Socam Prosperity Pact

SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT (Draft) The Economic, Political & Constitutional Plan for Republic of Ambazania
Table of Contents
Item No Description Page
Preamble
i Contextual Map 5
ii Origins of Quest for Self‐determination of the BSC 5
iii Termination of Trusteeship and Denial of Independence 6
iv Opposition of French Cameroun to Reunification with the BSC. 6
v The Transformation of the BSC into a Colony of French Cameroun 6
vi Formation of Restoration Government of the BSC 7
vii Building Prosperity from Scratch 7
viii What is The Socam Prosperity Pact? 8
Part I Political Organization of the British Southern Cameroons
1.1 The official Name of the Country 10
1.2 Territorial Organization of the Republic of Ambazania 11
1.3 Future Political Capital 12
1.4 Administrative Cantons 13
1.5 Dispersion of Centers of Power within Each Canton 15
1.6 Signature Census 16
Part II Economic Model for The Republic of Ambazania
2.1 Economic Goals 17

2.2 National Solidarity Account 18
2.3 Strategic Fiscalization of the Economy 19
2.4 Agriculture 22
2.41 The CDC 22
2.42 Pamol 29
2.43 Ako Aya Oil Palm Initiative 24
2.44 Ako Aya Earth Roads & Bridges Programme 26
2.5 Manufacturing 27
2.6 Petroleum Development Policy 29
2.61 Petroleum Exploration 29
2.62 Petroleum Refining 30
2.63 Establishment of an International Oil Refining Complex in West Coast 31
2.64 Participating in the Activities of the Joint Development Zone JDZ 32
2.7 Forestry 34
2.8 Tourism 35
2.81 Mount Cameroon Challenge 35
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2.82 Culture Tourism 36

2.83 Landscape Tourism 36
2.84 Health Tourism 36
2.85 National Tourism Infrastructure 37
2.9 Transport Infrastructure 39
2.91 Policy on Road Infrastructure 40
2.92 ECOWAS Link Roads 41
2.93 Use of Community Labor 42
2.94 Airports 43
2.95 Sea Ports 44
2.96 Policy Regarding the Bakassi Peninsula 45
2.10 Energy Independence for the Republic of Ambazania 49
2.101 Negotiation with the Government of French Cameroun 49
2.102 Menchum Falls 50
2.103 Interconnection with the Federal Republic of Nigeria 50
2.104 Wind Energy 51
2.105 Potential Sites for Wind Farms 53
2.11 National Telecommunications Backbone (NTB) 55
2.12 Monetary System 57
2.121 Introduction of a New Currency 57
2.122 Demonetization of the FCFA 57
2.123 Creation of the Reserve Bank of Ambazania 58
2.124 Monetary Cooperation between the RBA and the Central Bank of Nigeria 58
2.13 Banking & Finance 59
2.14 Education 60
2.141 Free Universal Basic Education 60
2.142 Compulsory Secondary Education 60
2.143 Standard Testing of Secondary Graduates 61
2.144 Competitive and Quality Tertiary Education 61
2.145 Policy on Languages 62
2.15 Anti Corruption Strategy 63
2.16 Establishment of Commissions 64
2.17 Membership of ECOWAS 65
2.18 Relations with la République du Cameroun 65
2.19 Negotiation of Separation 67
2.20 Relations with the Federal Republic of Nigeria 69
2.21 Relations with France 69

2.22 Relations with the United Kingdom 70
2.23 Conclusions 70
Part III A Constitutional Framework for the Republic of Ambazania

3.1 Introduction 72
3.2 Fear of Domination 73
3.3 Democratic Principles 74
3.4 The Democratic Caricature 74
3.5 Performance vs. Identity Politics 75
3.6 System of Autonomous Cantons 76
3.7 Bakassi Peninsula 77
3.8 Cantonal Control of Elections 77
3.9 The Signature Balloting System (SBS) 77
3.10 Role of the Clergy in the Electoral System 78
3.11 Cantonal Administration. 79
3.12 The National Solidarity Account (NSA) 79
3.13 Balanced Development 80
3.14 Contribution to the National Cake 80
3.15 Democracy and Demography 81
3.16 Nationality 81
3.17 Citizenship and Nationality 82
3.18 Bicameral Chamber 82
3.19 Dispersion of the three Branches of Government 82
3.20 Parliamentary vs. Presidential System of Government 83
3.21 Council of Traditional Rulers (CTR) 84
2.22 The National Council of Culture and Tradition (NCCT) 85
3.23 How to Choose a Head of State 85
3.24 Constitutional Nomenclature 86
3.25 Political Parties and Freedom of Association and Assembly 87
3.26 The Role of Law Enforcement Agencies 87
3.27 The supremacy of the Courts and the Judiciary 88
3.28 Adoption of the Constitution by Signature Balloting System (SBS) 89
3.29 Conclusion 89
Preamble
(i) Contextual Map
(ii) Origins of Quest for Self-determination of the BSC.
The British Southern Cameroons quest for self‐determination started in 1954 when Dr.
Emmanuel Mbella Lifafa Endeley led the Southern Cameroons members in the Eastern House
of Assembly in Enugu Nigeria to break away from the National Council of Nigeria and the
Cameroons (NCNC), the political party of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. The reason was because the Ibo‐
dominated Eastern House of Representatives had no time to focus on the development problems
of the United Nations trust territory of British Southern Cameroons which had been attached to
the Eastern Region of Nigerian for purely administrative convenience.

During the constitutional conference which was organised in Lagos in December 1954 by Sir
John Lyttleton, the British Colonial Secretary, pressure from the Southern Cameroonian group
under Dr. Endeley, led to the British Southern Cameroons being granted the status of a “Quasi
Federal Territory”. The 1954 Constitution of the Nigerian Federation further authorised the
creation of the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly in 1954 based in Buea in the British
Southern Cameroons. This crucial step moved the British Southern Cameroons one step closer to
full independence. During the following years, the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly
passed legislation creating some key institutions on which the development of the Southern
Cameroons was built.

(iii) Termination of Trusteeship and Denial of Independence

The abrupt decision of the United Nations to bring an end to the trusteeship system in 1960 led
to a chain of events which culminated in the plebiscite of February 11, 1961 under which the
British Southern Cameroons had to choose to become independent either by joining French
Cameroun or the Federal Republic of Nigeria which had both become independent in the course
of 1960. The British Southern Cameroons was never offered the option of independence even
though that is what its leaders wanted and expected. Independence was also the goal towards
which the administering authority was supposed to prepare each trust territory.

(iv) Opposition of French Cameroun to Reunification with the BSC.

A slim majority of the electorate of the British Southern Cameroons finally voted in favour
joining French Cameroun primarily because the alternative was to go back to the Ibo domination
of the Eastern Nigeria. However, the Ahidjo Government was advised by France to vote against
UN General Assembly Resolution 1608 (XV) on April 21, 1961 which was the basis on which the
United Nations authorised a federal union to be formed between the British Southern Cameroons
and French Cameroun Republic, based on the plebiscite result of February 11, 1961.

The reunification which, for public appearances, was celebrated on October 1, 1961 was never
really implemented in legal terms primarily because the government of French Cameroun, under
President Ahmadou Ahidjo, thought mistakenly that there was no need for a legally binding
union agreement to attest to such a legal fusion of territories having taken place. The combined
effect of all these errors in political judgement on the part of the Ahidjo government is that the
British Southern Cameroons and French Cameroun have remained since 1961 two legally
distinct territories under international law.

(v) The Transformation of the BSC into a Colony of French Cameroun.

However, following public celebrations of October 1, 1961, the Ahidjo government went on to
show bad faith and duplicity at all levels particularly and including the introduction of the
unitary state in 1972 and the subsequent dismantling of all the political and economic structures
which had been built in the British Southern Cameroons since the creation of the Southern
Cameroons House of Assembly in 1954. This was followed by the adoption of an unspoken state
policy, at all levels in French Cameroun, of treating the citizens of the British Southern
Cameroons, not even as second‐class citizens, but rather as non‐persons.

The creation of the unitary state with all the constitutional powers vested in the Francophone
President in Yaoundé was followed by decades of neglect, insults arrogance and contempt on
the part of the Francophone government towards the citizens of the British Southern Cameroons.
At the same time the Francophone government in Yaoundé engaged in the most rapacious
exploitation of the resources in the British Southern Cameroons which had been transformed
into its colonial backyard. These are the factors which gave birth to the separatist movement in
the British Southern Cameroons which started timidly at the All Anglophone Conference in Buea
in 1994. As no people in the history of mankind have ever accepted to live perpetually under
colonial domination, it was only a matter of time before the people of the British Southern
Cameroons would finally rise to this challenge.

(vi) Formation of Restoration Government of the BSC

It is against this background that the meeting which was held in South Africa in December 2007,
leading to the formation of the Restoration Government of the British Southern Cameroons
assumes great historical significance. This meeting was convened and attended primarily by
Southern Cameroonian Youth, born after 1972. They got tired of living as non‐citizens and non‐
persons in the French Cameroun Republic which was clearly not their country. They decided that
the time had come to restore the government of the British Southern Cameroons, which was
dismantled by President Ahidjo in 1972, and charge this government with the task of rebuilding
the political and economic structures which were dismantled by the Ahidjo Government after
1972. They selected Southern Cameroonians from all over the world, most of who were not even
present at the meeting in South Africa, and allocated ministerial portfolios to them. This decision
was inspired by the legal reality that the British Southern Cameroons and French Cameroun are
not bound by any union agreement; hence the delay in the formation of the Southern Cameroons
Restoration Government was due entirely to the people of the British Southern Cameroons
themselves.

(vii) Building Prosperity from Scratch

The formation of the Restoration Government was welcome by the people across the entire
territory of the British Southern Cameroons. The restoration government has raised the
expectations of the people with the promise that the independent British Southern Cameroons
will deliver to them benefits which they were denied during the 47 years of loose association
with French Cameroun, namely, Prosperity, Security and Dignity, in that order. This has
placed on the restoration government the duty to plan well.

The Economic Planning Ministry has a historic duty to rise to the challenge and to meet the
aspirations of these young men. It is with these goals in mind that the Ministry of Finance and
Economic Planning has decided to assemble a package of ideas which will constitute the
structural framework of the economy of the British Southern Cameroons in the years to come.
The economic framework document shall henceforth be known as the SOCAM PROSPERITY
PACT.

The SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT is essentially an economic plan. However as a foundation plan,
it must be built on some sound and enduring principles which can stand the test of time. As an
economic plan it must also be built on a political and constitutional platform which will enable it
to produce the expected prosperity and security for the people. One of the most important
principles on which the SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT must be built is the idea that the economic,
political and constitutional system of a country are not three different set of ideas which can be
considered separately and independently from each other. The march of times has enabled us to
observe from other countries that the economic, political and constitutional systems of every
country must been seen as three interlocking beams in one single sovereign architecture. Unless
the three beams are mutually reinforcing, the people of that country can never know enduring
prosperity or even stability. Sooner or later, the country will collapse as a sovereign state and
make way for a complete redesign of the economic, political and constitutional system of the
country.

(viii) What is The SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT?

The SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT is therefore a pact between the economic, political and
constitutional framework for the British Southern Cameroons. The success of the economic
programme shall depend on the capacity of the British Southern Cameroons to attract foreign
direct investment into key sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, forestry, tourism, health,
education, telecommunication, banking, petroleum and petrochemicals. Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) can come into the economy only if the political and constitutional system is
seen as being stable, efficient and corruption free.

The fourth invisible element in this pact is the people. While the Restoration Government must
adopt the economic, political and constitutional framework as a working document, subject to
whatever changes the members of government will contribute in order to enrich and improve on
it, the Restoration Government must ultimately sell it to the people at large. It is the belief of the
Ministry of Economic Planning and Finance that if the Restoration Government of the British
Southern Cameroons adopts this pact, and goes on to sell it to the people of the British Southern
Cameroons, through a concerted communication strategy which truly carries the people along,
the result shall be prosperity, security and dignity for the people of the British Southern
Cameroons in the years to come.

The Restoration Government of the British Southern Cameroons has a unique opportunity to
build everything from scratch. It consists of a highly educated group of strongly motivated
Southern Cameroonians who have experienced the political systems of other countries as well as
having 47 years of first hand knowledge of why the political, economic and constitutional system
of French Cameroun failed to deliver prosperity, security and dignity not only to them but also to
the citizens of that country. The Restoration Government can therefore avoid the errors that
have been committed in other countries in Africa.

We also want the SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT to send a powerful signal to the international
community that not only do we know how we want to govern ourselves but that we are ready to
do so. Consequently it is in the best interest of peace and stability in Africa, starting with our
immediate neighbours (the Federal Republic of Nigeria and French Cameroun Republic) that the
British Southern Cameroons should be admitted without further delay into the community of
nations, rather than for it to be considered as part of or associated with French Cameroun, which
rejected the very principle of reunification at the United Nations in 1961. Any attempt on the
part of anyone to unduly delay or frustrate the independence of the British Southern Cameroons,
following the creation of the Restoration Government of the British Southern Cameroons, will
result in political instability for everybody.

If this unique opportunity in nation building is successful, the SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT shall
be studied throughout the world as a model in nation building because many countries around
the world shall be interested in knowing how we went about transforming the British Southern
Cameroons, a tiny mountainous nation of less than 10 million people, sandwiched between the
Federal Republic of Nigeria and French Cameroun, into a beacon of prosperity. The SOCAM
PROSPERITY PACT shall also be a platform for mobilising support from many benevolent
nations around the world which have watched the peaceful, but purposeful and determined
manner with which we have gone about pursuing the independence and self‐determination for
the British Southern Cameroons.
Part I
Political Organization of the British Southern Cameroons
1.1 The official Name of the Country

It is proposed that the GBSC should adopt the name “Republic of Ambazania” as
the official name of the British Southern Cameroons.

In proposing this name, is fully recognized that no consensus has been reached
amongst Southern Cameroonians on what the
name should be. Nevertheless, there is a need to
start somewhere in order to reach such a
consensus in the future. This consensus can only
start by way of the tabling of a formal proposal.
This proposal is based on the following reasons:

Many of the ideas contained in the Socam
Prosperity Pact are largely adapted from the
Economic and Political Blueprint which was
prepared by SCAPO and published on the
website found a www.ambazania.org;
wherever the ideas in the SOCAM PROSPERITY
PACT coincide with the SCAPO blueprint, appropriate acknowledgement shall
be given to the SCAPO copyright.
The adoption of the name Republic of Ambazania by SCAPO and the subsequent
release of several policy documents under this sovereign brand have generated
strong brand recognition on the web and in many countries of the name
“Ambazania”. It is necessary that in proposing a document as important as the
SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT it should be built on a sovereign platform that has
already been established in order to avoid creating the impression of
[prevarication on the part of the leaders fighting for the decolonization of the
BSC;
The SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT is intended to be a document which shall be
adopted as a working document for the GBSC; however, it shall also be used as a
vehicle for mobilizing international support from international investors who

are interested in participating in the prosperity in the Republic Of Ambazania.
It is therefore necessary that a name should be adopted by the GBSC so that all
policy documents going out should henceforth carry the appropriate sovereign
branding;

Notwithstanding this branding proposal, the name “GBSC” shall be maintained
until the name of the government is changed at the proposed meeting of the
Senate. However, the name “Republic of Ambazania” shall be used in the rest of the
document, wherever appropriate, in place of the name “British Southern
Cameroons”.

1.2 Territorial Organization of the Republic of Ambazania

During the colonial period, the British Southern Cameroons was divided into six
divisions for purposes of territorial administration. The divisions were: Victoria,
Kumba, Mamfe, Bamenda, Wum and Nkambe. However, there emerged two major
sets of problems which had an effect on economic development.

As the political capital was in Buea, all the political institutions of the state were
automatically located there. This included the House of Assembly and the seat
of government. Furthermore the development of the Cameroon Development
Corporation (CDC) had been based, from the German period, on lands acquired
in the coastal fertile areas on the foot of Mount Cameroon. These two factors
led to a major migration of people from the hinterlands from Mamfe to Nkambe
into Victoria Divisions. This massive influx has over the years created some
friction between the indigenes of Victoria Division and the migrant community.
Such friction has over the years been exploited for political purposes by various
governments and the economic consequence of this has been quite significant.
Following the fraudulent referendum which was organized by the government
of French Cameroun in 1972 and the subsequent declaration of the unitary
state, and the proscription of the government of West Cameroon, the territory of
the British Southern Cameroons was divided by the colonial government of
French Cameroun into the Northwest Province (comprising Bamenda, Wum
and Nkambe Divisions) and the Southwest Province (comprising Victoria,
Kumba and Mamfe Divisions). The intention of the colonial government of
French Cameroun was to exacerbate and intensify the frictions which had
emerged over the years between the migrants who had moved from the interior
of the country into the coastal areas of Victoria Division for the reasons
explained above. It is for this reason that the so‐called NW/SW divide has been
a recurrent theme in the politics of the British Southern Cameroons since 1972.
The GBSC believes that the Socam Prosperity Pact must be built around a
completely different set of principles in terms of territorial organization of the
Republic Of Ambazania. The GBSC proposes to divide the territory into
administrative units which will be constitutionally empowered to function in a
manner that will bring real governance and economic empowerment to the
grassroots and force the people to focus on the development of their own economic
backyard. In proposing this type of territorial organization, the intention of the
GBSC is to break away from the political trap introduced by the colonial forces for
the purpose of divide and rule, by replacing this policy with an effective
constitutional mechanism for implementing subsidiarity in the governance of the
Republic Of Ambazania.

