, who enjoyed a very loyal and fruitful collaboration from Celine.