NCPDM President, Peter Mafany Musonge, presided over the session.
The President of the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism, NCPDM, Peter Mafany Musonge, has rolled out the roadmap and budgetary orientation for the 2026 year for the institution, calling on his team to buckle down to work.
NCPDM he announced has adopted a budget for this fiscal year at 3,498.000.000fcfa(Three billion four hundred and ninety eight million) of which FCFA 2.978 000 000 is for operating costs and 520.000.000 fir investment.
“ These figures are clear evidence of the confidence that the hierarchy has in the conduct and implementation of our statutory mission,” Peter Mafany Musonge, President of the Commision announced at the opening of the session Jenuary 29, 2026 at Congress Center in Yaounde.
In his address Peter MAFANY Musonge noted that 2026 was special for the institution in particular and Cameroonians in general given the country’s political stakes with upcoming municipal and parliamentary elections.
With the dual elections to hold this year, the President of the bilingualism commission announced the institution had a lot of work to do, calling on its members to be ready to stand to the challenge.
“ I exhort you therefore to brace yourselves for the arduous tasks that awaits us,” he said.
It should be noted that the first biannual session was dedicated to adopting the budget of the institution for the current year.
The budget he said was prepared in conformity with the provisions of Article 12 of Decree No. 2017/013 of January 23, 2017, which governs the creation, organization, and functioning of the NCPBM.
“ It also adheres to the calendar established by Decree No. 2019/281 of May 31, 2019, which fixes the state budget calendar,” he said.
During the biannual meeting, President Peter Mafany Musonge emphasized the commission’s commitment to responsible budget management, stating that the NCPBM is dedicated to “respecting the strategic orientations and the measures to rationalize public spending, in order to give the principle of optimization of resources the place it deserves in budget management.”
NCPBM members deliberate 2026 budget