1.3 Future Political Capital

The seat of government of the British Southern Cameroons was located in the town
of Buea at the foot of Mount Cameroon. However, the GBSC is of the view that this
town has too many disadvantages which will make it unsuitable as the future
political capital of the Republic of Ambazania. It is instead proposed that the future
political capital of the Republic of Ambazania should be located in Manyu around
the junction village of Bachuo Akagbe. This location is suitable for the following
reasons:

It is the most centrally located village in the territory of the Republic of
Ambazania; It is practically equidistant from Victoria and Nkambe;
It will be easily accessible when the airport in Besongabang is rehabilitated;
There is ample water supply from the Manyu River which is nearby to serve
the needs of a capital city;

However, in proposing Bachuo Akagbe as the future capital of the Republic of
Ambazania, the GBSC intends to initiate a process by which key institutions of state
shall be located in different parts of the country rather than being concentrated in
one single location. In this respect, the GBSC further proposes that the following
towns should be chosen to host the various institutions:

1 BUEA Legislature (House of Reps & Senate)
2 BAMENDA Reserve Bank of Republic of Ambazania
3 NKAMBE Supreme Court of Republic of Ambazania
4 BACHUO AKAGBE National Capital

Bearing in mind that the location of state institutions influences migration and
settlement patterns in the country, this distribution of state institutions is intended
to make it necessary for all citizens of Republic of Ambazania to get to know every
part of the country and to avoid creating a situation where a single town takes the
institutions of state captive. This distribution of state institutions will also force
the government to allocate enough resources in order to ensure that the transport
and communications infrastructure is maintained in a state which facilitates
movement of citizens throughout the country.

Buea has been selected to host the legislature, bearing in mind that there is an
existing airstrip in Tiko which will eventually be rehabilitated to serve the towns of
Tiko, Victoria and Buea and Kumba; meanwhile there is already a modern airport
in Bamenda which can carry modern jet aircraft. As for Nkambe, there is space
available for the eventual construction of a multi purpose airport.

1.4 Administrative Cantons

(i) Autonomy of Administrative Cantons: The Republic of Ambazania shall be
constitutionally divided into eighteen autonomous cantons which shall be named
as follows:

CANTON CAPITAL
1 Ako Aya Widikum
2 Bakassi Akpabio
3 Boyo Fundong
4 Bui Kumbo
5 Kilum Oku
6 Donga Nkambe
7 Fako Victoria
8 Kupe Manenguba Nguti
9 Lebialem Fontem
10 Mantung Ndu
11 Manyu Mamfe
12 Meme Kumba
13 Menchum Wum
14 Mezam Bamenda
15 Momo Mbengwi
16 Ndian Mundemba
17 Ngokitunjia Ndop
18 Nsangri Binka

The GBSC has decided to transform the Bakassi Peninsula into an autonomous
canton in order to reassure the indigenes of the Bakassi Peninsula who are
currently living in refugee camps in Cross River State that they shall be allowed to
return to their ancestral homes in the Bakassi Peninsula where they shall be able
to run their own affairs as an autonomous canton under the constitution of the
Republic of Ambazania.

New cantons shall be created whenever the need exists in order to bring
government as close to the people as possible. Each canton shall be given full
autonomy, under the constitution, to manage the affairs of the canton in the areas
that shall be specifically defined under the constitution of the Republic of
Ambazania.

1.5 Dispersion of Centers of Power within Each Canton

The administrative capitals of the various cantons are merely proposals for now.
However, they could be changed to another more suitable location if the people of
the canton believe that there is an adequate justification to do so. There shall also
be a constitutional requirement that the institutions of each autonomous canton
should not be located in one single town. There shall be a constitutional
requirement that the administrative capital, the Cantonal Court of Appeal, the
Council of Traditional Rulers and the Cantonal Legislature should all be located in
different towns of the canton. For instance:

In the Canton of Mezam, the administrative capital may be in Bamenda; but the
Seat of the Council of Traditional Rulers may be in Bafut, while the Cantonal
Legislature of Mezam would be in Bali and the Cantonal Court of Appeal shall be
based in Santa.
In the Canton of Donga, the administrative capital may be in Nkambe; but the
Seat of the Council of Traditional Rulers may be in Misaje, while the Cantonal
Legislature of Donga would be in Tabenken and the Cantonal Court of Appeal
shall be based in Ako
In the Canton of Bui, the administrative capital may be in Kumbo; but the Seat
of the Council of Traditional Rulers may be in Jakiri, while the Cantonal
Legislature of Bui would be in Tatum and the Cantonal Court of Appeal shall be
based in Ngondzen
In the Canton of Fako, the administrative capital may be in Buea; but the Seat of
the Council of Traditional Rulers may be in Tiko, while the Cantonal Legislature
of Fako would be in Muyuka and the Cantonal Court of Appeal shall be based in
Victoria
In the Canton of Manyu, the administrative capital may be in Mamfe; but the
Seat of the Council of Traditional Rulers may be in Eyumokock, while the
Cantonal Legislature of Manyu would be in Ossing and the Cantonal Court of
Appeal shall be based in Bakebe

The purpose of this dispersion strategy is to make it necessary for the Cantonal
administrative to finance the infrastructure in all the main towns of the canton and
to ensure that they are linked by roads that are in good functioning condition at all
time. This will enable all the citizens of the canton to feel a sense of belonging in all
parts of the canton. Details of the cantonal system of government shall be outlined
in the constitutional background document.

1.6 Signature Census

The GBSC intends to conduct a signature census once it is in control of the territory
in order to obtain a reliable estimate of the population of the Republic Of
Ambazania. The signature census which shall similar to the signature referendum
of September 1995 shall require that all adults aged 18 years and above, resident
in the Republic Of Ambazania should proceed to the nearest signature census
center to sign a sheet which shall require the disclosure of all their relevant
identification information as well as an indication of their village of origin. The
signature census shall also be extended to citizens of Republic of Ambazania
resident in French Cameroun and in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In capturing the information on the signature census sheets, women aged 18 years
and above shall be required to disclose the number of their siblings who are less
than 18 years old. The information gathered through this process shall be
captured into a database to serve as a basis for estimating the population of the
Republic of Ambazania. It shall also be used to map and defined the boundaries of
the various cantons.


Part II
Economic Model for
The Republic of Ambazania

2.1 Economic Goals

The British Southern Cameroons will be a country with a population of
approximately 6 million inhabitants. Economic conditions in the territory have
deteriorated as a result of a combination of the poor state of infrastructure which
has been abandoned for the last 47 years. Hundreds of thousands of British
Southern Cameroonians have either migrated into neighboring Nigeria,
particularly into states such as Taraba, Cross River and Benue or have had to
move into the cities of French Cameroun such as Douala, Yaoundé in search of
greener pastures which are generally not available. But such migrants have left
behind relatives who are living in conditions of poverty which are worse that they
were in 1961.

It is expected that when the independence of the British Southern Cameroons is
fully established, there shall be a backflow of its citizens into their country of origin
to restart their lives and to build better conditions for their children.

Against this background the GBSC will seek to create the economic conditions
which will meet with the expectations of this population. The main objectives of
the economic plan shall be as follows:

Get the population to settle as much as possible in their cantons of origin
and to engage in economic activities there;
Create a system of fiscal revenue sharing which will make sure that each
canton has its own share of resources needed for its own economic
development;
Ensure that each canton has a functioning administration which will
enable it to perform its constitutional duties;
Transform each canton into a pole of economic activities so that the
regular inflow of wages will trickle down and create purchasing power
within the canton.
Reduce poverty at the cantonal level and stimulate growth at a national
level.
Encourage people to set up businesses for themselves and use the
economic space of the national territory to take advantage of any business
opportunities.
Transform the human resources of the country into an engine of
economic growth;
Stimulate Foreign Direct Investment into the country;
Create of jobs;
Expand the export base and constitute healthy foreign exchange reserves.

2.2 National Solidarity Account

There shall be created by constitutional authority an account which shall be known
as the “National Solidarity Account” otherwise known as the NSA account. All
the revenues accruing into the coffers of the Republic of Ambazania shall be placed
into the NSA. The revenues accruing into the NSA shall be allocated to the
National Government and to the Cantonal Governments according to a formula that
shall be agreed upon by the National Legislature of the Republic of Ambazania.
The funds allocated to each canton shall reflect criteria such as population,
derivation, land area and other factors which shall be decided by the legislature of
the Republic of Ambazania. The NSA is the constitutional instrument for ensuring
that all regions of the country shall move forward at the same pace.

Notwithstanding the NSA, the cantons shall be constitutionally empowered to raise
taxes in certain specific areas in order to supplement their share of revenues from
the NSA. The use of fiscal instruments shall be one of the mechanisms that can be
used by cantons in order to attract investments into their cantons. For instance, the
incorporation of companies in the British Southern Cameroons shall be done by
each canton in accordance with the special rules and regulations that they shall be
allowed to apply within the Companies Act. In other words the Companies Act of
the British Southern Cameroons shall make room for each canton to vary certain
parameters in order to attract companies to incorporate in their canton. As
companies shall be required to pay certain taxes to the canton where they are
incorporated, such cantonal taxes shall be supplementary sources of fiscal revenue
for the canton. The cantons shall also be at liberty to decide on the cantonal taxes
that shall be levied on items such as beer, spirits, tobacco etc.

2.3 Strategic Fiscalization of the Economy

In order to encourage foreign direct investment in the Republic of Ambazania and
to create jobs the government shall make strategic use of various fiscal tools. The
principal tools to be used shall be the following:

1. Zero Import Duties on All Raw Materials: It shall be the policy of the
Republic of Ambazania to import all raw materials into the country absolutely
duty free. The schedule of items that are considered as raw materials for
industries which are established and operating in the Republic of Ambazania
shall be published every year in order to enable economic operators who are
producing goods requiring those raw materials to be able to produce goods that
are competitive on the world market.
2. Zero Import Duties on all Computer Hardware and Software and
Accessories: In order to promote a computer‐based culture and the use of
office automation and information and communications technologies, all
imports of computer hardware and software and related accessories shall be
completely duty free;
3. Zero Import Duties on all Plant & Machinery: All capital goods imported into
the Republic of Ambazania including plant and equipment, construction
materials, construction and earthmoving equipment agricultural equipment
shall be entirely free of import duties.
4. Full Import Duties for Consumer Goods: All consumer goods entering the
Republic of Ambazania shall be dutiable and shall attract customs duties
charged on an ad valorem basis; Notwithstanding this policy towards consumer
goods, special licenses shall be considered for operators to operate duty free
shopping centers in special locations in the country. Such operators shall be
licensed to import certain consumer goods duty free and to transport them to
the specially designated locations where they shall be discharged under special
customs arrangements. Such duty‐free shopping facilities shall be used to
attract duty‐free tourism.
5. Five Year Duty Franchise on Automobiles and Spare Parts: Normally
customs duties shall be payable on automobiles entering the Republic Of
Ambazania. However, the GBSC shall introduce a five‐year franchise for
automobiles so that all classes of vehicles entering the Republic of Ambazania
shall be allowed to enter duty‐free. The purpose of this franchise is to enable
the citizens to acquire the mobility necessary to engage in economic activity at
all levels. The transportation of farm produce, construction materials, and
ordinary citizens needing to move around are some of the basic features of a
functioning economy. The franchise period of five years is deemed necessary in
order to enable the citizens to tool‐up and start earning a living for themselves.
It is expected that the multiplier effect of this franchise in the economy shall be
quite significant.
The customs revenue that is foregone by this franchise shall be compensated by
revenues that shall be collected for vehicle registration and windscreen
licenses, tax on fuel and fees that shall be collected on toll gates on the roads to
be constructed. Revenues shall also be collected by the Cantons for the
licensing of taxis.
The franchise policy will also help to
Country Current Corporate
Tax augment traffic levels on various roads
Ghana 26% where traffic counts are used as a
South Africa 29% standard measure for assessing the
Nigeria 30% economic viability of roads to be
constructed. Notwithstanding the
Kenya 30%
duty‐free importation of automobile
Senegal 33%
spare parts, the sale of such spares in
Mali 35%
the Republic Of Ambazania shall be
Burkina Faso 35% subject to the payment of VAT.
Cote d’Ivoire 35%
6. Zero Export Duty for export
Togo 37% goods: All goods manufactured in
Benin 38% the Republic of Ambazania shall be
Cameroun 38.50% exported free of any type of taxes or
imposts. This will enable the
Republic of Ambazania to attract
companies which want to set up their manufacturing activities in the country.

7. Low Corporate Tax Rate: All companies operating in the Republic of
Ambazania shall be required to pay a corporate tax rate which shall be fixed at a
level that shall at all times be lower than rates prevailing anywhere else in the
whole region; the objective shall be to ensure that all companies are properly
registered and operate in a transparent manner and pay their taxes on profit
because there is no reason not to do so;
8. ValueAdded Taxes: All goods and services sold in the Republic of Ambazania
shall attract a value‐added tax which shall be reviewed from time to time in
order to ensure that the economic goals of the government are being achieved.
To this effect, the GBSC intends to introduce the most simplified form of
companies’ incorporation and registration in order to ensure that the highest
number of economic activity is carried out under a formalized structure. The
incorporation of a company in the Republic of Ambazania shall come
automatically with a certificate of incorporation and a VAT number in order to
facilitate the invoicing and payment of VAT.

The objective of this fiscal strategy is to ensure that goods shall enter the Republic
of Ambazania freely. Custom duties shall cease to be a major source of fiscal
revenue for the state. The state shall depend primarily on valueadded taxes,
corporate taxes and payroll taxes to finance its expenditures. All other sources
of revenue accruing to the state shall be considered exceptional and shall be
treated as such.

It shall put in place a mechanism for ensuring that all value‐added taxes are paid
into the National Solidarity Account by economic operators for allocation to the
Central and Cantonal Governments. The size of the civil service shall also depend
on the amount of fiscal revenues generated from value‐added taxes.

2.4 Agriculture

The agricultural sector is extremely important and shall be given the attention
which it is due. However, it is fully recognized that the Republic of Ambazania does
not really have the farmlands that are ideally suited for large commercial
agriculture because of its unusual topography which is due to the fact that a
substantial part of the country is part of the Adamawa Mountain range which
stretches under the sea from the Atlantic Ocean into Taraba State in Nigeria.
Consequently, while the mountainsides and the valleys are intensively cultivated
by farmers for subsistence, the topography of the land is not suitable for large scale
commercial food production.

On the other hand, vast plantations have been developed on the foot of Fako
Mountain dating back to the short period of German colonial presence in Kamerun
which was brought to an end in 1918. Although the Germans continued to operate
their plantations after WWI, the nd of WWII led to the German plantations being
placed under the Custodian of Enemy Properties by the British Government.
Thereafter, legislation was proposed in Lagos Nigeria, creating the CDC as a
corporate body under which all the German plantations were placed to be
managed for the exclusive benefit of the people of the BSC.

2.41 The CDC

The CDC has over the years expanded its operations to cover more land and to
include five principal crops:

Oil Palm
Rubber
Coconut Palm
Banana
Tea

The CDC became the largest employer in the combined Cameroons with a
workforce of 15,000 employees.

The tea estates in Tole and Ndu have been sold by the colonial government of
French Cameroun under controversial arrangements that have been opposed by
the people of the BSC. However, attempts to sell off the rest of the plantations of
the CDC have been opposed by the Bakweri
Land Claims Committee (BLCC) which has
challenged the land arrangements under
which the Bakweri lands were
expropriated by the Germans to establish
those plantations. The BLCC took the case
to the African Human Rights Commission in
Banjul and obtained a favorable ruling to
the relief that were sought by the BLCC.
The implication is that until such a time
that the matter of the land arrangements is
satisfactorily settled, the CDC as a
corporate entity cannot be privatized.

The GBSC plans to hold discussions with all stakeholders in the CDC in order to
determine the conditions under which the CDC can be privatized while
protecting the interests of the original land owners.
For privatization purposes, the CDC shall be broken into various product lines
and sold separately, except for the oil palm industry which shall be further sold
off as two separate companies to include the plantations built around the
Idenau and the Mondoni oil mills;
The GBSC also intends to review the conditions under which the Tole Tea Estate
and the Ndu Tea Estates were sold and shall take any corrective action where it
is deemed necessary.

2.42 Pamol Limited

Similarly, on the windward side of Mount Cameroon, an oil palm plantation was
established by Unilever in and around Ekondo Titi. The estates of Pamol were
abandoned by Unilever as a result of the failure and or refusal of the colonial
government of French Cameroun to provide road infrastructure from Kumba to
Ekondo Titi.

This request was made specifically by the management of Unilever in order to
provide a level playing field which will enable Pamol to compete with other
producers such as the CDC, Firme Suisse and Socapalm which all benefit from road
infrastructure that has been financed by the state. The refusal of the government
of colonial government of French Cameroun to either construct a motorable road
and or construct a high tension power link from Kumba to the milling plant in
Ekondo Titi led Unilever to abandon the palm estate.

The GBSC intends to provide both road infrastructure as well as electricity from
Kumba to Ekondo Titi and to Mundemba as part of the overall strategy of
bringing development to the West Coast. The construction of the
Kumba/Ekondo Titi/Mundemba/Bakassi and the Victoria/Idenau/Ekonto Titi
roads which are priority ECOWAS link roads will benefit the oil palm
development on the West Coast. This will enable the reactivation of the Pamol
Estates that have been moribund as a result of the lack of basic infrastructure;
The GBSC also intends to parcel off more land in the West Coast in 5000 ha lots
to investors who are interested in developing the oil palm industry in the
REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA;

2.43 Ako Aya Oil Palm Initiative

A third area where an oil palm
programme shall be launched is in
Ako Aya. There is vast land which
has remained virtually untouched as
a result of the absence of access
infrastructure. By providing access
roads and electricity through Mamfe,
Widikum and Wum, the area of Ako
Aya shall be transformed into a major
palm oil producing area of the
Republic of Ambazania. Incentives
including concessions for timber
exploitation shall be given to operators willing to invest in the area and to build the
roads so that it should become a major timber and palm oil producing area in the

The Project Area

The area in question covers approximately 5000 Square Kilometers (500,000 Ha)
of land. This area of the Republic of Ambazania has never been served by any type
of road infrastructure; not to mention electricity or telephones. The area has been
cut off from Mamfe Town by the River Manyu and the only way to get across from
Mamfe to Mamfe Overside has been through a wooden bridge, more like a wooden
walkway, which the Germans built around the turn of the century. The population
density has remained sparse and schools, if any, are poorly equipped.

