The Minister of Transport has issued a circular informing about the imminence of this operation: the eviction of agencies Tongolo
In a few months, the Tongolo bus station in the Yaoundé 1er district will be transferred to the Olembe district at the northern exit of the city of Yaoundé. This is the substance of a Ministry of Transport circular that was released to the public a few days ago. The reasons behind this decision are contained in the newspaper Essingan on newsstands from Wednesday November 20 to Thursday November 21, 2019. According to our colleagues, it followed the proximity of said station with the presidential palace and the new administrative center under construction. But not only! The ministerial department in charge of the regulation of the transport sector also mentions the organization of the African Cup of Nations football that Cameroon will host in 2021, the growing insecurity around the station and the screaming insalubrity that reigns. in this location. Yet transportation officials do not seem to be aware of the Department of Transportation's projections. However, the latter ensure that when they are officially notified, they will comply with the government’s decision. "We have not yet been notified of such a decision. But if this is the case we will comply, we can not do the tussle with the government, "said Serges Atangana Ambassa, head of the agency Leader Voyages, not without bringing to the attention of officials of the Ministry the problem of clandestine transport. “The government must find a solution to the problem of illegal transportation. We pay taxes, we fulfill all our obligations to the state, but cars that do not belong to any agency smuggle people to a place called Mobile Emana, it has to stop. When we are sent to Olembe, while the illegals are still in Emana, we are the ones who will lose, yet we pay all the taxes imposed by the public authorities. First you have to get rid of all the cars that smuggle into the Mobile Emana, "he said.
