Chams Inaugurates World's Largest Digital Centre
This Day (Lagos)
NEWS
31 October 2008
Posted to the web 31 October 2008
By James Emejo
Lagos
The world's largest digital mall, ChamsCity, has been inaugurated in Lagos.
The launch earns Nigeria an enviable position in the Guinness Book of World
Records and upsets the previous record setting location in New York.
The ChamsCity ICT centre has 1,000 computers housed in a single building as
against the 670 computers in the centre in New York.
Speaking at the commissioning, Executive Vice-chairman, National Communications
Commission (NCC), Engr. Earnest Ndukwe, said the centre will offer a major
source of empowerment in terms of access to modern information society.
He identified the lack of Citizens' Identification as one of the greatest
challenges facing the country and expressed optimism that the new facility
would assist the commission's current effort at registering all telephone
subscribers in the country.
He said Nigeria has been on a steady path of growth in ICT since the inception
of democracy and commended indigenous software experts for developing products
with both local and international appeal.
Ndukwe also called for enhanced ICT training programmes in higher institutions
of learning in other to provide the needed manpower requirements for the
digital age. He however, congratulated the management of Chams Plc for having
the vision of revolutionizing ICT in the country.
The centre enables processing and activation of a wide range of transactions
simultaneously and offers electronic platforms for mega banking transactions,
e-ticketing, e-recruitment, large scale registration, video conferencing and
digital meetings, business support services and payment of bills and
procurement of services among others.
Managing Director, Chams Plc, Mr. Demola Aladekomo said the centre will
constitute a major influence to global technology, adding that communities
would be affected in such a way as to glorify God.
He said ChamsCity will pioneer a cashless digital way to transact business in
the country.
Entry into ChamsCity is through acquisition of citizenship-one who is
authorized to transact business in the digital hall.
Through the registration process, the centre captures bio-data, finger prints
and photo of prospects and thereafter, issues a unique identification
comprising individual mobile number as personal identification number and
finger print.Its citizens also gain access to systems through finger print
identification.
The mega centre is also equipped with ATMs and ChamsAccess Terminals.
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From: Godlove Mburlih <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:56:14 AM
Subject: RE: [camnetwork] IF Biya were Dead, who Becomes new Commander-in-chief?
"(2) The President of the Republic shall be elected for a term of office of 7
(seven) years. He shall be eligible for re-election once."
This is the famous article 6:2 that has just been changed to read "He shall be
eligible for re-election. ", hence the unlimited terms.
The president of the senate now has max 60 days to hold presidential elections.
Godlove
--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Clint Bay <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:
> From: Clint Bay <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>
> Subject: RE: [camnetwork] IF Biya were Dead, who Becomes new Commander-in-
> chief?
> To: "camnet work" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com>
> Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 6:01 AM
> CAMEROON'S CONSTITUTION says in article 6;
>
> "
> Article 6
> The Presidency
>
> (1) The President of the Republic shall be elected by a
> majority of the votes cast through direct, equal
> and secret universal suffrage.
>
> (2) The President of the Republic shall be elected for a
> term of office of 7 (seven) years. He shall be
> eligible for re-election once.
>
> (3) The election shall be held not less than 20 (twenty)
> days and not more than 50, (fifty) days before the
> expiry of the term of the President of the Republic in
> office.
>
> (4) Where the office of President of the Republic becomes
> vacant as a result of death, resignation or
> permanent incapacity duly ascertained by the Constitutional
> Council, the polls for the election of the
> new President of the Republic must be held not less than 20
> (twenty) days and not, more than 40 (forty)
> days after the office becomes vacant.
>
> (a) The President of the Senate shall as of fight. act as
> interim President of the Republic until the new President of
> the Republic is elected. Where the President of the Senate
> is unable to exercise these powers, the shall be exercised
> by his Vice, following the order of precedence.
>
> (b) The interim President of the Republic - the President
> of the senate or his Vice - may neither amend the
> Constitution nor the composition of the Government. He may
> not organize a referendum or run for the office of President
> of the Republic.
>
>
> Prof. Billy
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.comFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] comDate:
> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:38:55 -0400Subject: Re: [camnetwork] IF
> Biya were Dead, who Becomes new Commander-in- chief?
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> The Speaker.