The topography and the rainfall conditions make this area ideally suitable for the
cultivation of the oil palm. The other attractive feature of the area is that its
tropical hardwood reserves are still intact because, so far, there are no roads
enabling anyone to harvest and evacuate the tropical hardwoods.

The most prominent villages of the area
are Takamanda and Ekokisam. The
region is drained by tributaries of the
Cross River including the Manyu River
which passes through Mamfe Town
itself. The a substantial part of the
population of the area has simply
moved to Nigeria, as they have over the
years seen mo hope of any development
on their land under the colonial
occupation from French Cameroun.

The GBSC intends to transform the economy of Akwaya by allocating the land in
parcels of 5000 hectares to investors who are willing to invest in the oil palm
industry in the Canton of Akwaya. Each investor shall be given the privilege to
exploit the timber in their allocated concession and shall in return be required to:

Develop Access Roads
Clear the Land and Plant oil Palm
Provide Housing for their Workers
Construct an Oil Mills

The GBSC shall for its part develop the oil palm nurseries and provide the
electricity. Akwaya is the last frontier in the REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA and the
size of the virgin land holds great economic potential.

The overall objective of the Palm Oil Plan is to put 1,500,000 hectares of land in the
Republic of Ambazania under oil palm cultivation. Such a plan should make it
possible for the Republic of Ambazania to produce 500,000 ‐750,000 metric tones
of crude palm oil per years. This will make the Republic of Ambazania the largest
producer of crude palm oil in Africa.

2.44 Ako Aya Earth Roads & Bridges Programme
The implementation of the Ako Aya Oil Palm Initiative shall require that the GBSC
should play an important role in opening up the entire region. It is well known that
the entire population of Ako Aya has been lost to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
because the indigenes of the region have not been connected to the rest of the
territory of the British Southern Cameroons by access roads. Consequently, most
of the people of the area have
moved across and settled in Cross
River State in Nigeria.

However given the considerable
potential of Ako Aya in terms of its
forestry reserves and in view of
the intention of the GBSC to
develop the oil palm industry,
there shall be a priority
programme by which the region
shall be provided with earth roads
in conjunction with the construction of solid bridges across the rivers so that
vehicular traffic can move into the area.

At the same time the indigenes of Ako Aya shall be encouraged to return to their
ancestral homes to become part of the reconstruction of their lives under the
Canton of Ako Aya.

2.5 Manufacturing
Manufacturing is an activity involving the bringing together of land, labor, capital
and modern technology to add value to goods. Within the context of the highly
competitive global economy, manufacturing is an activity which can only be done
successfully where a genuine comparative advantage really exists. It is unlikely to
succeed where it relies mainly on artificial fiscal incentives that are created in
order to attract it.

The most important comparative advantage is the local availability of the basic
raw material that is required for the industry in question. Any industry which
requires the importation of the basic raw material is not sustainable.
The next important factor is the existence of the infrastructure needed for the
successful engagement of manufacturing activity. The most important elements
of basic infrastructure are electricity, roads, telecommunications, airports,
seaports, water and all other services that most be provided through public
utilities;
In developing countries the technology that is required for manufacturing is
likely to be imported; however, the mastery of the technology depends on the
workforce available in the country;
There must be a trained or trainable workforce in the country; the workforce
as a factor of production is an important variable that influences the location of
industry because ultimately, the productivity of the workforce will be decisive
in the survival of the industry as a whole;

Based on these considerations, the GBSC intends to promote manufacturing
activities in the Republic of Ambazania in two phases:

Phase I: The GBSC intends to promote manufacturing activities that are based on
the palm industry, rubber, tea, Coffee, banana, timber and the petroleum industry.
In this respect, the GBSC shall provide all fiscal incentives that are needed to make
these resource‐based industries truly competitive. The GBSC shall also undertake
to provide the infrastructure that is needed for the successful operation of
industries in these sectors.

Other agro‐allied industries which will be promoted are in dairy farming and fruit‐
juice production based on fruit plantations that can be established in areas such as
the Ndop plain, the Mbo Plain and in other farming areas of Wum and Donga &
Mantung.

Phase II: As a long term goal, the GBSC shall aim at creating conditions which shall
attract investment in high value‐added manufacturing in leading edge
technologies. In order to achieve this goal, there must be very strong emphasis on
the quality of education as a whole, the quality of basic infrastructure and the
stability of the entire political and constitutional system on which the country is
governed. This is a long term goal that shall have a 15‐20 year horizon.


2.6 Petroleum Development Policy
Under the colonial occupation of French

Crude Oil Production (X
Cameroun, the oil industry, which has been
1000T) in the BSC
exclusively based in the BSC has been on the
Year Crude oil decline after production peaked at 9.1 million
Produced tons in 1985. World oil price levels in the late
1983 5689 1970s led to aggressive exploration and proven
1984 7400 reserves of 40 million Tons were established. It
1985 9170 has been estimated that at current production
1986 8974 levels (4.7 MT in 1995), the proven reserves were
1987 8348 largely exhausted in 2000 and whatever is left has
1988 8482 already been mortgaged by the cash‐strapped
1989 8635 government of French Cameroun.
1990 8480
1991 7710 2.61 Petroleum Exploration
1992 7018
1993 6600 The petroleum industry has for a long time
1994 5800 considered hydrocarbons code developed by the
1995 4700 colonial government of French Cameroun to be
unattractive. Furthermore during the 1990s the
price of oil dropped to a level where aggressive oil exploration could not be done
under the existing hydrocarbons code. This has been a major disincentive to major
exploration and development work since 1986. As a result there were no major oil
discoveries on the continental shelf for nearly a decade. The proven reserves
depleted so rapidly that French Cameroun will become a net importer of oil in the
early part of the 21st century. Meanwhile new oil discoveries have been made in
neighboring countries such as Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome & Principe because
oil companies were offered attractive conditions which reflect the current prices in
the world oil market.

The GBSC shall undertake measures to attract exploration capital back to
REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA in order to re‐stimulate the oil industry and replace the
depleted oil reserves. The actions to be taken in the mining sector shall be by way
of legislation which shall aim at:

Defining a new the hydrocarbons code so as to encourage intensive seismic
work and wild‐cat drilling in marginal areas;
Increasing the profit margins of oil companies on condition that they re‐invest
the surplus profits into further research and development;
The promotion of the production of other types of non‐oil minerals;
The promotion of small and medium scale enterprises in joint‐venture in the
mining field by providing them with facilities for the importation of equipment
and supplies needed for mining operations;
Making provisions for the active participation of Ambazanians in all aspects of
the petroleum industry;
The creation of the National Oil Company of Ambazania (NOICAM) that shall be
charged with the responsibility of regulating the oil industry in the Republic of
Ambazania and for enforcing environmental guidelines for the industry.
The creation of an international petroleum refining complex on the Ambazanian
coast dedicated to the refining of petroleum products for export.
The creation of the largest international oil depot on the African coast;

It is generally believed that the Bakassi Peninsula contains considerable oil
reserves. However, these oil reserves shall be developed only after the GBSC has
outlined the policy matrix that shall be used for protecting the environment and
the ecosystem on which the indigenes of the Bakassi Peninsula depend on their
livelihood. The mistakes that were committed in the Niger Delta shall be avoided
at all cost. It is for this reason that the GBSC intends to ensure that no oil company
that has not been licensed by the GBSC shall be allowed to explore, drill, produce or
export petroleum from the Bakassi Peninsula. This ban shall be strictly
enforced.

2.62 Petroleum Refining

Since it was established in the early 1980s, the role of SONARA as a producer of
petroleum products for the economy of the BSC and French Cameroun has been
strategic. SONARA has however never been able to operate close to its capacity of
1.0 Million tons largely because the combined needs of the BSC and French
Cameroun economy are still around 500,000 tons/year. The State owns 66% of
the interests in SONARA while private foreign companies own 34%.
SONARA: Production of Petroleum Products (000’ tons)

Kerosene Motor Aviation Jet LPG Fuel Oil HFO Lubes Bitumen
Gasoline1 Gasoline Fuel
1983 235 230 10 91 17 575 675 90 5
1984 290 370 10 93 19 410 695 110 4
1985 92 415 10 95 18 230 150 35 5
1986 95 45 10 9 19 238 153 37 5
1987 101 48 11 8 17 242 155 41 5
1988 97 55 12 9 18 245 160 41 5
1989 98 57 11 7 19 238 158 45 6
1990 110 55 12 8 18 251 147 37 7
1991 115 51 11 9 19 254 150 37 7
1992 117 54 12 9 19 255 152 35 7
Since the creation of the Bitumen Company which is attached to SONARA,
production of bitumen has been very modest because there have been no major
road construction projects in the country. The road programme which is going to
be implemented in the transport sector will require a domestic source of bitumen.
In order to encourage the production of bitumen by SONARA, the GBSC shall
remove price controls on bitumen so that the output can be sold to contractors at
prices which reflect the cost on the international market.

2.63 Establishment of an International Oil Refining Complex on the
West Coast

Not withstanding the existing refinery which is located near the town of Victoria in
the REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA, and whose role is to provide petroleum products to
the economy of the REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA and French Cameroun, the GBSC
intends to invite international oil companies which are interested in participating
1
The production of motor gasoline fell sharply in 1986 because fraudulent imports of fuel
from Nigeria in reaction to the overvaluation of the FCFA following the devaluation of the
Naira in 1986. The figures indicate that the import of motor gasoline from Nigeria between
1986 and 1994 was approximately 375,000 tons per year.
in the oil development of the Bakassi Peninsula to establish oil refining complexes
on the West Coast of REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA. The international oil refining
complexes shall be exclusively for export.

All the necessary fiscal incentives shall be provided to the oil operators to refine
the crude oil in situ before export instead of the direct export of crude to other
refineries overseas. Companies interested in establishing refineries shall be
offered the most attractive conditions for oil exploration and production. The
international oil refining complex shall
also create other derivative products in
the petroleum industry so as to make
the Republic of Ambazania a major
producer of all petroleum and
petrochemical products.

The intention of the GBSC is to ensure
that the citizens of the Republic of
Ambazania are given an opportunity to
acquire oil industry related skills which
will make the Republic of Ambazania a
refining center for the world oil market long after the crude oil reserves of the
Republic of Ambazania are exhausted.

2.64 Participating in the Activities of the Joint Development Zone JDZ
In February 2005, Nigeria announced the award of five oil blocks in the Joint
Development Zone (JDZ), shared by Nigeria and neighboring Sao Tome and
Principe (STP). Twenty‐six companies submitted bids for the blocks by the
conclusion of the 2004 licensing round. In December 2004, Nigeria and Sao Tome
opened the second licensing round for blocks in the JDZ.
The JDZ reportedly holds reserves of 11 billion barrels and could potentially yield
up to 3 million bbl/d in the next 2‐3 years. Development is also occurring in the
waters surrounding the JDZ. In March 2005, Spinnaker Exploration (US) purchased
a 12.5 percent interest in OPL Block 256 from Ocean Energy, a subsidiary of Devon
Energy. Drilling of the Tari 1 exploratory well at OPL Block 256, located 125 miles
off the Nigerian coast near the JDZ, has commenced. Three wells are planned for
the block.
The GBSC wants to participate in the

oil production activities of the JDZ by
offering the IPRC as a venue for the
refining of the petroleum from the JDZ.
As the IPRC shall be a petroleum
refining complex dedicated for
exports, oil companies which are
involved in developing oilfields in the
JDZ will consider sending some of the
crude to the IPRC for refining rather
shipping the crude to distant
refineries elsewhere in the world.
2.7 Forestry

During the last few years the government of French Cameroun has allowed the
most wasteful exploitation of forest reserves by various operators. The rate of
forest exploitation has raised an alarm everywhere especially amongst
environmental groups. Meanwhile the Cameroonian public has been concerned by
the fact that log carriers have played a very large role in destroying the road
network and rendering the roads impassable. It has been well established that the
few kilometers of roads that were constructed in the British Southern Cameroons
during the colonial occupation of the country by French Cameroun have been
destroyed by logging vehicles.

The GBSC shall grant logging licenses to
logging companies with stringent restrictions
attached to them such as the following:

Logging companies may not transport
logs for a distance of more than 20 km
from the logging point:
All logs shall be processed in local
sawmills;
The export of logs shall be prohibited;
Logging vehicles shall be prohibited from
being driven on public roads fully loaded.
Only vehicles transporting sawn wood, plywood and other products of sawmills
shall be allowed to use public roads.

The GBSC shall introduce building regulations requiring the increased use of wood
in building and construction so as to increase domestic demand for wood products
and reduce expenditure on cement and other construction materials. In the capital
city of Bachuo Akagbe, the GBSC shall grant licenses for the construction of low
cost housing for civil servants entirely out of wood but built to specifications which
will ensure that they are fitted with all the modern amenities.
2.8 Tourism
The Republic of Ambazania has a tourism potential which has remained
underdeveloped as a result of the absence of road infrastructure and a clearly
defined tourism policy under the colonial administration of French Cameroun. A
sound tourism policy needs to be defined around the tourist products which are
found attractive to the outside world. The Republic of Ambazania does not have
the wildlife potential to compete with the large scale tourism of the East African
countries such as Kenya or Tanzania; nor does it have the resort beaches of the
Mediterranean countries; neither does it have the historic relics of the slave period
such as are available in Ghana and Senegal have attracted many tourists. The
Republic of Ambazania however has the potential to attract as many as 100,000
tourists a year in the following areas:

2.81 The Mount Cameroon Athletic Event: The ascent of Mount Cameroon has
been an athletic event which is unique in the world because it is a mountain race
involving the ascent of a mountain which rises
very abruptly to a height of 13,350 ft above sea
level.

The Ambazanian Ministry of Tourism shall
discuss with corporate organizations which are
willing and able to sponsor the mountain raise
by putting up price money which shall be able
to attract world‐class athletes from all over the
world. The promotion of this event as an
annual international sporting event has the
potential of attracting many international
tourists in a year; it is an event that can be promoted to become an world athletic
event as important as the New York Marathon; the promotion of the event has to
be devolved to experienced event managers;

2.82 Culture Tourism: The Republic of Ambazania has a very rich and colorful
cultural heritage which has attracted tourists from around the world even though
there has never been any sustained effort to promote it. The rich art of the
Ambazanian grass fields which are built around
the chieftaincy system has been well known. The
international furore surrounding the
circumstances under which the Afo Akom, the
fertility statue of the Kom Kingdom was taken to
the United States and returned is illustrative of the
capacity of this cultural heritage to attract
attention. Many kingdoms regularly organize
cultural festivals but there is no media coverage
given to them. A combination of promotion and
media attention will transform these cultural
events into tourist attractions in the years to come.

2.83 Landscapes Tourism: The Republic of
Ambazania straddles the Adamawa mountain
range which stretches from the floor of the
Atlantic Ocean into Taraba State in Nigeria. This
gives the Republic of Ambazania unique relief
features which are not found elsewhere in West
or Central Africa. Apart from the volcanic lakes
such as Lake Nyos, the landscapes of Ambazania
are of a remarkable beauty. The most beautiful
landscapes are to be seen along the Ring Road.
The construction of mountain resorts along the
Ring Road will eventually attract tourists into this
part of the country.

2.84 Health Tourism: In order to develop a quality health service in the country,
the government shall pioneer a system of health‐hotels throughout the country by
which medical experts shall be invited from all over the world to set up hospitals
and healthcare facilities which can attract clients from many countries in the
region. Such health‐hotels shall be specialized in different branches of medicine for
which patients from countries in the region frequently have to travel to Europe in
order to obtain satisfactory medical care. In order to encourage the construction of
the health‐hotel infrastructure of international standard, the government of
Republic of Ambazania shall identify, in conjunction with the cantonal
governments, prime locations suitable for health hotels throughout the territory
and perfect the title deeds on the landed properties. These perfected landed
properties shall be issued, for a symbolic price, to national and international
groups willing to construct health‐hotels of an agreed standard on those
properties, within an agreed time frame, and to undertake the promotion of the
tourist infrastructure to tour operators around the world. The development of
health‐hotel infrastructure will be promoted in order to encourage health tourism
into the Republic of Ambazania. These health‐hospitals shall play an important
role in the training of doctors in various fields of medicine.

Many people in neighboring countries such as the Federal Republic of Nigeria and
French Cameroun have to travel to Europe in order to get proper medical
attention. However these facilities are available for the wealthy few. Visa
requirements for traveling to Europe are becoming more and more restrictive and
where they are possible, this requires very long lead times. The healthy climate of
the Ambazanian highlands offer a unique environment for treatment and post
operative care at an affordable price to many more people who are in need of
proper medical care.

It is essential that reliable communication links be established with the outside
world in order to facilitate linkages with similar quality hospitals around the world
which will make it possible for specialists and medical consultants to participate in
diagnosis from a distance. The installation of the optic fibre backbone shall make
such connectivity possible.

2.85 National Tourism Infrastructure

In order to build an economy which is open to the outside world, the government
of Republic of Ambazania shall encourage the construction of first class hotels
around the country in order to encourage both local as well as international
tourism. The construction of such hotels shall encourage the movement of traffic
on the NHB so as to generate revenues necessary to amortize loans contracted to
construct the NHB. In order to encourage the construction of the hotel
infrastructure, the government of Republic of Ambazania shall identify, in
conjunction with the regional governments, prime locations suitable for hotels
throughout the territory and perfect the title deeds on the landed properties.
These perfected landed properties shall be issued, for a symbolic price, to national
and international hotel groups willing to construct hotels and tourist infrastructure
of an agreed standard on those properties, within an agreed time frame, and to
undertake the promotion of the tourist infrastructure to tour operators around the
world.


