Public companies DGs restricted from exceeding 9 years at post

The tenure for the position as Director General is a provision which has, in most cases, never been mentioned within the legal and regulatory arsenal in Cameroon.

Act No. 99/016 of 22 December 1999 on the general status of public institutions and companies in the public and para-public sector, includes in its section 3 entitled "Directorate General", a key in its paragraph (A) to the status of the Director-General.

This law, in article 47, provides that, the Executive Director, and if applicable, the Deputy Executive Director, are appointed by the majority, that is 2/3 of the Governing Board on a proposal of the majority or unique shareholder, for a period of three (3) years renewable twice (2). This means that the total lease of a public or parastatal company boss cannot exceed 9 years.

In reality, however, there is no need to be educated to find out that the vast majority of public business executives are and act today in complete illegality. Some emblematic examples can better illustrate the nature of things. At the National Employment Fund (FNE), Camille Mouté à Bidias has been at the helm since July 5, 1991. At the National Hydrocarbons Company (SNH), Fridolin Adolphe Moudiki Elame is Administrative Director General since 1993.

In 1999, Jean Louis Beh Mengue was appointed as the head of the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ART). Yaou Aissatou, one with the longest histories in the government, was September 2003 placed at the controls of the National Investments Corporation (SNI).

In the year 2005, probably the most fruitful under renewal, saw the arrival of Amadou Vamoulke at the Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), David Nkoto Emane in the Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel), Auguste Mbappe Penda at Conseil National des Chargeurs du Cameroun ANS Dieudonné Evou Mekou as the DG of the Autonomous Sinking Fund (CAA).