Dschang, December 12, 2025
A Necessary Critique: When Diplomas Serve the Ego Rather Than the Nation
Dear Compatriots, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Comrades, Dear Pan-African Fighters,
Abdoulaye Wade's resume is impressive: born in 1926 in Saint-Louis, degrees in mathematics, physics, law, economics, philosophy (Besançon, Grenoble, Dijon), doctorate "Very Good" in 1959, agrégé in 1970, dean of the Faculty of Law in Dakar, over 20 honorary doctorates (from Bordeaux to Harvard). Leader of the opposition for 27 years, founder of PDS in 1974, elected president in 2000 (58.5%).
Yet, this intellectual arsenal failed Senegal. An expert in political economy and international law, Wade could have created a "Senegalese Marshall Plan": post-colonial reconstruction inspired by 1945, centered on agriculture, industrialization, and rural inclusion. Instead (2000-2012): nepotism, corruption, pharaonic projects. The African Renaissance Monument (50m, North Korea, $27M, 35% tourist revenues for his "intellectual property") symbolizes excess, while 40% of rural populations live in poverty, electricity is precarious, agriculture stagnates, youth unemployment >20%, food imports soar.
A proponent of the "peasant clause" in Lomé, initiator of the 1973 African Charter on Economic Cooperation—why no structured plan? NEPAD a dead letter, agrarian reforms expropriate the Serer, commodity prices explode, poverty stagnates (54% in 2001 → 47% in 2011). Obsessed with honors (Houphouët-Boigny UNESCO 2006), he imprisons opponents, muzzles the press, attempts a third term in 2012 (M23 insurrection). These diploma-holders prioritize the personality cult over public service.
Senegal pays the price: youth unemployment >20%, galloping inflation. Africa deserves leaders who multiply opportunities!
Our Pragmatic Response: The Cameroonian Marshall Plan (PMC)
To avoid this trap, RDPF-KUMZSE proposes the Cameroonian Marshall Plan (PMC), estimated at 300,000,000,000,000 FCFA. Inspired by the 1945 Marshall Plan but adapted to Cameroonian realpolitik, it rejects piecemeal IMF/World Bank loans (captive to foreign interests) in favor of sovereign pooling:
- MRH1: Human Resources (agronomic engineers, agricultural technicians, farmers).
- MRF2: Financial Resources (merchants, business men/women, diaspora).
- MRN3: Natural Resources (traditional chiefs, land chiefs).
Full-scale IRAD studies → boost national agricultural production. Large granaries for storing harvested products. Processing via agro-industry/food processing. +10 million jobs in 30 years. Food self-sufficiency + economic, financial, and monetary autonomy.
*The 5 Pillars of the PMC:*
- Agriculture and Food Security: Modernization of cocoa/coffee/banana via peasant cooperatives equipped with agro-industrial technologies → self-sufficiency + value-added exports (70% local processing).
- Green Industrialization: Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Douala, Garoua, Foumban, Nanga-Eboko, Menoua, Bamenda, Kumba → agro-food, renewable energies (Logone hydroelectricity, Sahelian solar), steelmaking → 1 million jobs in 10 years.
- Inclusive Infrastructure: Road/rail network (Kribi port extension, low-cost Yaoundé-Douala TGV), 100% rural electrification by 2035, funded by Cameroon's sovereign wealth fund.
- Education and Youth: Massive training of 500,000 apprentices/year in STEM/entrepreneurship + pan-African startup incubator → youth as engine of innovation.
- Governance and Sovereignty: National Development Fund (FND): 20% of extractive revenues (oil, cocoa, timber, minerals), audited by a citizen commission → equitable redistribution anti-corruption.
Cameroonians! Our assets (biodiversity, youth, geostrategy) + pragmatism (lessons from Senegal: no isolated projects/nepotism) = sustainable development. Join the PMC for a prosperous, united, sovereign Cameroon!
Cordially,
Dr. NDEMMANU Antoine De Padoue, Ph.D.
Emeritus President RDPF-KUMZSE
Former Presidential Candidate October 12, 1997
Contact: (+237) 690 922 056 / 670 655 614.
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