ILD 2025: Social Dialogue and Decent Work on Prime at MINFOPRA

The strive for a peaceful Cameroon is the central theme of the celebration of the 139th edition of the International Labour Day at the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reform. The week-long activities, which were on the agenda for this year's celebration, kicked off with a fitness exercise that gave way to an edifying educational talk on April 29, 2025.

The talk, which drew a large crowd from the staff of MINFOPRA's central and devolved services, was moderated by the Director of General Affairs, Mr. MBALABOUOM Arsène Alexis. Participants were encouraged to work on their self-esteem and resilience as essential ingredients for stress management and frustration at the workplace.

The culmination of the celebration was a grand march past on the 20th May Boulevard on May 1, 2025. Speaking at the after-party ceremony, the Delegate of Personnel, Mr. MATIP MATIP Nicolas, acknowledged the hierarchy for appointing three directors as public agents regulated by the labor code but requested a relative equilibrium in the distribution of salaries for public agents of this category.

As customary, the ceremony saw the administrative and financial award of the best staff of MINFOPRA for the central and devolved services. After receiving their rewards of 50,000 FCFA each for the best staff of their sub-departments, Mr. KABITHA Jean of the sub-department of Mail Delivery and Liaison Service received the sum of 1 million FCFA as the best staff of MINFOPRA for the year 2025, while Mr. Reyang and Mr. KOUNG Victor of the Discipline and Litigations Division and the Division of National Coordination of SIGIPES, respectively, received 200,000 FCFA and 300,000 FCFA as second and third runner-ups.

Reacting to the words of the Delegate of Personnel, Minister Joseph LE, in his speech for the occasion, listed the innovations that have been put in place for the improvement of the working conditions of MINFOPRA staff. He spoke about the revision of the general status of the public service, which is underway and aims at achieving administrative and financial equilibrium for all corps of the Cameroon public administration. He saluted the contributions of all MINFOPRA staff to the establishment of the AIGLES application, which is greatly appreciated by the senior hierarchy of the Presidency of the Republic.

In pursuance of continuous improvement of the well-being and welfare of the staff, he announced the reduction of the cost of food sold at the MINFOPRA restaurant from 2,000 to 500 FCFA. As expected, the celebration ended with gastronomic feasting and lively animations.

✍️ Diane D. MAFOR
CELCOM-MINFOPRA