2.9 Transport Infrastructure

French Cameroun was opposed to reunification with the BSC from the beginning.
That is the reason why the government of President Ahmadou Ahidjo voted against
UN resolution 1608(XV) of 1961 by which the UN wanted French Cameroun and
the BSC to negotiate a federal union by October 1, 1961. As the BSC was still a UN
Trust Territory, it was not represented at the UN, hence the BSC did not have the
opportunity to express its opinion on this UN resolution.

When the UN resolution was adopted in spite of
the opposition of French Cameroun, the
government of President Ahmadou Ahidjo
reluctantly celebrated unification in October
1961. But the consequence of this involuntary
unification is that the people of the BSC have
been made to pay a very heavy price for having
voted in favor of union with French Cameroun
during the plebiscite of February 11, 1961.

The government of French Cameroun under
President Ahidjo decided to treat the BSC as its
colony. In so doing, they exploited the oil and other natural resources of the BSC
and for 47 years, starved the region of the basic infrastructure that it needed in
order to enable the citizens of BSC to engage in normal economic activity to
support their families. This policy has continued under the Mr. Paul Biya who
took over from President Ahidjo in 1982 and has now been in power for 25 years.

Many areas of the BSC, such as Manyu, Lebialem, and Ndian Divisions have
practically been depopulated because the complete inaccessibility of the region.
The lack of basic roads throughout the year, has forced the indigenes of the region
to migrate to other parts of the country. The sector that illustrates most vividly the
starvation that has been inflicted on the BSC by colonial government of French
Cameroun has been in road infrastructure. The GBSC is aware of the fact that it is
the frustrations that the people and the youth have suffered over a period of 47
years that has convinced them that they have to make all the sacrifices necessary
to achieve the statehood of the BSC as the Republic of Ambazania.

Against this background, the GBSC is committed to implementing the SOCAM
PROSPERITY PACT on a platform that must include a clearly defined policy on
basic infrastructure. Indeed, without the basic infrastructure in transport,
communications, electric power and water supply, the SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT
will remain a meaningless pipe dream.

2.91 Policy on Road Infrastructure

National Highways Backbone (NHB): In order that the economy of the Republic
of Ambazania should function as one single unit and enable all regions of the
country to make their unique contributions to economic development, the GBSC
shall undertake the construction of a National Highways Backbone (NHB) which
shall be designed to connect all the key regions of the country with a highway
system constructed to the same standard. The road sections which shall be
included in this National Highways Backbone shall be the following:

1 From To Distance (Km)
2 Victoria Kumba 70
3 Kumba Mundemba 100
4 Mundemba Calabar 44
5 Kumba Bachuo Akagbe 98
6 Bachuo Akagbe Bamenda 123
7 Bachuo Akabge Ekok 82
8 Bamenda Kumbo 109
9 Kumbo Nkambe 70
11 Nkambe Wum 108
12 Wum Bamenda 80
Total 884

In order to finance the NHB, the government of the Republic of Ambazania shall
conduct an international auction of these road segments to international groups
which are willing to provide financing to construct them according to an agreed
standard and to manage them on a Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis for
an agreed period of time.

National Highway Spurs (NHS): The National Highway Spurs shall consist of
roads which feed into the National Highway Backbone. In order to support traffic
development on the NHB, the government shall for its part seek financing to
construct road programmes which feed into the NHB. Such roads shall be known
as National Highway Spurs (NHS). The roads sections to be included on the NHS
are the following:

1 From To Distance (Km)
2 Mutengene Mungo Border 30
3 Kumba Tombel 35
5 Tombel Bangem 65
6 Manyemen Bangem 50
7 Victoria Idenao 48
9 Bachuo Akagbe Fontem 50
10 Bamenda Fundong 50
11 Fundong Wum 53
12 Wum Akwaya 60
13 Mamfe Akwaya 80
14 Bamenda Santa 40
15 Ndu Sabongari 70
16 Nkambe Abonshie 70
701

2.92 Ecowas Link Roads
As the Republic of Ambazania has already applied for membership of the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the GBSC shall make arrangements
for constructing some road sections which are important for providing linkages to
the ECOWAS region. These road segments are:

Abong/Nkambe/Kumbo
Wum/Nkambe
Ekok/Mamfe /Bachuo Akagbe
Kumba/Ekondo Titi/Mundemba/Bakassi/Cross River Border
Victoria/Idenao/Ekondo Titi/Mundemba

In view of the priority nature of the ECOWAS Link Roads in the implementation of
the roads programme of the Socam Prosperity Pact, the GBSC shall seek to raise
financing from the Lagos based African Finance Corporation to fund the
construction of these key road links. In constructing these road links the GBSC is
aware of the fact that there is a large population of Nigerian citizens based in
French Cameroun. The independence of the Republic
of Ambazania is going to have a significant impact on
these Nigerians. Some of them might want to become
citizens of Ambazanian Cantons. Others may only
wish to obtain resident permits in order to settle in
their businesses. Whatever the case, the GBSC expects
that there shall be significant traffic flows on the
ECOWAS Road Links to and from the Federal Republic
of Nigeria.

The GBSC has designated these roads as ECOWAS link
roads because of the role that they will play in
providing linkages between the Republic of Ambazania and the Federal Republic of
Nigeria and to the larger ECOWAS economic area.

Financing shall be sought from various agencies around the world to ensure that
the construction of these road links shall be done on a priority basis. Because of
their commercial importance the ECOWAS link roads shall all be financed on a BOT
basis by operators who shall be authorized to charge at various tolling points along
the road links in order to amortize the financing for the road projects.

2.93 Use of Community Labor
Road construction and maintenance in developing countries has become highly
dependent on contractual arrangements with construction companies which can
acquire sophisticated earth moving equipment. While these arrangements are
necessary for road networks intended meet loading conditions for heavy vehicles,
the construction of many dirt roads that can transform the economies of many
rural areas can be done with community labor that does not require the use of
sophisticated earthmoving equipment. Most of the roads in the Republic of
Ambazania were constructed during the colonial period using such community
labor requiring that the entire community should turn out to use various hand held
tools and equipment to construct a motorable path.

The GBSC shall ensure that the cantons should make use of community labour to
construct some of the vital roads in their cantons before assistance can be provided
from the central government for surfacing them with bitumen. The cantons shall
also be encouraged to establish and maintain and equip a Public Works
Department in each canton so that the roads can be maintained regularly.

2.94 Airports

The Republic of Ambazania is a small country in terms of land area. However, it
shall have definite needs in terms of airport infrastructure. Indeed the airports
shall provide access to the various parts of the country until the resources are
available for constructing the NHB and the NHS. The rehabilitation of existing
airports and airstrips shall be given priority while the resurfacing of new airstrips
shall also take priority over the construction of roads. In this respect the following
airports shall be given priority:

Bamenda: The Bamenda airport has never really been put to use since its
construction during the 1980s. The rehabilitation of this airport and the
installation of air traffic equipment and other airport accessories shall be given
priority because Bamenda shall be used as the seat of the GBSC until the Bachuo
Akagbe is constructed.
Besongabang: The airport in Besongabang near Mamfe was constructed by the
British government but was abandoned by the colonial government of French
Cameroun. As the airport which is intended to serve the National Capital
Territory of the Republic of Ambazania, its resurfacing and equipment with
radar facilities and other airport accessories shall also be given top priority by
the GBSC.
Tiko: the airport in Tiko was constructed during the period of German colonial
occupation. It remained in operaton during the period of the existence of the
Government of West Cameroon. However, the colonial government of French
Cameroun also closed its operation. As this airport is intended to serve the
main seaport in Victoria as well as the legislative capital of Buea, its
rehabilitation shall also be given high priority by the GBSC. Its resurfacing and
equipment with radar facilities and other airport accessories shall also be given
top priority by the GBSC.
Nkambe: There is no airport in Nkambe at the moment. However, in view of
the plan to locate the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ambazania in Donga &
Mantung Division, it is essential that an airport should be constructed in
Nkambe to provide airline linkages with the rest of the country.
Mundemba: There is no airport in Mundemba at the moment. However, in
view of the plan to locate an international oil refining complex on the West
Coast (on the windward side of Mount Cameroon), it is essential that an airport
should be constructed in Mundemba to provide airline linkages with the outside
world and rest of the country.
2.94 Seaports
Victoria: The town of Victoria has a deep seaport which was a functioning and had
potential to handle large vessels. However, it was abandoned by the colonial
government of French Cameroun which preferred to invest in the port of Douala
which required constant and expensive dredging as a result of siltation from the
Wourri River. Recent developments at the Victoria port include the plan to
construct a dry dock for the repair of ships and other naval vehicles in Victoria.

Tiko: Elders & Fyffes, a UK based shipping company owned since 1913 by the
United Fruit Company of the United States, operated shipping services for
passenger and banana cargo between the United Kingdom to many destinations in
the world. One of the service lines was from Avonmouth England to Tiko in the
British Southern Cameroons.
• 1939‐1940 Avonmouth ‐ Cameroons.
• 1946‐1964 Europe / London / Avonmouth ‐ Cameroons.
The ships were specially fitted for the transport of banana produced in the British
Southern Cameroons. It also offered a passenger service between Europe and the
British Southern Cameroons. For this purpose, wharf facilities were constructed at
the Tiko port.

After unification with French Cameroun in 1961, the British Southern Cameroons
lost its privileged access to the UK banana market because it was no longer a
Commonwealth territory. Consequently bananas produced in the British Southern
Cameroons (then known as West Cameroon) could no longer be imported into the
United Kingdom. This led to the cessation of the shipping line from Avonmouth to
Tiko and to a steep decline in the banana industry in the British Southern
Cameroons. The United Fruit Company
turned its attention to Latin America
and the Caribbean for the sourcing of
banana into the United States and into
Europe.

The decline of the port of Tiko can be
traced directly to the loss of the UK
market for the banana industry of the
British Southern Cameroons as a
consequence of reunification with
French Cameroun. Nevertheless, Tiko
continues to have the potential to be restored to its earlier status as a major sea
port, subject to appropriate investment being made in the port facilities.

IPRC Oil Terminal: The development of an international petroleum refining
complex near Rio del Rey in the British Southern Cameroons shall require the
construction of an oil terminal dedicated to the export of petroleum products from
the refining complex. The combination of the international petroleum refining
complex and the oil terminal shall bring infrastructure, development and jobs to
the indigenes of the Bakassi Peninsula.

2.95 Policy Regarding the Bakassi Peninsula

The GBSC is aware of the considerable interest that has been generated in the
international media regarding the Bakassi Peninsula. This is a piece of territory
over which the Federal Republic of Nigeria and French Cameroun have fought a
border war and have invested considerable resources in legal fees at the
International Court of Justice in order to support their various claims of
sovereignty over the peninsula.

The GBSC would like to state its policy over this territory very clearly so that no
one should be left in doubt. This policy however is not based on considerations of
the existence or otherwise of oil resources in the peninsula. The policy is based
strictly on matters of sovereignty.

First of all the ICJ ruled in October of 2002 that sovereignty over the Bakassi
Peninsula belongs to “Cameroon”. However, in making this ruling the ICJ, through
no fault of its own, was unaware of the fact that there are two “Cameroons”:

The British Southern Cameroons and
French Cameroun

These two “Cameroons” were required by UN General Assembly Resolution 1608
(XV) of April 21, 1961 to formalize the creation of a federal union by October 1,
1961. Unfortunately, French Cameroun, as well as France and other French‐
speaking countries in West and Central Africa all voted against this UN resolution.
However, the resolution was passed by the required majority at the General
Assembly.

Finding itself under obligation to implement the UN resolution which it had
opposed, French Cameroun half‐heartedly agreed to negotiate a federal union in
1961, but no formal union agreement was ever reached or signed between the
Southern Cameroons and French Cameroun. The two parties celebrated an
informal union on October 1, 1961 and for 47 years have given the outside world
the impression of unity. But the legal reality is that no union agreement was
signed and or ratified by the respective legislatures of the British Southern
Cameroons and French Cameroun. Consequently, the two territories have
continued to be legally distinct under international law. Hence the boundary
between the British Southern Cameroons and French Cameroun is still an
international boundary.

It is on this basis that the GBSC takes the position that sovereignty over the Bakassi
belongs, indisputably, to the British Southern Cameroons and not to French
Cameroun. Consequently, the GBSC shall undertake all possible measures, within
the context international law, to ensure that we shall have the means to defend our
sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula. The GBSC shall do whatever is necessary
in order to ensure that the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well
as those of French Cameroun vacate the Bakassi Peninsula within the shortest
possible time.

It has been speculated that the Bakassi Peninsula contains considerable oil
reserves. However, the GBSC cannot base its policy on this sensitive piece of real
estate on information which, for the time being, is purely speculative. Nevertheless
to the extent that the international community may be interested in the assumed
oil potential of the Peninsula, the GBSC would like to state its policy position as
follows:

Resettlement of the Indigenes: The indigenes of the Bakassi Peninsula have
been forced to leave their ancestral homes and be placed in refugee camps in
Cross River State as required by the Green Tree Agreement of June 2006. First
of all the GBSC has stated its opposition to the Greentree Agreements on
grounds that it has no basis in international law, as it was signed by two parties
who have never shared a maritime border between themselves. The first
requirement is that the indigenes of the Bakassi Peninsula must be resettled on
their ancestral lands as Ambazanians. The GBSC believes that unless that is
done, no one shall ever be able to exploit the oil resources of the Bakassi
Peninsula because it shall prove to be even more unstable as the Niger Delta.
Environmental Protection: If there is to be any oil exploration and
development on the Bakassi Peninsula, appropriate steps must be taken to
ensure that the environment in which the indigenes live is not destroyed as it
was done in the Niger Delta over several decades. The GBSC intends to request
the assistance of the World Bank to conduct an environmental study in order
to develop a matrix of guidelines that must be adhered to by all oil companies
which want to explore and produce oil in the Bakassi Peninsula. Until this is
done, no company shall be granted an exploration lease in the Bakassi
Peninsula.
Sovereignty: Only oil companies from countries which have explicitly accepted
that the sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula belongs to the British Southern
Cameroons shall be allowed to participate in the development of the oil industry
on the Bakassi Peninsula. Oil companies interested in the Bakassi Peninsula
should make sure that their home government is taking a responsible position
which is based on this principle. Oil companies shall eventually be considered
on the basis of first come first served.
Formal Recognition: Only oil companies from countries which have granted
diplomatic recognition to the Republic of Ambazania shall be allowed to
participate in the development of the oil industry on the Bakassi Peninsula. Oil
companies interested in the Bakassi Peninsula should make sure that their
home government is taking steps towards granting diplomatic recognition to
the Republic of Ambazania. Oil companies shall eventually be considered on the
basis of first come first served.
Support for the Policy of Peaceful Negotiation of Separation: The GBSC is
pursuing a policy of achieving the independence of the Republic of Ambazania
through a peaceful process of negotiating the separation of the British Southern
Cameroons and French Cameroun based on the Czechoslovakian model of 1993.
This policy of peaceful separation involves the sharing of the assets and
liabilities which form part of the common patrimony that the two peoples have
constituted over a period of 46 years. The partial list of assets and liabilities to
be shared has been stated in section 2.19 hereunder. Only oil companies from
countries which have given public support to this policy of a peaceful and
negotiated separation shall be allowed to participate in the development of the
oil industry in Bakassi. Oil companies interested in the Bakassi Peninsula
should make sure that their home government is taking steps towards
supporting the policy of peaceful separation. Oil companies shall eventually be
considered on the basis of first come first served.
Participation on the IPRC Consortia: The GBSC intends to grant (five) 5
refining licenses to oil consortia which are willing to establish refining facilities
for export at the International Petroleum Refining Complex (IPRC) in Rio del
Rey. Only oil companies which are in one of these five consortia shall be
allowed to participate in the development of the oil industry in Bakassi;
Support for the GBSC: Only companies which have given support to the GBSC
can expect be allowed to participate in the development of the oil industry in
Bakassi;
Only oil companies that have satisfied all of the above conditions shall be granted
an exploration lease by the GBSC. It stands to reason that no oil company that has
not been granted an exploration lease by the GBSC shall be allowed to explore,
drill, produce, refine or export petroleum from the Bakassi Peninsula. This ban
shall be rigorously enforced!.

2.10 Energy Independence for the Republic of Ambazania
One of the areas of great concern to Ambazanians has been how the country will go
about achieving a reassuring level of energy independence, given the fact that
there are, as of now, no generating facilities on the territory of the British Southern
Cameroons, making the Republic of Ambazania entirely dependent on electricity
from French Cameroun. There is concern that the government of French
Cameroun shall try to frustrate the development efforts of the Republic of
Ambazania by disrupting electricity supplies to the territory. The question is what
are the options available to the Republic of Ambazania given its ambitions
development plan under the SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT.

2.101 Negotiations with French Cameroun

At the moment the electricity requirements of the BSC are provided entirely
through the grid that transports electricity from Edea in French Cameroun.
However, some of the energy which is generated at the power station in Edea is
provided by water from the Bamendjin Dam which extends into the British
Southern Cameroons in Ngokitunjia Division.

The GBSC intends to include the supply of electricity as one of the key elements in
the negotiations which will be conducted for the peaceful separation between the
British Southern Cameroons and French. The GBSC expects that once the
agreements are reached, the terms shall be respected by all sides. However, the
GBSC shall arrange to allow for the duty free importation of generators by business
organizations and other entities which may want to guard against any power
shortages until the GBSC is able to implement its programme of energy
independence.

