U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet Garvey paid a working visit to the Advanced Institute of Public Management last Thursday.
The United States Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet Garvey, has hailed Cameroon government’s steps in fighting corruption in the country. She made the remark last Thursday during a working visit to the Advanced Institute of Public Management in Yaounde. The visit, which is the first of its kind by a US Ambassador, is fruit of excellent relations that exist between the United States Embassy and the Advanced Institute of Public Management. Speaking during the occasion, the Director General of the Institute, Lawrence Effiom Eyo, said the Institute has been benefiting from the generosity of the diplomatic mission for over a decade. This was highly manifested between the years 2000 and 2004 by gifts in form of documentation, participation of ISMP teaching staff in seminars organised by the American Cultural Centre on themes such as the fight against corruption, democratic governance, the state of law, among others.
For her part, the U.S Ambassador said her visit was to discuss transparency and ethics in public administration. According to her, Cameroon has taken some positive steps in fighting corruption but much work remains to be done. She said educational institutions like the Advanced Institute of Public Management hold an important position in the overall anti-corruption campaign of every country. The Ambassador said the U.S Government is committed to support Cameroonians in the pursuit of better management practices and transparency. Each year, the U.S. Embassy sends a number of government officials, civil society activists, journalist and parliamentarians to the U.S. for programmes on the themes of accountability, transparency and good governance. The U.S. Ambassador used the occasion to donate 50 books on management, corruption, good governance, democracy, finance, human rights, communication and business as well as two computers to help upgrade the school library.
Elizabeth MOSIMA
