Officially installed in his functions on 7th July 2020 at the Yaounde Multipurpose Sports Complex, Joseph YERIMA will be the one to coordinate the administrative activities of the Sports and Physical Education Ministry.
The Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Professor Narcisse MOUELLE KOMBI Chaired the solemn installation ceremony that witnessed the presence a number of members of government , officials of MINSEP and well-wishers who came from far and near to cheer up the new Secretary general.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister of sports and Physical Education started by lauding the incoming Secretary General, Joseph YERIMA on behalf of the Sports movement in general for the Head of State’s renewed confidence on him to now pilot the administrative activities of his ministerial department. MINSEP also used the opportunity to thank the out-going Secretary General, BENGA Zachee Robert Theophile for his brilliant passage in the Ministry of sports and Physical Education and enormous contribution in the handling of some sensitive documents of this ministry.
The Minister during the ceremony recalled the main objective assigned to the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education to the new man in command on the aspect of consolidating the health of the population and promoting the image of Cameroon through the achievement of high level sporting performances. He continued that the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education acts daily for the consolidation of the three strategic axes defined by the DSCE, namely: the supervision of the sports movement, the development of sports infrastructure and governance and support institutions in the Sports and Physical Education Subsector.
The Mr. YERIMA was made to understand that being the main collaborator of the Minister, he is supposed to:
- coordinate the action of the central administration and devolved services of the ministry and hold coordination meetings for this purpose, the minutes of which are sent to the Minister;
- define and codifies the internal procedures of the Ministry;
- ensure the permanent training of staff and organizes, under the authority of the Minister, seminars and training courses for retraining, advanced training or specialization;
- follow, under the authority of the Minister, the action of the attached services, the action programs of which he approves and receives activity reports;
- ensure fast processing of files centralizes the archives and manages the documentation of the Ministry.
The new administrative boss was also commissioned on some very urgent files that needed quick attention like the preparations linked to the organization in Cameroon of the Total CHAN Cameroon in January 2021 and Total AFCON Cameroon 2022, wherein the very high hierarchy grants particular interest in its success. The new central administrative boss who hail from Garoua Boulai in the Loma md Djerem Division of the East Region and more precisely in Bongo in the Betare Oya Sub-division is aware of the challenges awaiting him and has promised to work hard to surmount these challenges.
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