Poverty Phenomenon of the Anglophone Crisis

   

   The armed conflict in the North West and south west regions of Cameroon,  now referred to as the Anglophone crisis, began in November 2016 with corporate demands from common law lawyers and teachers of the English subsystem of education.
  This crisis fast metamorphosis and  escalated into an armed conflict displacing many and affecting several sectors of live, including the Economic Sector as some business owners in the South West region say.

  According to Madam Nana, a shop owner at the mile 14 neighborhood of Buea, numerous lockdowns and ghost towns have greatly affected her business. She says unlike before the crisis where one could sell and clearly see profit, the situation is different now this is not the case since as turnover has drastically fallen since 2016.
   This according to her has further complicated things  in her business and at home. She find it difficult to pay rent, buy food and cater for her children,  because of the almost zero turnover. She say clients mostly propose to borrow and some who succeed to borrow, never get to pay back, on the persistent complain of lack of money.
    She adds that the crisis retards business growth because they are few buyers and food stuffs get spoiled in their store, and even those who borrow find it difficult to pay back or run away for fear of being addressed legally
   Moreover, business women in mutengene market who sell food items like cocoyams, plantains, bananas and others say they are really suffering because of this crisis. To them, going to farms and cheaper markets in villages like Ekona, Ekondo- Titi is very risky due to insecurity, consequently poor famers who can't get their goods to the market are left to suffer poverty. They tend to buy in nearby markets and reduce the quantity of food stuffs they buy. This has reduced their turnover and their standard of living.
   In addition, manager of the Cable Network Mile 14, Mr David Ngassa says that this crisis has terribly reduced their turnover in such a way that they had to reduce their personnels and salaries. He said more than 50% of subscribers have been disconnected,  because of the inability to pay their bills,  they only complain of hardship and poverty.

   He affirmed to the fact that poverty is getting worst each day and the percentage of their profit has been reduced by 75% of what they gain out of the business.
   Nevertheless, all what these business people wish for is normacy and a lasting solution to this crisis. They want their business to grow so that they could live well, healthy and equally send their children to School.