Mayor and delegation posed with Parish pastor of PC Nsoh and President of CMFNgwakongoh Lawrence donates school supplies, supports women and calls on Nsem elites to restore historic school
By Neba Jerome Ambe
Bafut Council Mayor, Ngwakongoh Lawrence, has returned to his native Nsem with a message of gratitude, supporting school-going children and women of the Presbyterian Church Nsem as he launched the church’s 2026 Harvest.
The homecoming also saw the Mayor pledge to mobilise sons and daughters of Nsem to join efforts to restore Presbyterian School Nsem (PS Nsem), an institution he attended from Class One to Class Seven.
Mayor Ngwakongoh was welcomed by the parish pastor, Rev. Ndone Ngube Max, who praised him for attending the harvest in person rather than sending a representative. “What he has given as launch is something that is worth emulating,” Rev. Ndone said, appreciating the Mayor for his support to the church and the wider Nsem community.
As part of his support, the Mayor donated exercise books, pens, pencils and rulers to school-going children ahead of the 2026/2027 academic year. The Mayor’s wife, alongside the third Deputy Mayor, also handed buckets to women of the congregation.
Mayor sharing didactics to school childrenRev. Ndone said the gesture was particularly meaningful because of its focus on education and children. “He did not only come to launch the harvest, but also gave gifts to the children, especially those going back to school,” the pastor said.
For Mayor Ngwakongoh, the visit was not simply an official engagement. He said it was an opportunity to return to the community where he was born, raised and baptised and to thank the church for its prayers. “I was born and brought up in this quarter in Nsem and I was baptised in Nsem,” he said.
The Mayor recalled an episode of illness during which he said prayers from the church played an important role in his recovery. “I was sick. I went to the hospital. They saw no illness. But when the church prayed, I was healed. I need to come back home to say thank you for their prayers,” he said.
His connection with PS Nsem, he added, was another reason for his intervention. “Being a graduate of PS Nsem from Class One to Class Seven, I also think that with the blessings that God has blessed me with, I should also bless the younger ones,” Mayor Ngwakongoh said.
He explained that the school supplies were intended to assist parents and make it easier for children to return to school for the new academic year.
The condition of PS Nsem was a major concern raised during the harvest ceremony. Mayor Ngwakongoh called on Nsem elites, former pupils and other sons and daughters of the community to unite behind efforts to restore the school.
He said PS Nsem has a proud history but needs urgent intervention to regain its former standard. “PS Nsem is no longer the school that they passed through. They should look back and join us and that will help PS Nsem to be more credible than how it used to be,” he said.
The Mayor identified teachers, benches and comprehensive renovation among the school’s major needs. “PS Nsem needs teachers, needs benches and complete renovation. So I am calling on all my brothers and sisters of Nsem to join me and let’s make the school what it was before,” he appealed.
The call for community intervention extends beyond the school. Rev. Ndone disclosed that the new church building project has reached the decking stage, with the congregation now seeking resources to continue with the pillars, roofing and other construction works.
He called on Nsem elites and other well-wishers to support the project and help the congregation complete the building.
The pastor described the Mayor’s personal presence at the harvest as particularly encouraging and expressed hope that his intervention would inspire others to contribute to the development of the church and the community.
Mayor Ngwakongoh’s community engagements have also extended beyond the Nsem congregation. He has provided financial support to the Christian Men Fellowship (CMF) in Nsoh and expressed sympathy to the family of a deceased CPDM militant in Bujong. For Nsem, however, the Mayor’s latest visit has carried a deeper message of giving back.
A son of the soil returned to the church where he was baptised, the school where he received his early education and a community whose support he says he has never forgotten.
The 2026 Harvest has thus provided a platform for renewed discussions on education, community development and the collective responsibility of Nsem elites to preserve and rebuild institutions that have served generations.
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