2.102 Menchum Falls

There has been much speculation over the years about the potential of the
hydroelectric energy that could be generated from Menchum Falls. While this is a
theoretical possibility, this will require very detailed studies by hydroelectric
engineers into the possible location of a hydroelectric dam downstream along the
Menchum Valley so as to create a catchments area big enough to store water in an
artificial lake. A commonly held misconception is that it is the water from the fall
itself that will be used to generate electricity from turbines located at the foot of
the waterfall. Nothing can be further from the truth than this.

The technology of hydroelectricity does not work on water from a waterfall itself;
it works rather on water that is stored in an artificial lake which is created for that
purpose. The amount of energy that can be generated from a hydroelectric facility
depends on how much water can be
stored in an artificial lake. Such an
artificial lake will cover the whole
of the Menchum valley, requiring
the resettlement of thousands of
villagers who currently farm along
the Menchum valley. However,
such projects are becoming very
controversial with environmental
groups which can generate enough
opposition to prevent international
funding agencies from supporting
such a project.

2.103 Interconnection with the Federal Republic of Nigeria

A more recent development which is worthy of note is that the Government of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria has awarded a contract to a Chinese firm to develop a
2600 MW hydroelectric project in Taraba State involving the construction of three
dams and a 2600 MW power station in Abong. The construction of such a
powerful hydroelectric power station on the border of the BSC will almost
certainly eliminate any possibility of a similar project being undertaken in the
Menchum valley in the future.

The GBSC shall enter into negotiations with the Government of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria in order to sign an agreement by which there shall be an
interconnection from the proposed hydroelectric power station in Abong to the
electricity grid in the BSC. This shall involve constructing a high tension power line
from Abong to Nkambe.

2.104 Wind Energy

An alternative proposal for energy independence, based on renewable energy
sources is Wind Energy. This is an energy source which has not been sufficiently
explored or exploited by developing countries.

There are currently about 10 gigawatts (GW, or billion watts) of installed wind
power extracting devices in the world, with Germany and Denmark leading the
way in Europe, and the United States accounting for 1.7 GW. By far the most
common wind turbines are horizontal axis machines that look much like a
traditional windmill, but there have been many novel designs of both horizontal
and vertical axis machines. Wind turbine blades operate in a similar way to an aero
plane wing and use a lift rather than a drag mechanism, which means they are
much more efficient than their
windmill predecessors.
Efficiencies of up to 40 per cent
are quoted, but there is a
theoretical maximum efficiency of
67 per cent. In addition, a turbine
may, on average, only generate 30
per cent of the time in a given
location, due to seasonal and daily
wind variations.

Wind turbine generators are increasingly used as alternative sources of electricity
generation. They are much less harmful to the environment than other sources of
energy, but are not always practical because they require average wind speeds of
at least 21 km/h (13 mph).
Wind turbines today are typically rated at between 750 kilowatts (kW) to 1
megawatt (MW), with 2 MW machines now in production. The main components of
a wind turbine are a rotor that drives a gearbox. The gearbox increases the
rotational speed by approximately 50 times before driving an electrical generator.
The highly variable nature of the wind means that, depending on the application,
the power generated may be rectified and smoothed before being sold to the grid,
or used in a nearby facility. The wind turbine also has sophisticated hydraulic and
blade‐feathering systems to ensure optimum and safe operation.
Modern machines usually start operating when wind speeds reach about 19 km/h
(12 mph), achieve their rated power at about 40 to 48 km/h (25 to 30 mph), and
shut down in wind speeds of about 100 km/h (60 mph). The best sites for turbine
generators have annual average wind speeds of at least 21 km/h (13 mph).

Wind energy, which contributes very little pollution and few greenhouse gases to
the environment, is a valuable alternative to nonrenewable fuel, such as oil. The
most successful wind turbine generators for large‐scale power generation have
been of medium size (from
50 to 100 ft in diameter, with
power ratings of 100 to 400
kw). These are sometimes
installed in groups or arrays,
known as wind farms. Some
of the world's largest wind
farms are in California,
where wind turbines can
generate power up to about
1,120 MW (a typical nuclear
plant has a rating of about
1,100 MW). The cost to produce wind power in such applications is competitive
with many other forms of power generation.

The Republic of Ambazania is endowed with topographical conditions (compared
to other West African countries) which could enable the country to reap a windfall
in terms of energy from wind generating systems. Apart from the aspect of their
environmental friendliness, such wind systems are perpetually renewable.
Furthermore, the flexibility of their location anywhere in the country will make it
much easier to site such systems closer to rural areas which have not previously
been served with electricity, thereby making it possible to make the goal of
universal rural electrification much more easily realizable.

The GBSC shall commission a major study with the assistance of engineering firms
from countries which have experience in wind energy systems to identify potential
and favorable locations in every administrative region of the Republic of
Ambazania where wind farms can be established. A corporate body shall be setup
to oversee the construction of wind energy systems in the various wind farms to
generate electricity which shall be fed into the national grid. The multiplicity of
such wind farms throughout the country will ensure that the Republic of
Ambazania will be placed beyond the pale of vulnerability as far as its future
electrical energy needs are concerned.

Wind energy systems hold one of the keys, in a multiple key strategy, for
transforming the economy of the Republic of Ambazania, by making electricity
more affordably available in rural areas. Wherever electricity is available, it shall
be much easier to introduce the gamut of services and complementary
infrastructure which will enable schools and the public at large to plug into the
global economic systems which are increasingly driven by ICT.

2.105 Potential Sites for Wind Farms

Njinikom in Boyo
Tatum, Kikaikilaki, Jakiri, Mbiami in Bui
Nkambe,Binshua, Binka Mbot, Mbiyeh, Ndu in Donga & Mantung
Sabga, Santa, Bali in Mezam
Mbengwi, Batibo, Ngie, Ngwo, Oshie in Momo
Wum, We in Menchum

The wind farms shall be located as close as possible to the existing high tension
power lines so that the generated power shall be fed into the electricity grid. The
goal of this programme shall be to ensure that there is an installed capacity of
around 1000 MW from wind generating systems around the country.

International investors shall be invited to invest in wind energy systems as
independent power producers. Their role shall be to generate electricity from
wind systems and sell to the national grid at agreed prices. They shall be required
to install and maintain the systems by themselves and train Ambazanians in the
maintenance of wind systems.

The GBSC shall also attach high priority to the construction of a high tension
transmission line between Bamenda and Mamfe so that electricity generated from
the wind farms that shall be based at the above locations shall provide the needs of
Manyu. This power line shall also link up with the high tension line that has
already been construction from Kumba to Manyu. This interconnection with all the
cantons of the British Southern Cameroons shall be an essential first step towards
the energy independence of the British Southern Cameroons.
2.11 National Telecommunications Backbone (NTB)

The GBSC is proposing under the SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT a political and
economic blue print which will essentially make the Republic of Ambazania an
open economy which will trade heavily with the outside world. A key element of
the economic plan is to make sure that most goods entering the Republic of
Ambazania shall be free of import duty. However, fiscal revenue shall be raised
through Value Added Tax, Sales Tax, Excise tax, corporate tax, Payroll tax, Stamp
duty and other forms of imposts that can be legitimately charged on business
transactions without discouraging the inflow of investments and the creation of
jobs.

The objective is to ensure that the prosperity of the Republic of Ambazania shall be
built on a skills driven economy. As skills in the 21st century shall be built on
information and communications technologies (ICT), such skills acquisition must
be built into the curriculum at all levels of education. In order to achieve this goal
it has been envisaged that an optical fiber backbone should be laid across the
Republic of Ambazania which will link all the main urban areas and the key border
entry points. This optical fiber backbone shall make it possible to introduce and IT
intensive educational system throughout the country.

In order to place the Republic of Ambazania on the world’s information highway
and enable the country to become an effective player in the global economy, a
telecommunications backbone running on optic fiber shall be constructed parallel
to the National Highways Backbone (NHB) and the National Highways Spurs
(NHS). This ambitious telecommunications infrastructure project is aimed at
ensuring that information and communications technology (ICT) is taken to every
major urban centre in the Republic of Ambazania.

At the moment there are two main GSM operators who have deployed networks in
the BSC as part of their operations which are based in French Cameroun.
Notwithstanding the licenses which were granted to them by the government of
French Cameroun which gives them operating access to the economic space of the
BSC, it is the intention of the GBSC to consider that it has the right to issue new
licenses to any operator who wants to operate in the Republic of Ambazania.

The GBSC shall issue the number of licenses which
are compatible with a realistic market prospect for
the Republic of Ambazania. The license to be
granted shall include the right and the obligation
to lay the optical fibre backbone throughout the
Republic of Ambazania in accordance with the long
term plans of the GBSC. The optic fibre backbone
shall be connected to SAT‐3, the undersea cable
that runs from South Africa to Europe along the
West African coast. This connection shall provide
the Republic of Ambazania access to large
bandwidth on the international information
highway.

The total length of the optic fiber backbone which needs to be laid across the
Republic of Ambazania is only between 1500‐2000 kilometers. This length of optic
fiber will place 90% of the secondary institutions in the Republic of Ambazania
within reach of cheap broadband access. Such access will bring about a
fundamental revolution in the type of knowledge based economy which will bring
out the full potential of a small country of 6‐10 million inhabitants.

The optic fiber backbone is far more important and far more urgent than asphalted
roads because while asphalted roads facilitate physical communication between
Ambazanian towns only, the optic fibre will facilitate communication between
every Ambazanian with the whole world at large. The optic fiber backbone needs
to be constructed through the “bushes” and the “forest” at the beginning, if
necessary, and the asphalted roads will follow later.

The optic fiber backbone shall serve several purposes such as the following:

As a country which intends to operate an open economy, the Republic of
Ambazania intends to facilitate entry and exit to all international visitors
coming on legitimate business. However, there is a need to have effective
control of entry and exit of all visitors at land sea and air entry points into the
country. The laying of the optic fibre backbone will make it possible to link all
entry points to a central immigration control system so that effective security is
maintained at all times;
The health tourism industry will be greatly supported by a communication
system which enables connectivity with health care centers and experts around
the world making it possible for diagnosis and even surgery to be done with the
active participation of medical experts located in other parts of the world;
The banking system will also benefit from the optic fiber backbone by the fact
that they will be able to link all their branches and provide online banking
services tot heir customers throughout the country;
The optic fiber backbone will also serve the oil industry because it will enable
oil companies operating in the Republic of Ambazania to establish Virtual
Private Networks (VPN) with their home offices;
The academic institutions in the Republic of Ambazania shall be able to run
academic programmes with other universities around the world through the
availability of broadband connectivity between their faculties.
Broadband internet shall be available throughout the country enabling
Ambazanians to communicate with the rest of the world from any part of their
country.
2.12 Monetary System

2.121 Introducing a New Currency: One of the key instruments of the SOCAM
PROSPERITY PACT which the GBSC shall introduce in the Republic of Ambazania
shall be a new currency to be known as the “Ambazani”. The Ambazani shall be
represented by the symbol “Æ”. Under a proposed decimalization scheme, an
Ambazani “Æ” shall consist of 100 units of “Amba”, to be represented by the
symbol “æ”. By introducing a new currency, the Republic of Ambazania shall
regain full control of its monetary sovereignty which it lost in 1962 when the
territory was absorbed into the Franc Zone.

2.122 Demonetization of the FCFA: Concomitantly with the introduction of the
Ambazani, the FCFA shall be withdrawn from circulation in the Republic of
Ambazania. In order to effect this change, the REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA
government shall print enough Ambazani notes and mint enough Amba coins and
issue them throughout the territory of Republic of Ambazania to all economic
operators who shall in return be required to surrender their holdings of FCFA
notes and coins. The surrendered FCFA shall be tendered to the Banque des Etats
de l’Afrique Centrale (BEAC), issuing authority of the present FCFA currency.
BEAC shall in turn be required to liaise with the French Treasury in order to ensure
that the Republic of Ambazania shall be given an amount of Euros equivalent to the
FCFA at the prevailing FCFA/Euro parity under the Operations Account
Convention. As the convertibility of the FCFA is guaranteed by the French
Treasury under the Operations Account Convention, the French Treasury is
ultimately bound by virtue of the Operations Account Convention, to ensure that
the Republic of Ambazania shall be credit with the Euros as part of its international
obligations. The Euros so credit to the Republic of Ambazania shall constitute part
of its foreign exchange reserves.

The main reason why the Republic of Ambazania has chosen to pull out of the
Franc Zone is because of uncertainty over the future of this type of monetary
arrangement by which the FCFA continues to be tied to the Euro at a fixed
exchange rate guaranteed by the French Treasury, even though France itself
decided to abandon the French Franc in order to become a member of the Euro
Zone. The inflexibility of this monetary arrangement is illustrated by the fact that
at the moment, the Euro has appreciated in value against the US$ to the
unprecedented level of $1.47/Euro, the fixed relationship between the FCFA and
the Euro implies that the FCFA is grossly overvalued against both the Euro and the
US$. The persistence of this state of exchange rate overvaluation has a negative
impact on the economies of Franc Zone countries.

The Republic of Ambazania has decided to issue its own currency because full
flexibility over the control of monetary policy shall be needed to achieve the
economic goals of the SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT. However, the Republic of
Ambazania shall be prepared to consider participation in the introduction of a
common currency for the West Africa region when the time is right.

2.123 Creation of the Reserve Bank of Republic of Ambazania (RBA): The
Republic of Ambazanian legislature shall pass a special statute creating the Reserve
Bank of Republic of Ambazania which shall be charged with the functions of:
• Acting as the issuing house for the currency of the Republic of Ambazania;
• Managing the monetary policy of the Republic of Ambazania;
• Setting out the terms and conditions under which banks and financial
institutions can be established in the Republic of Ambazania;
• Managing the Foreign Exchange Reserves of Republic of Ambazania;

2.124 Monetary Cooperation between the RBA and the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN): In view of the presence of an economy of the size of Nigeria next
door to a much smaller economy in the Republic of Ambazania, it is imperative that
the RBA and the CBN should initiate discussions at an early stage in order to
determine the most ideal conditions under which a new currency can be issued in
the Republic of Ambazania without generating adverse effects on either side of the
border. As it is expected that there shall be very strong cross border trade
between the two countries, discussions between the RBA and the CBN shall
include:

Definition of the monetary value of the Ambazani vis‐à‐vis the Naira;
Close cooperation in setting interest rates;
Managing the exchange rates between the Ambazani and the Naira so that
the two currencies are mutually acceptable across each other’s border.
Managing the exchange rate between each of these currencies and a common
international currency such as the US$ of the Euro.
Pursuing a common strategy for the eventual creation of a single currency in
the ECOWAS region.

2.13 Banking & Finance

The RBA shall have the authority to license banks which want to operate in the
Republic of Ambazania. The basic requirement for issuing banking licenses shall
be that the banks shall be required to have a branch network which ensures an
effective presence in all the Cantons of the Republic of Ambazania in order to
encourage a saving culture with the rural population. It shall be further required
that the technology should be provided by the banks in order to provide online
connectivity with all their branches around the country.

These principal requirements shall determine the minimum capital that investors
must put up in order to be granted a banking license. In the first instance such
inter branch connectivity shall be provided by the installation of V‐sats throughout
the branches, but when the optic fibre backbone is finally established the banks
can link up their branches on the optic fibre platform.

The GBSC shall also introduce legislation which shall enable the banking system in
the Republic of Ambazania to attract and manage off‐shore deposits. In order to
achieve this goal the economic strategy of the SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT shall
include the constitution of healthy foreign exchange reserves which will enable all
off‐shore depositors to enter and exit the banking system of the Republic of
Ambazania.

2.14 Education
Training of a Skilled National Workforce

The economic model which REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA is proposing for the
Republic of Ambazania requires that the country should develop a highly trained
workforce. The educational system of the Republic of Ambazania shall be
conceived on the basic goals of training an educated and skilled workforce which is
able to handle the challenges of the emerging world economy. This shall be
achieved by adopting the following strategy for the three levels of the educational
system:

2.141 Universal Basic Educations (Free): In keeping with the Millennium
Development Goals set by the United Nations, the objective of the government shall
be to provide universal and compulsory primary education to all children of school
going age (612). This is an obligation of the state and the state shall make the
necessary investments in infrastructure and train the teachers in order to ensure
that all regions of the country have the facilities needed to attain the MDGs.
Foreign assistance shall be strongly solicited in order to meet the commitment to
providing UBS.

2.142 Compulsory Secondary Education (Not Free): The government shall also
impose secondary education as a basic requirement for children throughout the
REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA between the ages of 1218. However for this level of

education, the government shall pursue a policy of partnership with the private
sector by licensing secondary education to private sector operators including NGOs
and religious organizations. All licensed operators shall however be required to
operate educational institutions with boarding facilities. Existing confessional
schools shall be given strong incentives to expand their intake capacity to higher
levels. The percentage of partnership and load sharing between the public and
private sector shall be driven by the resources that are available to the state to pay
for its own share in terms of cost of infrastructure and teaching costs.

2.143 Standard Testing for Secondary Graduates

In order to be sure about the quality of secondary education which is being offered
in public and private institutions, it shall be a standard requirement that all
graduates of secondary institutions should take a standard test to assess their
quantitative as well as reading and comprehension skills. This test shall be
administered by a well‐established foreign testing service in order to be absolutely
sure about its objectivity and neutrality. The results shall be used to assess the
teaching quality of the various secondary institutions and serve the dual purpose
of an entry requirement into tertiary institutions in the REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA
as well as in foreign institutions. It shall also serve the purpose of bench‐marking
the quality of secondary education in the REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA against the
rest of the world. The testing cost shall be financed by the REPUBLIC OF
AMBAZANIA.

2.144 Quality and Competitive Tertiary Education (Fee Paying): All post
secondary education in the Republic of Ambazania shall be placed in the hands of
the private sector. However, the University of Buea shall remain in the hands of
the government. The primary role of the government shall be to ensure that entry
into tertiary institutions should be driven by competition for the limited number of
places that shall be dependent on the intake capacity of each institution.

