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During A Visit To SIR DR BARRSITER NTUMFOR NICO HALLE AWARD GALLERY, Douala IV Mayor, Prof EDOUARD HERVE MOBY MPAY, Expressed Concern That Cameroon Today Lacks Real Role Models, As The Likes Of NICO HALLE Are Very Few. The Mayor Hailed, As Well As Encouraged NICO HALLE In His Crusade For Peace And Fight Against Corruption, Etc. HALLE Says Award Gallery Belongs To All.
The Mayor of Douala IV (Bonaberi) Council, Prof Edouard Herve Moby Mpay, says the council is proud to have a personality like Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle living in its municipality, and that the council also considers Nico Halle as one of the few in the highest category of people living in the municipality, and has a lot of respect for him.
It should be noted besides being a renowned international legal consultant, Nico Halle is a reputed International Crusader for Peace and Justice, and also Fights against Corruption including Embezzlement, as well as Fights against Hate Speech and Xenophobia. Nico Halle has been appointed a number of times through presidential decrees by the President of the Republic, to serve the nation in different capacities, and is in fact currently serving the nation through one of those appointments. Also, as a credible election expert and election observer, Nico Halle has among other things in this domain, monitored elections for the African Union in some African countries. Nico Halle has also occupied many top posts in the professional milieu, in the Church, in community development, in the cultural and traditional domains, and so on. So it was not for nothing that the Mayor of Douala IV Council, Prof Edouard Herve Moby Mpay , said the council is proud to have a personality like Sir Dr Barrister Nico Halle Nico Halle living in the municipality.
Visit To Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle Award Gallery
Meanwhile, the Mayor of Douala IV Council was speaking during a visit to the Sir Dr Barrister Ntunfor Nico Halle Award Gallery, which is attached to the imposing SHALOM Building at ‘Ancien Route” Bonaberi (Douala IV), that is owed by Nico Halle and wife, Justine, part of which is occupied by the Nico Halle & Co Law Firm. Worth noting that the gigantic SHALOM Building is located just a stone throw, or a walking distance, from the Douala IV Council. Also worthy of note that the visit of the Mayor of Douala IV, Prof Moby Mpay, who was accompanied by a delegation comprised of over half a dozen close collaborators, started with a working session between the host, Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle, and the mayor and members of his delegation, in the conference room of the Nico Halle & Co Law Firm.
Highly Impressed With The Award Gallery
Meanwhile, the Mayor of Douala IV (Bonaberi) Council, Prof Edouard Herve Moby Mpay, who talked to the media at the end of the visit to the Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle Award Gallery, said he and members of his delegation were quite happy with the visit, as they highly appreciated what they saw in the award gallery, which he referred to as, A GALLERY OF RECOGNITIONS. He stated that the capacity to be able to receive over 200 national and international recognitions and awards as Nico Halle has done, is not given to everybody.
The Douala IV Mayor, Prof Moby Mpay, on behalf of the council showered praises on Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle, for his relentless Crusade for Peace and Justice, as well as his relentless Fight against ills like Corruption, Hate Speech and Xenophobia, for the interest of the society or the country, and humanity. “Douala IV is proud to have this type of personality (Nico Halle) in the municipality”, he reiterated. Mayor Moby Mpay said their visit was also to encourage Nico Halle to continue with his peace crusading mission and his fight against societal ills, for general good.
“Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle Is A Model For Us”
The Mayor of Douala IV Council, Prof Edouard Herve Moby Mpay, said from all indications, Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle is a real role model for Cameroonians in his crusade for peace and justice, as well as in his fight against societal ills like corruption, hate speech and xenophobia. He noted that Nico Halle is one of the few real role models that Cameroon has today.
The Douala IV Mayor expressed the worry that Cameroon today lacks real role models, or better still, that Cameroon has very few real role models, as personalities like Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle are very few. He pointed out that the situation has gotten to a point where footballers and influencers are being used or presented as role models. “It is not with such people that we can succeed to build our country”, the mayor blasted. “We need real role models in Cameroon, and, Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle is a real role model for us”, the Mayor of Douala IV Municipality, Prof Moby Mpay stressed.
Nico Halle Declares That Award Gallery Does Not Belong To Him
Talking to the media, Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle said it is always a blessing when personalities like the Mayor of Douala IV Council, Prof Edouard Herve Moby Mpah, take time off their busy schedules to visit the gallery. “We can only be thankful to God. I thank Prof Mayor Edouard Moby Mpah, for the visit. I live in his district. The gallery is in his district. And so it is just normal that the mayor comes to see what he has. As I said earlier, during the working session, the award gallery does not belong to Nico Halle. It belongs to the Douala IV (Bonaberi) Municipality. It belongs to the entire Douala. It belongs to Cameroon. It belongs to Africa. It belongs to the entire world, as the gallery contains awards that are across the board”, the multiple award winner, Nico Halle, declared.
The International Peace Crusader said the Sir Dr Barrister Nico Halle Award Gallery is open to everybody, regardless or irrespective of their religious denominations, their political leanings, their tribes or nationalities. “Come here and be inspired. Come here and pray”, he stretched out an invitation to all God’s children. The Crusader for Peace and Justice, Nico Halle, who also Fights against Corruption including Embezzlement as well as Fight against Hate Speech and Xenophobia, invited all the media men and women that turned up to cover the event, to be Ambassadors of the Crusade for Peace and Justice, as well as the for the Fight against Corruption, Hate Speech and Xenophobia, to which he has committed his life for many years today.
The Crusader for Peace and Justice, Sir Dr Barrister Ntumfor Nico Halle, reiterated that peace is the most precious asset for a person, a community or society, for a nation, for a continent, and for the world at large. But he emphasized on the fact that peace and justice go together, and that justice in fact comes before peace, though they go together. He explained for example, that there can be no genuine or real peace in a community, if there is no justice. He insisted that what some people call peace in such a situation, is fake peace.
“Some Of Us Are Void Of Moral And Spiritual Values”
On the issue of corruption including embezzlement, which is more of a cankerworm in Cameroon, Sir Dr Barrister Nico Halle first asserted that the country, like most African countries, is blessed by God with huge natural resources for the good of humanity. “Unfortunately, like in most African countries blessed with huge natural resources, we have not been exploiting the natural resources for the good of humanity, because some of us are void of moral and spiritual values. We are more interested in looting and plundering, we are more interested in graft, embezzlement, and what have you! That is why there is high unemployment and poverty, caused by us”, Nico Halle fumed.
Sir Dr Barrister Nico Halle explained that when people are appointed or elected into offices, it is to serve the people. “But unfortunately, instead of serving, some people who are appointed or elected into offices, rather, tend to serve or work for themselves, or better still, to serve their stomachs, than work for humanity and the country. And when they work for their stomachs, instead of working for humanity and the country, the country cannot grow”, Nico Halle asserted.
Communal Liberalism
Nico Halle cited the book, Communal Liberalism, saying that the content of the book which talks on rigour and moralization, in itself is good, and that the book was supposed to serve as a guideline to Cameroonians, in a bid to avoid laxity, corruption, embezzlement of State funds, and so on. He rightly pointed out that if the message in the book was being put into practice by Cameroonians, the country would have a different place today, but that unfortunately rigour and moralization have remained a theory.
“Even go to the Bible – The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom – That was King Solomon. Love God with all your heart, with all your strength, with all your soul. If you love, you will not steal. If you love your brothers and sisters, you will not steal what belongs to all of you. IF you love your country and the people, you will steal what belongs to everybody. The huge resources that God has blessed us with, is supposed to be distributed equitably. This will solve unemployment and poverty”, Nico Halle preached.
