More young people of voting age had themselves registered on biometric electoral register after being sensitised on civic responsibility, a right to be enjoyed by all citizens and a conscious choice to participate in the process of public decision-making.
The national elections management body, Elections Cameroon (Elecam), with the collaboration of the National Alliance for Democracy and Progress (NADP) were in Douala II Subdivision over the weekend to encourage the population to register. The day began with a march by party militants and other youths of the area. The two-hour march which started at PK5 rounded up at New Bell Hausa. At each successive stop, the caravan held sensitisation sessions with the inhabitants while Elecam staff did the registration.
The march, whose objective was to enhance the registration of the population, especially youths of the Subdivision, succeeded in spurring many youths to register. Since the start of the ongoing biometric recompilation of the electoral register in the country, youths of the area registered only timidly. One of them, Kombi Paul Julien, said the sensitisation reminded them to go register and even more quickly before the February 28 deadline, as indeed they did.
According to El Hadj Aoudou Bassirou, Regional President of NADP, New Bell was the 32nd lap of sensitisation and call for registration in the Littoral since the recompilation of biometric registration began.
The civic exercise was in support of efforts to get all qualified citizens to register in order to attain the acceptable minimum for legislative and council elections in the country. He pointed out that they want all Cameroonians to come out and register regardless of their party affiliation.
