SNH to pay more than 1.5 billion francs to the CNPS

The national hydrocarbons Corporation accused of not paying its social contributions is required to pay more than 1.5 billion francs to the CNPS.

For now the CNPS had already argued that "after exhaustion of all procedures for amicable settlement of this claim, the CNPS reserves the right, as well as authorization by law, to take SNH before the competent criminal courts”.

Haouawa Adji Abdouramani, former Director of communication of the oil company, surrounded by the Chief Financial Officer Eugène Ngango, human resources management and legal service on Monday invited a few journalists for a "working meeting".

The purpose of the meeting was to pass a message regarding the accusation levied against them. "The SNH is up-to-date in its social contributions towards the CNPS! Between fiscal 2000-2001 and 2009, the human resources branch donated resources to various social benefits for a total of 684 million 200 thousand 637 francs.

"It suffice in reality to say that CNPS is wrong in indicating that the SNH should repay into its account the sum of 527,309,729 million francs. If we stick to these figures, this makes a difference of 174 million 367 thousand francs", said Ms Abdouramani.

But however, SNH considers for its part that there is probably an error that has crept into the compilation of the accounting documents of the CNPS, and that concerted action between the two structures will no doubt address the 'problem '.

However, the question is not so simple in reality with regard to correspondence exchanged by Ngo Mandeng, Director of human resources of SNH and Mofor Awah Gladys, the head of centre of the Messa-si CNPS which depends on the company headed by Adolphe Moudiki.

We learn that the Fund does not intend to give a new chance for negotiation as long as SNH has done the payment which it has been asked. ‘But we have no intention to spend such a sum of money to pay a debt that is not known. SNH remains however prepared to any discussion to find a solution that is concerted between the two structures', says the head of communication of the SNH.

According to Simon Meyanga, the figure of 1.6 billion francs brought forward by Abdouramani corresponds to the "monthly current contributions, for a period that has nothing to do with the debt claimed by the CNPS. On the other hand we learn that reports from the 2000 to 2009 exercise were reported under discharge to the SNH, after the deadline, replicates the management of hydrocarbons.

CNPS has always been cautious when asked to produce the report of its monitoring missions. "Every time, they promise us reports which never came”. Between 2008 and 2009 for example, they did not have any report, any control should result in a report, explains Mrs. Abdouramani. When controllers returned in 2010, they were asked to produce the missing reports. And it was at this time that they "unilaterally" gave the figure of 1.5 billion and imposed it on SNH.

For citizens and potential beneficiaries of social aid, it is difficult to find the truth in this case. The Prime Minister, when informed of the situation in March 2012, sent the two protagonists back asking them to find an amicable solution to the problem.

As a result, the CNPS promises to drag SNH to court in order to recover its social debt. Pending retirees in one of Cameroon's most successful businesses have reasons to be worried because ultimately, CNPS threatens to cut them off from their pension if their former employer does not find a favourable solution.