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> In a message dated 10/30/2008 10:12:14 P.M. Pacific
> Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] com writes:
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> Camnetters,
>
> I'm not sure I know who becomes president if Biya were
> incapacitated or dead? The Prime minister or the Speaker of
> the House of Assembly.
>
> In the meantime, I haven't known sleep since this
> rumour broke out. If it were true, we should only pray that
> there's no struggle for power. We've had enough to
> 'Rwandadise' .
> By the way, I hope Biya lives long enough to see how a
> country is being ruled.
>
> The SON
>
>
> "...Any political, socio-economic blueprint geared
> towards the total emancipation of the Cameroons is
> meaningless should it not contain some 'latent plan'
> to ripple through and overwhelm(engulf) the entire African
> continent... " Raymond Akoson
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 10/30/08, Manu Tayong
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:
> From: Manu Tayong <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>Subject: RE:
> [camnetwork] Douala Airport - A Very Long LayoverTo:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.comDate: Thursday, October 30, 2008,
> 7:37 PM
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> The chair that doubled as a bed for Abdul and Mahesh at the
> Douala International Airport
>
> "Last week the CHAIR ...'above" was flown to
> the presidential palace in Etoudi. Why? Because It Was
> Loaded with Diamonds from Central AfricaRepublic. "
> (BensAwaah)
>
> Very funny Ben!!!
>
> "Self-government won't work without
> self-discipline, " Paul Harvey“Be fearful when others
> are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” Warren
> E Buffett--- On Thu, 10/30/08, Bens Awaah
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:
> From: Bens Awaah <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com>Subject: RE:
> [camnetwork] Douala Airport - A Very Long LayoverTo:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.comDate: Thursday, October 30, 2008,
> 10:25 PM__________ __ _________ _________ __
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com; thinkexchange@
> yahoogroups. com;
> CreatiViews@ yahoogroups. com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com
> > From: dibussitande@ gmail.com
> > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:32:02 -0500
> > Subject: [camnetwork] Douala Airport - A Very Long
> Layover
> >
> >
> > Douala Airport - A Very Long Layover
> >
> > by lexigrant
> >
> >
> > Tuesday, Oct. 28
> > Douala, Cameroon
> >
> > Douala airport officials are known for demanding
> bribes from foreigners
> trying to leave the country.
> >
> > But two South African men I met in the airport while
> waiting for my flight
> told me a story that trumps all the rest.
> >
> > The men joined me in a small air-conditioned lounge
> attached to the
> airport's lone restaurant, where I was killing time
> before my 2 a.m. flight
> to South Africa. We were the only three people there, and
> we chatted while I ate
> a plate of spaghetti, one of the few items on the menu. We
> quickly realized that
> all three of us were going to South Africa, albeit on
> different flights.
> >
> > "I hope we get home tonight," said the man
> who had told me his
> name was Abdul. He started to laugh. "God willing,
> we'll get home
> tonight." Then he turned to me and added, "They
> kept us here in the
> airport for a week, you know."
> >
> > I almost choked on my noodles. "What?"
> >
> > "They wouldn't let us leave," Abdul said
> with an accent that
> sounded both South African and Indian. "We slept in
> this airport for a
> week."
> >
> > "What do you mean, they wouldn't let you
> leave?" I asked, my
> eyes growing wide.
> >
> > Abdul began recounting the tale, which had started two
> weeks prior when he
> and his friend Mahesh were on their way to the Central
> African Republic. The
> trip was for business; Abdul was a diamond cutter who
> planned to buy stones in
> the CAR, and Mahesh was going along as his partner. They
> had no plans to visit
> Cameroon and stopped in the airport only to change planes.
> >
> > But when airport officials, while inspecting the
> men's travel
> documents, noticed they had an invitation from a diamond
> company, the officials
> insisted they pay a fee in order to board their plane to
> the CAR. Not a small
> bribe: 4,000 Euros.
> >
> > At this point in the story, Abdul paused to put his
> head in his hands, and
> then he began to laugh, as though he still couldn't
> believe the absurdity of
> what happened next.
> >
> > He and Mahesh refused to pay the bribe, he said, and
> the uniformed men
> wouldn't let them leave. They missed their plane that
> day, as well as the
> next five flights that left the Douala airport for the CAR
> that week.