However, in order to ensure that the intake capacity for tertiary institutions is
adequate, the government shall identify suitable locations for the construction of
new tertiary institutions throughout the country. The title deeds for land in such
locations shall be perfected by the government and given for a symbolic price to
groups which shall be licensed by the government to construct the infrastructure
required to operate a tertiary institution. Foreign organizations and corporate
bodies from various corners of the world shall be invited to invest in the education
sector in order to develop a skills capability in areas where they have already
demonstrated their experience in other parts of the world. In order to ensure
quality, all tertiary institutions shall be fee‐paying institutions which shall be free
to attract foreign students on a fee‐paying basis as well.

In order to enable the government to play its own role in the achievement of the
national goals in skills development, a future REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA
government shall devote between 3‐5% of the GDP or 20% of the national annual
budget to education, whichever is the higher. Experience has shown that
developing countries which have invested heavily in education (Malaysia,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Mauritius etc) by devoting a large
percentage of their GDP to education have achieved very rapid rates of economic
development.

2.145 Policy on Languages

Language is an important tool of communication. The economic model which is
being planned for the Republic of Ambazania requires that the entire country
should be highly extroverted. In order to achieve this goal, the strategic use of
language shall be one of the key instruments of this extroverted posture. In order
to achieve this goal, English shall serve as the languages of instruction at all levels
of education from primary to tertiary education. However, French shall be a
compulsory subject to be taught from Primary School to Secondary School. This
strategy is consistent with the geographical reality of having both French‐speaking
and English‐speaking neighbors. Notwithstanding this language policy in
education, English shall be the official and national language of business,
government, the judiciary.

However for secondary education other international languages shall be
introduced in which students must acquire basic proficiency as a graduation
requirement. There shall be a requirement to attain basic proficiency in one other
major modern language as a graduation requirement or secondary education. The
modern languages that shall be introduced for this language programme shall
include: German, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. These languages have been
selected because of the role that the respective countries are expected to play in
world economy in the years to come.

The modalities of introducing these modern languages into the educational
curriculum of the Republic of Ambazania shall be defined by the Ministry of
Education. The diplomatic missions of the respective countries shall be invited to
provide teaching materials that can be used to teach their languages in the various
secondary institutions. Language teachers shall be invited from the respective
countries under cultural cooperation programmes to provide teaching.

Similarly, there shall be a requirement to attain basic proficiency in one major
African language as a graduation requirement or secondary education. The African
languages that shall be introduced for this language programme shall include:
Arabic, Hausa, and Swahili. Language teachers shall be invited from all qualified
countries to provide teaching. The modalities of introducing these African
languages into the educational curriculum of the Republic of Ambazania shall be
defined by the Ministry of Education.
2.15 Anti Corruption Strategy

In order to ensure that the Republic of Ambazania shall be a corruption‐free
society, the government shall adopt a strategy of ensuring the civil service is well
trained and well paid. This policy shall be applied to the civil service at all levels
including the police, the armed forces, the judges, the customs etc. It is also the
intention of the GBSC that members of government should be well paid and placed
under the protective umbrella that will enable them to avoid temptations.

It is known that wage disparities between the private sector and the public service
have been responsible for attracting poor quality employees into the public service
and breeding corruption in the economy. In order to forestall this phenomenon,
the Republic of Ambazania shall ensure that the wage gap between public service
employees and the private sector should be eliminated. With the passage of time,
the public service should become an elite service which should attract premium
wages over the private sector. This will ensure that the public service remains
dedicated to providing a service which is aimed at ensuring that the private sector
will continue to expand in the future.

Secondly, a reliable pension system must be introduced which shall be managed by
independent pension fund managers who are licensed and regulated by the state.
This will ensure that when public and private sector workers reach retirement age,
they should be able to envisage their retirement with adequate social security.

This anti‐corruption strategy is intended to be preventive rather than curative.
Experience has shown that in countries where adequate preventive measures were
not put in place to forestall corruption, the diseases will slowly take control of the
entire system like a malignant cancer making it necessary to introduce curative
schemes to fight corruption as a criminal offense. When this happens it is usually
too late.

2.16 Establishment of Commissions

The areas that have been covered in the SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT are not
exhaustive. There are many other issues that require further refinement. It has
been deemed necessary to constitute commissions which will prepare and refine
government policy in many other areas.

GBSC has decided to create a number of commissions which shall be charged with
the formulation of policy directions on various sectors of the economy. The
recommendations of the various commissions shall be reviewed by GBSC and
rendered public at the right time and place. The commission recommendations
shall eventually form the basis of legislation to be submitted by GBSC to the
National Legislature for approval into law. The following commissions have been
created:

Separation Commission
Constitutional Affairs Commission
Taxation Commission
Agriculture Commission
Public Health Commission
Mining Commission
Banking & Monetary Commission
Securities & Exchanges Commission
Companies & Allied Matters Commission
National Security Commission
Advanced Technology Commission
National Brain Trust
2.17 Membership of ECOWAS

One of the key foreign policy measures that shall be introduced by the GBSC shall
be to apply for membership of the Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS). The choice of ECOWAS is based on the fact that the countries of this
zone have taken much bolder steps to promote regional cooperation and
integration amongst themselves. The second reason why the Republic of
Ambazania believes that its future lies in ECOWAS is that the indigenes of the
Bakassi Peninsula, who currently identify themselves as Nigerians, will find it
much easier to adjust to the passage of sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula to
the Republic of Ambazania, if the new country is a member of ECOWAS. The GBSC
shall hold discussions with the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in
order to establish modalities by which the indigenes of the Bakassi Peninsula who
are currently living in Cross River State as refugees shall be allowed to return to
their ancestral homes in the Bakassi Peninsula as Ambazanians.
2.18 Relations with la République du Cameroun

The Republic of Ambazania places a high value on its future relations with la
République du Cameroun. The people of Republic of Ambazania consider the
people of la République du Cameroun as brothers in the literal sense of the word.
The two people shared the same political and economic space for 45 years and the
relationship between individual families have become intertwined.

Unfortunately, the people of Republic of Ambazania have lived through situations
which convinced them that, even two twins have to live separate lives. The people
of Republic of Ambazania are convinced that the union with la République du
Cameroun failed a long time ago. We do not see our future as part of the political
system which has governed la République du Cameroun during the last 50 years.

However, the people of Republic of Ambazania have avoided the temptation to
trigger an armed revolt which could result in needless bloodshed between
innocent people. That is the reason why we conducted a signature referendum in
September 1995 in order to test the mood of our people. The response was that
they overwhelmingly want a peaceful separation. In spite of this result we waited
for another 12 years to form the Restoration Government of the British Southern
Cameroons which shall be responsible for handling the negotiations for peaceful
separation on behalf of the Republic of Ambazania.

Our intention is to ensure that there is a peaceful separation in which no one
emerges as the loser. In making this proposal we are using the people of the Czech
and Slovak Republic as our models. When the people of Czechoslovakia realized
that their union was not working, they voluntarily decided to separate the two
peoples into two separate Republics rather than to trigger another war in the
middle of Europe. The Slovak people demanded their independence from the
Czechoslovakian union which came into existence on 14 November 1918. After 75
years, the leaders of the country agreed to peacefully dissolve their union into a
Czech and Slovak Republics on January 1, 1993. The two countries are now doing
very well as separate states.

Based on our experience of the last 46 years of informal cohabitation between the
British Southern Cameroons and la République du Cameroun, we are sure that we
no longer want to live under indirect colonial rule of la République du Cameroun.
However, we do not want to trigger a costly and catastrophic war in this sensitive
region of Africa.

However, if French Cameroun chooses to use the force of arms to block the
peaceful separation of the two countries let no one be in doubt that there will
eventually be an armed conflict between the Republic of Ambazania and French
Cameroun. We intend to prepare ourselves to act in self‐defense. But such an
armed conflict will still result, without any doubt, in the eventual independence of
the Republic of Ambazania. But the terms of settlement will be much different
from those that will be achievable if both sides opt for peaceful separation.

Hence GBSC invites the government of la République du Cameroun to study this
programme very carefully in order to decide how and when it intends to respond
to our invitation to engage either directly or through third parties in negotiations
aimed at a peaceful disengagement between la République du Cameroun and the
2.19 Negotiation of Separation.

It is of paramount importance for the welfare of the people of the BSC and French
Cameroun that the separation between the two people should be peaceful and
negotiated. In this respect, the GBSC is fully cognizant of the fact that in spite of the
fact that there has never been a legal union treaty between the two territories,
there has nevertheless been a common patrimony established between the BSC
and French Cameroun during 46 years of cohabitation. It is the desire of the
people of the Republic of Ambazania that a formula should be found under a
mutually acceptable intermediary to divide this common patrimony between the
Republic of Ambazania and French Cameroun. To this end the GBSC has
established the following as the key elements of this common patrimony that
should be negotiated:

The Civil Service
The Army
The Air force
The Navy
The Police
The Gendarmerie
Diplomatic Missions
Share participation in BEAC
Share participation in BDEAC
Share participation in the World Bank
Share participation in the IMF
Share participation in the African Development Bank
Share participation in the Islamic Development Bank
Foreign Exchange Reserves of la République du Cameroun held with the
French Treasury;
SONARA
SCDP
CNPS
Oilfields that have been developed
Oilfields that have not been developed
Revenue from the Chad Petroleum Pipeline
All existing parastatals companies established since 1961
All shares owned by the state in commercial organizations
Return of Financial assets illegally transferred from the BSC to French
Cameroun in 1972;
Return of all documents and public records illegally removed from the
archives of the British Southern Cameroons in 1972;
Public Sector Debt outstanding;
The GBSC is prepared to hold negotiations with representatives of French
Cameroun on all these items of common patrimony based on the principle that
either:

All assets and liabilities shall be shared or
No assets or liabilities shall be shared.

Negotiations shall be done under the auspices of the African Union. The agreement
reached thereafter shall be submitted to the Peace & Security Council of the African
Union for adoption.

Notwithstanding our peaceful intentions, it is nevertheless necessary to state for
the record that if for any reason the Government of French Cameroun creates
conditions which lead to armed conflict between the British Southern Cameroons
and French Cameroun over the issue of separation, the GBSC wants to go on record
as taking the view that the separation under the scenario of conflict shall lead to
bloodshed on both sides and will result in the destruction of property. Under those
circumstances, the option of sharing assets and liabilities must be discarded as
being unrealizable. The GBSC shall in those circumstances accept the
consequences of the fact that the two countries shall separate without sharing
either assets or liabilities.

2.20 Relations with the Federal Republic of Nigeria

The Republic of Ambazania places a high value on its future relations with the
Federal Republic of Nigeria. The people of Republic of Ambazania consider the
people of Nigeria as brothers in the literal sense of the word. The two people
shared the same political and economic space for 45 years between 1920 and
1961.

At the moment when the Republic of Ambazania is seeking a peaceful separation
from la République du Cameroun, we see the Federal of Nigeria as being able to
play a very crucial role in making this possible. As one of the parties which are
involved in the Bakassi crisis, Nigeria has a vested interested in ensuring that the
independence of the British Southern Cameroons is achieved through peaceful
means because if the situation ever degenerates into an armed conflict, the Federal
Republic of Nigeria shall not fail to be affected by it.

It is for this reason that the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria should
use its position and influence in the region to ensure that the African Union and the
United Nations should take up the question of the self‐determination of the British
Southern Cameroons. It should also accept the British Southern Cameroons as a
legitimate interlocutor in the settlement of the Bakassi dispute because we have
shown that the British Southern Cameroons and la République du Cameroun have
never been bound by any legal agreement whatsoever. Consequently, the British
Southern Cameroons is supported by international law when it claims that it is the
legitimate owner of the Bakassi Peninsula.

2.21 Relations with France

The Republic of Ambazania places a high value on its future relations with France.
France is a very important country which continues to exercise great influence
throughout Africa and in the world at large. French companies have made
important investments in the territory of the British Southern Cameroons,
particularly in the oil & gas sector. Their knowledge of this sector demands that
the Republic of Ambazania should continue to cultivate good economic links with
France.

It is important that France should understand the desire of the people of the
Republic of Ambazania to forge a separate existence from la République du
Cameroun. The differences in political culture between the people of la République
du Cameroun and the people of the Republic of Ambazania are as profound as
those between the French and the British people. This is not surprising because
the people of la République du Cameroun and the Republic of Ambazania inherited
their political culture from France and Britain respectively. Therefore, France and
the United Kingdome which are both members of the UN Security Council should
jointly spearhead and encourage the first peaceful separation in Africa in the
interest of peace. It shall be the first of its kind in African history.

2.22 Relations with the United Kingdom

The Republic of Ambazania places a high value on its future relations with the
United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is a very important country which
continues to exercise great influence throughout Africa and in the world at large. It
is important that the United Kingdom, which was the administering authority over
the United Nations Territory of British Southern Cameroons, should understand
the desire of the people of the Republic of Ambazania to forge a separate existence
from la République du Cameroun. The differences in political culture between the
people of la République du Cameroun and the people of the Republic of Ambazania
are as profound as those between the French and the British people. This is not
surprising because the people of la République du Cameroun and the Republic of
Ambazania inherited their political culture from France and Britain respectively.
Therefore, France and the United Kingdom which are both members of the UN
Security Council should jointly spearhead and encourage the first peaceful
separation in Africa in the interest of peace. It shall be the first of its kind in
African history.

2.23 Conclusions

We have set out in this document to present our vision for the new country which
we propose to call the Republic of Ambazania. This blueprint of the principal
policies which we shall pursue is intended to mobilize the public opinion of the
people of the Republic of Ambazania into believing that such a country is not only
possible, but that its existence is in the horizon.