> >
> > By now I had started laughing, too. This was just too
> ridiculous. I
> pictured them in the bare-bones Douala airport, with its
> lone pathetic
> restaurant, dirty floors, unbearable heat and hard,
> uncomfortable chairs. I
> thought of that Tom Hanks movie, the one where the main
> character is stuck in
> the airport for what, months? A year? Even spending that
> much time in the
> airport in the film, with all its amenities, would be
> preferable to spending a
> week in the Douala airport.
> >
> > "Where did you sleep?" I asked, giggling.
> >
> > "Over there," Mahesh pointed through the
> glass. "There is
> one cushioned chair in this airport. I'd sleep on the
> chair and him on the
> floor until he started to get angry, then we'd
> switch."
> >
> > Now I was really cracking up, and since it was obvious
> the story amused
> me, the guys continued with more details. They clearly
> enjoyed relaying the
> ridiculous tale, probably because it was the first time
> they had talked about it
> with anyone other than each other. They hadn't been
> able to communicate with
> most people in the airport because they didn't speak
> French.
> >
> > "Oh, everyone in this airport knows us!"
> Mahesh said
> theatrically. "The police, they kiss our cheeks! The
> women who clean the
> floor, they say hello! Let me tell you, before this fiasco
> I would have done
> anything to make love to a woman who spoke French, just to
> hear her speak to me
> in the language. But now, after this trip, if anyone,
> anyone speaks French to
> me, I will throttle them!"
> >
> > "And it gets worse!" he continued.
> "I'm a vegetarian!
> What do you think they have on the menu here that's
> vegetarian? Bread! Bread
> and butter!"
> >
> > In perfect timing, the waiter then entered the room to
> take my empty
> plate. "Have these men really been sleeping here in
> the airport for a
> week?" I asked in French, giggling.
> >
> > "Yes, they have been here," the waiter
> responded. And then, with
> a serious face, "They don't like hotels."
> >
> > At that, I laughed for a full 30 seconds before I
> could speak. "Did
> you understand what he said?" I asked my new friends.
> >
> > They shook their heads, no.
> >
> > "He said you don't like hotels!" I
> announced, and the three
> of us doubled over laughing, howling like drunkards,
> knowing the airport staff
> thought they preferred this "dump," as Mahesh
> called it, to a proper
> hotel.
> >
> > In between hoots, Mahesh offered what I was hoping he
> would. "You
> have to see the chair!" he cried.
> >
> > We walked our laughing selves through the restaurant,
> around 20 or so
> Swedes in fatigues, out to an empty hall. And there, next
> to a sliding door that
> opened to a concrete balcony, sat a lone cushioned chair,
> its black covering
> torn to reveal the white stuffing inside.
> >
> > [http://farm4. static.flickr. com/3296/ 2983893672_
> 02d95f615e_ m.jpg]
> >
> > The chair that doubled as a bed for Abdul and Mahesh.
> >
> > "That is where you slept?" I howled. The
> men, still amused that
> I was so caught up in their story, posed for a photo, both
> of them sitting in
> the chair. And then Mahesh walked out to the balcony like
> he apparently had done
> so many times before.
> >
> > "It's perfect for inhaling plane
> exhaust," he said.
> "And if you take off your shoes and walk on the tiles,
> it's like
> reflexology! "
> >
> > The men finally were able to leave the Douala airport
> a week after they
> had arrived, but only after the diamond company and several
> CAR government
> officials intervened. They spent a week conducting business
> — "After all
> that time in the airport, we got to the hotel in the CAR
> and the shower had only
> one knob! No hot water!" Abdul said. — and were now
> on their way home,
> stopping again on layover through the Douala airport.
> >
> > [http://farm4. static.flickr. com/3063/ 2983042247_
> 2ef348ec9d_ m.jpg]
> >
> > Mahesh (left) and Abdul in their chair.
> >
> > We finished the chair photo shoot and headed together
> toward our gates,
> Mahesh pointing out where I needed to pay my departure tax
> and the office of the
> airport director. "I could write a book about this
> dump," he said.
> >
> > After all three of us made it through the security
> check, we said goodbye,
> and I headed in one direction toward my gate, they in the
> other.
> >
> > I hope they made it home. I hope they're reading
> this blog post from
> the comfort of their living rooms in South Africa, and not
> still taking turns
> sleeping on Douala airport's one cushioned chair.
> >
> >
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