The document is intended for the international community which we want to
engage in constructive discussions over our future because we want the coming
into being of the Republic of Ambazania to be peaceful. However, in the event that
the situation eventually degenerates into an armed conflict, we are confident that
the international community will already know exactly what we are fighting for.
Part III
A Constitutional Framework for the
Republic of Ambazania
3.1 Introduction
As we move closer and closer to the day when the statehood of the Republic of Ambazania
will become a reality, one of the issues which we need to think about very carefully is how
we shall devise a credible and sustainable democratic system which will stand the test of
time. Many African countries are discovering that their democracy is not working. It has
become impossible to hold free and fair elections. A group or cabal has cornered political
power and it is difficult to wrestle the power away from them. People are beginning to feel
disenfranchised because their vote does not count.
The Republic of Ambazania has great ambitions to become a beacon of prosperity in Africa.
In order for this goal to be achieved, it is necessary to introduce a political system which
will make it possible to plan the development of the country and be sure to have the
support of the people behind it. Ambazania must aim at developing as rapidly as
Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and other tiny countries which have discovered how to
move it human resources at a faster pace than other countries. This requires developing a
democratic system which is unique to us; but which works so well that other countries will
be interested in discovering what we have done that works so well.
The Chinese have come up with their system which suits them. It involves selecting a
person from a very large Politburo chosen by the Chinese Communist Party which meets
from time to time to choose from its midst, the President who will lead their nation. It has
its flaws because for one thing there is no one‐man‐one vote in China. But it has not
stopped propelling the Chinese economy into the stratosphere.
The Americans have their system which involves elections for state houses of assembly,
state governors, Congressional elections for the House and the Senate and of course the
Presidency. The system has its merits and its flaws, the most notable of which is the fact
that the American system easily allows and untested person to emerge as President of the
United States. But the American system has this admirable system of checks and balances
which enables the Executive, the Legislative and Judiciary to operate quite independently.
It has enabled the United States to create the most powerful economy in the world.
The British have their famous parliamentary system which also has its unique flaw as well.
The people never really elect the person who ultimately wields an incredible about of
power as Prime Minister. Its unique strength lies in the fact that no one who is completely
unknown can emerge as the British Prime Minister.
Countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea have built unique democratic
systems which have enabled them to emerge in two generations to become economic
powerhouses, while their contemporaries in Africa have collapsed politically and
economically.
Since 1961 we have lived through the bitter experience of fake and fraudulent elections in
French Cameroun which have been bedeviled by the preoccupation and obsession with the
idea of not allowing certain groups to emerge as leaders and come to power.
The question is: what kind of democratic system do we intend to introduce in the Republic
of Ambazania which shall be so unique to our circumstances that it shall be sustainable?
The reason why this issue ought to be of concern to all of us is that those who will come
after us and who would have not understood what we went through in over 46 years in
order to achieve the statehood of Ambazania will take many things for granted.
A British politician, the late Tony Benn, proposed a test of democratic legitimacy through
the following questions:
What Power have you got?
In whose interest do you exercise it?
To whom are you accountable?
How do we get rid of you?
The democratic system which the people of the Republic of Ambazania shall eventually
introduce, as their system of government, must answer these questions in a satisfactory
and consistent manner.
3.2 Fear of Domination
The experience which the people of the BSC lived through when they were governed as
part of Eastern Nigeria was seminal because we were concerned about the issue of Ibo
domination. This is what led the government of the United Kingdom, as the Administering
Authority, to authorize the creation of the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly in 1954.
When Southern Cameroonians finally had to vote in the UN‐sponsored plebiscite of
February 11, 1961 they chose to join French Cameroun even though our preference would
have been for full independence in 1961. Unfortunately we were not given that option.
That fateful choice was made primarily because we did not want to go back to Ibo
domination in Nigeria. That choice led us to face annexation and colonization from French
Cameroun which has turned out to be the cruelest form of domination.
When the Republic of Ambazania is finally established it will only endure if it is founded on
some principles which are aimed at ensuring that no segment of our population ever again
feels that they are dominated by another group. Competition between groups is inevitable
and acceptable; but domination is not acceptable because domination always leads to
political marginalization. Unless our constitution is conceived in a way that deals
effectively with the issue of domination, our enemies shall exploit our differences to
destabilize the Republic of Ambazania and all the hopes and aspirations which we have for
making our country a prosperous place for our children shall come to naught.
3.3 Democratic Principles
It is absolutely necessary that we should lay out some enduring principles which will guide
us and future generations in making certain choices and decisions which will avert the
potholes and the traps into which many countries have floundered as a result of failure to
think through certain things in advance.
First of all we all take it as axiomatic that we intend to be governed by democratic
principles. That means that the idea of a military dictator, a King or some other type of
unelected potentate ruling over the Republic of Ambazania is completely foreclosed.
The second democratic principle is that there shall be a system by which the people
shall go about choosing through an electoral process, the people who shall be vested
with the power to govern them.
If these democratic principles are retained as axiomatic, the questions become:
How the system shall be devised so that we are absolutely sure that the choices which
the people shall make in casting ballots in an election shall effectively is reflected in the
announced results.
How can we make sure that candidates for elections are sure that they won or lost?
How can we ensure that a loser will accept defeat at the polls and shake the hands of the
winner?
In other words, what should be done in order to be 99% sure that the peoples votes
count and that it is not the counter who counts?
Herein lies the crux of the matter because many African countries have embraced
democracy without committing themselves to the idea that peoples votes must count.
3.4 The Democratic Caricature
The result of this democratic caricature is that many people are getting to power through
fraudulent elections and, as a result, do not really feel that they owe the electorate any
debt or obligation because they were never really put in power by the peoples vote.
Political leaders who lack legitimacy as a result of the fact that they got to power though
fraud have time and time again taken their countries to the doghouse. The crux of a
democratic system therefore lies in devising a method of ensuring that people in power
have been truly elected and as such will owe a debt of legitimacy to the people who put
them there.
Developing countries which have belatedly and reluctantly adopted the democratic system
have made the mistake in thinking that the problem is solved by introducing an
independent election monitoring system which goes by different names in different
countries. Unfortunately, that is not true. In many cases, it turns out that the independent
election monitoring system was merely superimposed on a structure with which it is
incompatible. It requires that many other pieces in a sociopolitical and a socioeconomic
jigsaw puzzle should fit together before a democratic system becomes sustainable.
3.5 Performance vs. Identity Politics
A genuine democratic system is a political system where the people punish governments
which perform poorly and sustain those which perform well. Such a system is
characterized by free and fair elections because those who win know what they have to do
to be retained in power. Those who lose also know what they have to propose in order to
be the preferred party the next time around. Losing elections is not the end of the world
because the system will guarantee a level playing field the next time around. This is what
has been identified as performance politics. This is the hallmark of truly democratic
systems.
Many developing countries are still operating a system where loyalty to the government in
power is maintained regardless of whether it performs or not. The government thus sees
its obligation as to reward its party stalwarts with patronage in order to ensure their
continued loyalty. Those who are in opposition are forever consigned to the status of
opposition and even enemies of the government and stand no chance of ever getting to
power. This is what has been identified as the politics of identity. In the politics of identity,
it is not possible to hold free and fair elections. Indeed the politics of identity is antithetic
to democracy.
It is clear that when a government in power is retained regardless of its performance the
country cannot advance economically. Ultimately, everyone including the most loyal person
to the ruling party must become poor. The politics of identity will always ruin a country in
the long run. So the question is how can a country manage the transition from the politics
of identity to the politics of performance?
The people of the Republic of Ambazania have experienced nearly 47 years the cruelest
form of the politics of identity in French Cameroun. Two individuals, namely Ahmadou
Ahidjo and Paul Biya managed to maintain themselves in power for a combined period of
over 50 years, in spite of the fact that their performance did not justify it. The result is that
the people of the Republic of Ambazania and of French Cameroun are poorer today than
they were 25 years ago. All over the Republic of Ambazania and la République du
Cameroun, the level of poverty has reached a level never seen before.
The Ambazanian people see themselves as having been some of the primary victims of this
type of politics. Indeed it is because of its impact on their lives that the drive for separation
became stronger and stronger with every passing year that the two peoples were together.
The challenge facing the Republic of Ambazania shall be how to design a constitutional
system which will ensure that the politics of performance is solidly anchored from the very
beginning into the foreseeable future.
Key Elements of the Constitution
Here are some of the ideas which SCAPO believes must be considered in order to ensure
that the Republic of Ambazania shall become democratic and remain democratic for
generations and generations to come:
3.6 System of Autonomous Cantons
The Southern Cameroons had 13 administrative divisions under the 1996 constitution of
French Cameroun. It is proposed for effective administration that the country should be
broken into the following cantons:
Canton Capital
1 Ako Aya Widikum
2 Bakassi Akpabio
3 Boyo Fundong
4 Bui Kumbo
5 Kilum Oku
6 Donga Nkambe
7 Fako Victoria
8 Kupe Manenguba Nguti
9 Lebialem Fontem
10 Mantung Ndu
11 Manyu Mamfe
12 Meme Kumba
13 Menchum Wum
14 Mezam Bamenda
15 Momo Mbengwi
16 Ndian Mundemba
17 Ngokitunjia Ndop
18 Nsangri Binka
The idea of autonomous cantons is not intended to create a federation because a federal
structure is the result of the coming together of entities which were not previously
associated. However, the idea of fiscally autonomous cantons is intended to ensure that
the power to legislate, tax and spend in certain key areas which affect the daily lives of the
people is devolved to the people to the lowest level that is fiscally prudent. This will
enable development to take place at the grassroots level throughout the country. The
principle behind this idea is known as subsidiarity. This is a key element in the political
jigsaw puzzle which is intended to ensure that no segment and not part of the country
should feel marginalized or left out.
3.7 The Bakassi Peninsula
The indigenes of the Bakassi Peninsula are currently living in refugee camps in Cross River
State in Nigeria. This is the fate to which they were consigned by the Greentree Accord
which requires that those indigenes of the Bakassi Peninsula who do not wish to be
Camerounians should leave and be resettled elsewhere. The people of the Republic of
Ambazania have rejected the Greentree Accord because it has no basis under international
law. They also reject the accord on moral grounds because it is not morally acceptable that
a people should be forced, without any process of consultation, to abandon their ancestral
homes in order to facilitate the implementation of an agreement which has no basis under
international law.
When the statehood of Ambazania is restored, they shall be entitled to return to their
ancestral homes in the Bakassi Peninsula to continue their lives as Ambazanians. This is
the message which SCAPO has already communicated to the leaders of the Bakassi
Peninsula. The certification of the indigenes for citizenship shall be done by the traditional
rulers of the Bakassi Peninsula. The constitutional framework of the Republic of
Ambazania shall make the Bakassi Peninsula an autonomous canton.
3.8 Cantonal Control of Elections
The element of novelty in the cantonal system that is being proposed for the Republic of
Ambazania is that the cantons shall have full autonomy to organize and conduct all
elections at the cantonal level for people to serve at the cantonal level as well as at the
national level. This makes it completely unnecessary to have any centralized election body
at the national level. Whenever the electoral process is controlled at the center, sooner or
later someone will come to power and try to use it to perpetuate himself in power. That is
the reason why it is absolutely necessary that each Canton should have the full powers to
conduct all elections within the Canton, whether it is for Cantonal Councilors, National
Assembly, National Senatorium or Presidential Elections. Each political party’s role is to
file the names of its candidates and place them on the ballot in each Canton and let the
Cantonal government do the rest.
The Cantonal Electoral Commission shall be responsible for maintaining a voter’s register.
This will enable each canton to call an election on any subject at any moment that the
canton finds it necessary. Some cantons may even find it necessary to conduct a
referendum on a subject that is peculiar to them. These are some of the important features
of the concept of autonomy for future cantons in the Republic of Ambazania.
3.9 The Signature Balloting System (SBS)
Elections as a mechanism for selecting leaders and conferring on them the power to
govern has become such a critical exercise in the governance in countries that a way must
be found to ensure that all elections pass the following test:
Every citizen who has the right to vote cannot and should not be denied the opportunity
to vote for any spurious reasons;
The fact that a citizen has exercised his right to vote, and how he or she voted, must be
verifiable;
What the voters have decided through the voting process must correspond to the result
that is announced;
It should be made impossible for anyone to contrive successfully to commit electoral
fraud;
The Republic of Ambazania should introduce the most credible electoral system in the
world;
The question which we want to address is what kind of electoral system can the Republic of
Ambazania introduces which will satisfy all of the above conditions?
A new electoral system shall be introduced which will ensure that elections are truly free
and fair. The new system shall be known as the Signature Balloting System (SBS). By the
Signature Balloting System, the electorate shall be required to proceed to voting booths
where, instead of casting a ballot into a box, they shall instead be required to sign their
names or thumbprints against the candidate of their choice.
The Signature Balloting System shall be organized in such a way that each voter shall be
required to provide some relevant identify information about themselves into pre‐
determined data fields before signing or affixing their right and left thumb prints. Those
who can sign their names shall append their signatures into a signature box and then affix
their left thumb print into the relevant box. Meanwhile those who cannot write shall affix
their right thumb print in the signature box and their left thumb print in the relevant box.
The Signature Balloting System has the advantage that it is 99% fraud proof because there
will be a permanent verifiable record of how each person voted. The Cantons shall not be
required to spend any money printing ballot papers in order to conduct elections because a
Signature Balloting Sheet shall serve that purpose.
The results of any voting station shall be known instantly at the end of the day and the
collation of results from all cantons can be done within a few hours. The results of any
election shall be archived for posterity. It can also be transformed into database format
enabling researchers and politicians to study and understand voting trends and patterns.
Indeed the introduction of the Signature Balloting System in the Republic of Ambazania
shall be the greatest political innovation since the introduction of democracy as a form of
government by the Greeks.
3.10 Role of the Clergy in the Electoral System
As all elections shall be conducted independently by each canton, it is proposed that the
Cantonal Electoral Commissions should be chaired by the Clergy. The Republic of
Ambazania is a deeply religious country where over 95% of the population is of the
Christian faith. Most Ambazanians either profess to be Catholics, Protestants, Baptists,
Methodists, Jehovah Witnesses, 7th Day Adventists, etc. The religious leaders from all these
denominations can be relied upon to be fairly neutral personalities who can serve as the
chairmen of the Cantonal Electoral Commissions. They shall be the ones solely responsible
for announcing the results of elections conducted in a canton.
3.11 Cantonal Administration.
Each canton shall elect a Cantonal Council which shall govern the affairs of the Canton. The
election of the Cantonal Council shall be on the basis of a list system which shall be formed
by each political party. The number of seats of each canton shall be determined by the
constitution which shall the minimum number and the maximum. A system of
proportional representation shall be introduced for the cantonal council so that in case no
party is able to garner an absolute majority of votes for the Cantonal Council, the seats shall
be distributed amongst the various political parties in direct proportion to the votes which
the parties have garnered. This will ensure that there are checks and balances in the
management of the resources which are allocated to the canton from the NSA.
The Cantonal Council shall superintend the expenditure of resources allocated to the state
from the NSA and for the collection of additional revenue which accrue to the canton in
authorized areas. The Cantonal Council so elected shall elect a Chairman of the Cantonal
Council. The Chairman so elected shall be Governor of the Canton. Generally speaking, the
more autonomous the canton is allowed to be administered, the more united the country
itself will be because no Ambazanian will feel that anyone is coming to impose their way of
life on their backyard or their front yard.
3.12 The National Solidarity Account (NSA)
The Republic of Ambazania shall have a National Solidarity Account (NSA) into which all
fiscal revenue of the country shall be paid. From the NSA the revenue shall be allocated to
the National Government and to the Cantonal Governments in accordance with certain
principles that shall be adopted by law. The amount of money to be allocated to cantonal
government shall be based on a formula that shall include population.
The NSA is a necessary ingredient of a sustainable democracy because this is the only way
to ensure that every part of the country gets an annual revenue allocation from the central
pool of resources so that the basic developmental needs of the population are taken care of.
The sad experience which we have had from the association with French Cameroun is that
for 45 years, we have seen how year after year, the resources of the country were high
jacked by the government in Yaoundé and used almost exclusively in favor of certain
provinces to the total neglect of the rest of the country. It is largely for this reason that
most towns in the Republic of Ambazania are not connected by all‐season motorable roads
to the present day. This mistake cannot be allowed to repeat itself in the Republic of
Ambazania.
3.13 Balanced Development
The idea of the creation of autonomous cantons in the Republic of Ambazania will lead to
the desired results provided that all the cantons are linked together by adequate transport
and telecommunications infrastructure. SCAPO has proposed a National Highways
Backbone (NHB) and a National Highways Spurs (NHS) consisting of a network of roads
which shall be built to the same standard to link all the cantons of the Republic of
Ambazania. The construction of roads should never be presented as a favor which the
government is doing to a region or a canton. The construction of a road network is
intended to ensure that the country as a whole functions as one single economic entity and
enables all the regions of the country to contribute to economic growth.
SCAPO has also proposed the construction of an Optic Fiber Backbone (OFB) to link all the
cantons of the Republic of Ambazania. The OFB shall be laid along the tracks of the NHB
and the NHS. The role of the OFB is to ensure that all the cantons are connected to the
information superhighway which will make it possible to develop an economic system
which is driven by information and telecommunications technology (ICT). The NHB, NHS
and the OFB are the platforms on which the government of the Republic of Ambazania can
ensure that there is balanced development throughout the territory.
3.14 Contribution to the National Cake
Many ethnic and regional tensions have arisen out of the sentiment that the resources and
the wealth of the country are coming from one section of the country. Over the decades,
large numbers of people from the northern cantons of Ambazania have settled in southern
cantons as a result the development of plantations in coastal regions following the
expropriation of lands from indigenous populations and the deliberate strategy of the
plantation owners of importing non‐indigenous labor for these plantations. The
development of an economy which is too dependent on oil & gas or forest exploitation has
also given rise to tensions because such natural resources are native to geological
provinces which are governed by the laws of nature and not man.
The Republic of Ambazania must develop and economic strategy which ensures that the
economy is driven by the use of factors of production and resources which are found
everywhere. A people‐oriented economic strategy which emphasizes the development of
human skills is one of the key approaches for ensuring that contributions to economic
growth can be generated by the population wherever they are based. SCAPO is proposing
among its economic strategies the following:
The expansion of the oil palm industry in the cantons of Donga, Fako, Ndian and Manyu
(Ako Aya) so that the Republic of Ambazania can produce up to 1 million tons of raw
palm oil per year;
Development of Wind Farms in the Cantons of Donga, Mantung, Bui, Mezam, Boyo,
Momo, Menchum, Kilum to generate electricity from wind turbines. The Republic of
Ambazania has the unique topography to become a major producer of electricity from
wind energy, part of which can be exported; this will be the main strategy for reducing
dependence of electricity from la République du Cameroun. It is planned that wind
turbines can be made to produce as much as 1000 ‐2000 Megawatts of electricity in 10
years, enabling the Republic of Ambazania to become a net exporter of electricity;
Exploitation of timber in Manyu
The development of oil & gas off‐shore and onshore;
The development of an IT based service industry in all cantons.
3.15 Democracy and Demography
If the principle of one‐man one‐vote is to be accepted as axiomatic, then this requires that
the population of the country should be known as precisely as possible. Many developing
countries have gone through great lengths to doctor census results simply because the true
results would have shown population trends which are unfavorable to those who are in
power. The doctoring of census figures is actually the first step towards electoral fraud. If
the Republic of Ambazania is to have an enduring democratic system, it must first and
foremost have accurate population statistics about itself. The number of people who are
living as residents in a canton must be known precisely and such information as their
canton of origin must also be known.
3.16 Nationality
An Ambazanian shall be any person who was born of Ambazanian birth or who has
naturalized in the Republic of Ambazania in accordance with the naturalization procedures.
In order to be considered as an Ambazanian by birth, the person must be certified as such
in his village of origin by the traditional ruler(s) of that village. The village of origin
principle shall be defined according to the origin of either parent. In other words one can
be considered to be an Ambazanian by birth through their mother or through their father,
but not necessarily both. This means that anyone whose father is originally from Douala
and whose mother is originally from Mbengwi can claim Ambazanian nationality by birth
through the Canton of Momo. However such a person must renounce their nationality of
the République du Cameroun. In the case of indigenes of the Bakassi Peninsula, it shall be
required that upon accepting Ambazanian nationality, they should renounce their Nigerian
nationality.
That certificate shall be absolutely essential in proving the ancestry of that person. Persons,
who cannot prove their ancestry by obtaining that certificate, must apply for citizenship by
naturalization. In that process they must first choose a village or town of adoption. That
town or village shall be where such naturalized persons shall be registered to vote. This
naturalization procedure is intended to ensure that a person seeking to be naturalized
must choose a canton which shall accept them before the process can go forward. The
naturalization procedure shall be defined in such a way that it is transparent but it shall
take at least five years from the date of application to become a full citizen of a canton.
Ambazania is a small country in terms of its geography. It shall be required that all
Ambazanians should register to vote only in their canton of origin or citizenship. This will
force all Ambazanians to pay more attention to the rate of development of their cantons of
origin.
Persons who migrated a long time ago from one canton to another canton in Ambazania
may apply for citizenship in the canton or village where they have settled for long. Cantons
which accept such applicants shall be increasing the population base on which their share
of revenue from the NSA shall be calculated. However, such persons, once accepted as
citizens of the canton shall also have the right to vote and be voted for in that canton.
3.17 Citizenship and Nationality
There shall be a distinction between the notion of Citizenship and Nationality. Citizenship
shall be defined in relation to the canton. But nationality shall be defined in relation to the
country. For example a man shall be an Ambazanian national but a citizen of Bakassi or
Menchum Canton.
All Ambazanians shall have the right of residency anywhere in the Republic of Ambazania.
This means quite simply that they have the right to live and be protected by the law
enforcement agencies wherever they may wish to be for reasons of business, schooling or
employment. However, they shall only exercise their rights of citizenship in their cantons
of citizenship.
3.18 Bicameral Chamber
The Republic of Ambazania shall have a National Assembly and a National Senatorium.
For the National Assembly, the number of seats to be allocated to each canton shall be
based strictly on its population. However, each canton shall have the same number of seats
in the National Senatorium. The functions of these two chambers shall be defined by the
constitution.
3.19 Dispersion of the three Branches of Government
SCAPO has proposed in its political and economic blueprint that the capital of the Republic
of Ambazania shall be in the Bachuo Akagbe in the Canton of Manyu. But he National
Assembly and the National Senatorium shall remain in the historic town of Buea.
Meanwhile the Supreme Court and other institutions which are linked to the judiciary shall
be moved to the Canton of Donga & Mantung. Meanwhile the Reserve Bank of Ambazania
shall be located in Bamenda.
This physical dispersion of the three branches of government is intended to ensure that the
three will be truly independent. Secondly, it will ensure that Ambazanians will get used to
traveling the length and breadth of the country in order to acquire a holistic view of the
country’s development. Thirdly, it will avoid the syndrome which has been created when
all the institutions of the state a re located on one town, leading to the feeling that some
citizens are “indigenes” while others are “strangers or settlers”. An Ambazanian must feel
that he is at home wherever he is in the Republic.
3.20 Parliamentary vs. Presidential System of Government
Experience has shown that the root cause of electoral fraud which has become the most
dangerous and recurrent form of corruption on developing countries is the introduction of
the Presidential system of government. This system of government calls for the choosing of
a President through a nation‐wide poll which calls for one‐man one‐vote throughout a
nation. Experience has shown that the Presidential system shifts far too much power into
the center of government and the temptation for the acquisition of these powers has
become the root cause of the decline of political accountability.
The other weakness of a Presidential system is that it has been shown to be incapable of
protecting minorities against domination. Once an individual acquires Presidential powers
at the center, the tendency is to do everything to maintain himself in power for life and to
rig elections and otherwise commit any level of fraud necessary to remain in power.
The introduction of the presidential system also requires the imposition of term limits.
This inherently introduces instability because there must be a change in leadership and
direction when a new president is elected. These changes in leadership will eventually
always result in change of policies. This can lead to the creation of a climate of uncertainty
for investors who need to make long term commitments.
The advantage of a Presidential system is that an emerging country may need a fairly
strong leader to hold the country together at a time when many things can go wrong.
The parliamentary system has the merit that the voters are only required to elect their
representative to the National Assembly or the National Senatorium as the case may be.
And it is the party that finally selects who the Prime Minister should be.
This system has the advantage that all elections will remain a local affair and this makes it
much easier to ensure that it remains corruption and fraud free. The effort to maintain a
corruption free parliamentary system will be even more successful if single‐candidate
constituencies are carved out in various cantons so that the risk of contagion is eliminated
as any fraud will be limited to one constituency. It also has the merit that the voters only
vote for people whom they truly know and not for someone from a distant canton who may
come from time to time to make electoral promises which will never be kept.
The other major advantage of the parliamentary system is that it avoids the instability that
is imposed by term limits in the presidential system because the same person can remain
Prime Minister or Chancellor as long as his party continues to have a majority in
parliament. Even if the party with a parliamentary majority decides to change the Prime
Minister, there will still be continuity in policy because the same party will continue to
govern with the same policy platform.
Countries which have benefited from the policy stability of the parliamentary system are
Singapore and Malaysia where the same party has been in power for many years having
been reelected by the voters as a result of the prosperity which the party and the
leadership has brought for the people.
Based on all these consideration, it is the belief of the GBSC that a parliamentary
system provides the best guarantees of political and constitutional stability
needed for the success of the Socam Prosperity Pact.
3.21 Council of Traditional Rulers (CTR)
Each canton in Ambazania shall have a Council of Traditional Rulers (CTR). Membership of
the CTR shall be by birth right and by succession in accordance with the rites and traditions
of the culture of the people. The traditional rulers shall be strictly prohibited from getting
involved in partisan politics. The other principle governing the CTR is that there shall be
equality amongst the traditional rulers based on the concept of one stool and one cup.
The total number of stools in the CTR shall be limited by law so that the traditional rulers of
that canton shall decide amongst themselves which among them shall be entitled to occupy
one of those stools. The traditional rulers so constituted shall have a constitutional role in
the country because they shall elect a Chairman of the CTR for a period which shall be
determined by law.
One of the important aspects of the CTR is that it will always be made of individuals
(traditional rulers) who are indigenes of the area and sons of the soil. While the Cantonal
Council will eventually reflect the diverse composition of people who have settled and live
in the Canton, ultimately the CTR determines this mix because it is the CTR which will
decide who can become an Ambazanian by being given citizenship in the canton. The CTR
is therefore a key instrument for ensuring that no canton will eventually be controlled
politically by unwanted outsiders.
Some of the functions of the CTR shall be to define the rules governing the certification of
Ambazanians for citizenship and for applications for naturalization by foreigners that have
chosen their canton for residence and citizenship. Development everywhere in the world is
frequently driven by foreigners. It shall be up to each canton to decide how friendly they
want their canton to be towards foreigners who want to naturalize and settle down as
Ambazanians. If they want to become just residents, the CTR will decide what their rights
in the canton are. If the foreigners find that one canton is not too friendly towards
foreigners, they are free to seek residence and citizenship in another canton which is
friendlier.
But the catch is that the more people a canton has, the greater their share of the resources
from the NSA. However, anyone who is eventually given citizenship in a canton must also
be given the right to vote and be voted for.
3.22 National Council of Culture and Tradition (NCCT)
All the CTRs of the various Cantons shall meet from time to time in one single forum to be
known as National Council of Culture and Tradition (NCCT) to discuss various
constitutional issues that shall fall within their competence. One of the functions of the
NCCT shall be to elect two of their peers to the positions of President and Vice President
and Head of State of the Republic of Ambazania.
3.23 How to Choose a Head of State.
The Republic of Ambazania should consider two options for choosing a President:
(1) Full Presidential System: Ambazanians can consider the introduction of a
Presidential system, subject to certain checks and balances such as the idea that the power
to elect a President resides with each autonomous canton independently. Any presidential
system which will depend on elections being controlled by a central electoral body will
eventually be corrupted by power hungry people who will come to power and not want to
leave. On the other hand a cantonally‐based electoral system will require that each canton
shall cast its ballot separately for candidates that are registered by political parties for the
post of President.
The election of a President is an extremely important act of national investiture which must
be conducted in such a way that is verifiable and leaves no room for doubt as to the
conferment of democratic legitimacy on the winner. It is proposed that if the Ambazanian
people should opt for a Presidential system of government, the election of the future
President of the Republic of Ambazania should be done by Signature Balloting System
(SBS).
(2) Ceremonial Head of State: In a parliamentary system, the Executive powers rest with
the governing party under the leadership of a Prime Minister or Chancellor. However, the
country still needs a ceremonial Head of State who is the symbol of the state. It is proposed
that as an alternative to the full Presidential system, Ambazania should also consider the
introduction of ceremonial Presidency.
The NCCT shall be required to meet in secret to select two of their fellow traditional rulers
to become the ceremonial President and Vice‐President of the Republic of Ambazania. The
process by which they go about choosing one of their peers to be President and Vice
President shall be completely secret and shall remain strictly a royal matter. Their only
obligation is to make sure that they emerge from their conclave with a President and a Vice
President who have been chosen by their peers. The traditional ruler so elected shall
become the Chairman of the NCCT as well as the Head of State of the Republic of
Ambazania.
This is the method which shall ensure that traditional rulers are involved in the affairs of
the state without becoming involved in partisan politics. Traditional rulers must always
maintain their dignity. This will also ensure that the quality of people who are chosen as
traditional rulers throughout the country will improve because each traditional ruler will
become a potential Head of State.
The selection of a ceremonial Head of State from the NCCT should be for fairly short term of
office (e.g. 1‐2 years) so that the position shall rotate between many traditional rulers in
the country. Their role shall be very clearly stated under the constitution. If the
presidential term of the selected traditional ruler is made to last too long, it could create
the impression that some traditional rulers are more important than their peers.
Meanwhile the executive powers shall remain with the Prime Minister or Chancellor whose
party has a parliamentary majority.
3.24 Constitutional Nomenclature
In order to underscore the idea that the Republic of Ambazania is embarking on the
founding of a new nation based on a unique set of principles and ideas, the GBSC shall
propose as part of the new constitution the adoption of a unique nomenclature to designate
certain key positions in the political system of the country. The following guidelines shall
be used to the position designations:
Common Designations Ambazanian Nomenclature
President (Head of State) President (Head of State)
Vice President Vice President
Prime Minister (Head of Government) Executive Chancellor (Head of Government) of
the Republic) (EC)
Deputy Prime Minister (Deputy Head of Executive Vice Chancellor of the Republic (EVC)
the Government)
Ministers Executive Secretaries
Minister of Finance Executive Secretary of the Exchequer
Secretary General in the Presidency Executive Secretary Policy Coordination
Ministers of State (Vice Ministers) Executive Vice Secretaries
Permanent Secretary Permanent Secretary
Member of Parliament (MP) Delegate of the People (DP)
Senators Senators
House of Assembly House of Assembly
Senate Senatorium
In view of the role that shall be played by traditional rulers in the constitutional system of the
Republic of Ambazania, there is a need to develop a common nomenclature for all the
traditional rulers in the country. Although they are known in some places as chiefs and in
other places as Fons, they are all considered everywhere by their subjects as “Father of the
People”. For this reason the constitution shall require that all traditional rulers should be
known by their formal titles as follows:
His Royal Highness Chief/Fon First Name, Second Name, Father of the People (FOP) of
Village.
For instance:
HRH Chief Victor Nfon Mukete, FOP, Kumba
HRH Fon Mbinglo, FOP, Nso
HRH Fon Fogum Gorji Dinka, FOP, Widikum
HRH Chief Arrey, FOP, Ossing
HRH Chief Endeley, FOP, Buea
HRH Fon Angwafor III, FOP, Mankon
HRH Fon Abumbi III, FOP Bafut
HRH Fon Polycarp Ndiboti Ngwayi, FOP, Tabenken
HRH Chief Fowanko, FOP, Ntem
3.25 Political Parties and Freedom of Association and Assembly
The freedom of association and assembly shall be enshrined as basic rights under the
constitution. This is the basic right which will enable Ambazanians to associate with
themselves to form political parties. Once formed, it is up to the political parties to
organize themselves in order to establish a national footprint in every canton and to have a
following throughout the Republic of Ambazania. While the freedom of association will be
unrestricted, it will be quickly discovered that it is useless to try to create too many
political parties because all elections are contested at the local level only in this system. By
restricting elections to a contest between candidates at a local level, this will result in the
emergence of no more than two or three strong political parties in the whole country. The
country will be guaranteed to have a strong opposition system which will keep the
democracy alive.
When elections are due for the National Assembly or the National Senatorium, the political
parties will organize themselves in order to choose their candidates for the various seats in
each canton. Beyond that the actual election shall be conducted by each canton and the
results announced separately by each canton.
3.26 The Role of Law Enforcement Agencies
Experience has shown that the arming of the police force is always the beginning of the
police state. Furthermore, where cops are armed, robbers will eventually become equally
armed. In many countries where electoral fraud has become the order of the day, it is an
armed police force that is usually deployed to implement the fraud. Similarly, where the
citizens are unreasonably denied the right to assemble or to demonstrate, which are
considered as fundamental rights in any democratic system, it is usually an armed police
force that is used to enforce the denial of the democratic right to assemble.
So challenge is this: what are some of the ground rules that can be adopted in a developing
country so that there is a balance between having a law enforcement agency which has the
means to provide security to the population without arming it to the extent that it becomes
or can be used by unscrupulous politicians to obstruct or impede the functioning of a
democratic system? SCAPO is proposing that the future constitution of the Republic of
Ambazania should be drafted to reflect the following features:
The Armed Forces shall be appropriately armed, but they shall be confined to their
barracks unless when they are mobilized to perform their constitutional duties of
protecting the territorial integrity of the Republic of Ambazania;
The Police Force shall be primarily responsible for providing security to the
population in the towns and on the highways; while they must be highly mobile and
equipped with anti‐riot gear, they shall not be armed.
On the other hand there shall be an armed Mobile Wing Police force, primarily
restricted to barracks, which shall be specially trained to intervene only in crisis
situations where the use of force becomes necessary; the modalities for calling out the
Mobile Wing Police force and its rules of engagement shall be defined by law;
There shall be a Frontier Police Force (separate from the immigration or customs
service) which shall be stationed along the land, air and sea frontiers of the Republic of
Ambazania and it shall be fully armed;
There shall be no law enforcement organization similar to the Gendarmerie which has
been used and misused in most French speaking countries in Africa and which has had
a very negative role in the lives of the Ambazanian people since October 1, 1961.
The possession of Den guns for ceremonial purposes shall be unrestricted and not be
subject to any licensing. However, the possession of any firearms which fire projectiles
shall be subjected to strict licensing conditions.
This policy of guns and law enforcement is intended to ensure that throughout the Republic
of Ambazania, the citizens are adequately protected. However, they shall feel free from the
overwhelming presence of gun carrying law enforcement agents in their day to day lives.
3.27 The supremacy of the Courts and the Judiciary
In order to underpin all the structures that will be built from the cantons to the national
level, there will have to be a credible judiciary whose objectivity in interpreting the law is
beyond question. As such when the courts issue a ruling, its immediate and full application
or appeal to a higher court are the only two possible options. When this process reaches
the Supreme Court, its ruling is final and binding. The bedrock of any democratic system is
the courts.
3.28 Adoption of the Constitution by Signature Balloting System (SBS)
The importance of the constitution requires that there should be a special procedure for
adopting it by the people. It is proposed that the constitution should be adopted by the
Signature Balloting System so that there is physical evidence of the number and identity of
all eligible voters who sign from every canton of the country. The record shall be preserved
for posterity. Similarly, amendments to the constitution should also be voted by the
Signature Balloting System in every canton of the Republic. This will also serve as a
reliable check of the voting population in every canton of the country.
It will be recalled that the Signature Balloting System was first used in the signature
referendum of September 1995 which has become one of the vital pillars on which the
Republic of Ambazania has built its case for independence. That is because this mode of
consultation has made it possible for the people’s verdict of 1995 to be preserved,
consulted and used later. This referendum result shall be available to any international
bodies which want to consult it in order to verify the basis of the legitimacy on which the
independence of the Republic of Ambazania was proclaimed on August 14, 2006.
3.29 Conclusion
We have seen many cases in history where countries have fought to become free from
domination by external forces just to find themselves trapped by some other forces which
were not expected simply because there was no effort to think through certain problems in
advance. As the Republic of Ambazania moves closer and closer towards the restoration of
its statehood, the greatest danger facing the country after independence shall be how to go
about introducing a system of government which satisfies the aspirations of all
Ambazanians. How should we protect those who fear being dominated by others? How
can we make sure that an Ambazanian feels at home wherever he is in the territory? How
can we ensure that many people who have lived in Ambazania for generations do not
continue to be called foreigners?
SCAPO has endeavored to produce this constitutional preview document in order to
educate the population and the rest of the world on the fact that one of the reasons why the
union between the Republic of Ambazania and French Cameroun failed was because the
two people have totally different visions as to how they want to govern themselves. The
people of the Republic of Ambazania and French Cameroun have been trapped in a system
of identity politics which has made it possible for two individuals to remain in power for
over 50 years. As a result the two countries are literally dying of poverty after 47 years of
political association. The people of the Republic of Ambazania have finally decided that “It
is better for two brothers to live apart than for them to die together”.
SCAPO has decided to go public with these ideas so as to sensitize Ambazanians on the
need to start reflecting on theses very important issues. These are the ideas which those
who shall be charged with drafting the constitution of the Republic of Ambazania must take
into account so that the constitution shall be the fundamental law on which we can
transform the Republic of Ambazania into a beacon of prosperity.

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SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT (Draft) The Economic, Political & Constitutional Plan for Republic of Ambazania

2.1 Economic Goals 17

2.82 Culture Tourism 36

2.21 Relations with France 69

(ii) Origins of Quest for Self-determination of the BSC.

1.1 The official Name of the Country

vehicle for mobilizing international support from international investors who

Under the colonial occupation of French

SONARA: Production of Petroleum Products (000’ tons)

The GBSC wants to participate in the

2.11 National Telecommunications Backbone (NTB)

2.12 Monetary System

Training of a Skilled National Workforce

REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA between the ages of 1218. However for this level of

2.15 Anti Corruption Strategy

2.17 Membership of ECOWAS

2.18 Relations with la République du Cameroun

2.19 Negotiation of Separation.

2.20 Relations with the Federal Republic of Nigeria

3.7 The Bakassi Peninsula

3.13 Balanced Development

3.17 Citizenship and Nationality

3.22 National Council of Culture and Tradition (NCCT)

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SOCAM PROSPERITY PACT (Draft) The Economic, Political & Constitutional Plan for Republic of Ambazania

2.1 Economic Goals 17

2.82 Culture Tourism 36

2.21 Relations with France 69

(ii) Origins of Quest for Self-determination of the BSC.

1.1 The official Name of the Country

vehicle for mobilizing international support from international investors who

Under the colonial occupation of French

SONARA: Production of Petroleum Products (000’ tons)

The GBSC wants to participate in the

2.11 National Telecommunications Backbone (NTB)

2.12 Monetary System

Training of a Skilled National Workforce

REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA between the ages of 12­18. However for this level of

2.15 Anti Corruption Strategy

2.17 Membership of ECOWAS

2.18 Relations with la République du Cameroun

2.19 Negotiation of Separation.

2.20 Relations with the Federal Republic of Nigeria

3.7 The Bakassi Peninsula

3.13 Balanced Development

3.17 Citizenship and Nationality

3.22 National Council of Culture and Tradition (NCCT)

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REPUBLIC OF AMBAZANIA between the ages of 1218. However for this level of