| No going forward for Nyos survivors |
| Written by Jude Viban |
| Wednesday, 25 August 2010 15:56 |
 BAMENDA—Survivors of the gas-escape that killed 1,700 people and 3,500 livestock around Lake Nyos on August 21, 1986, marked the 24th anniversary of the tragedy at the weekend with another call to be resettled.Presently they live in camps miles away and are forced to move, sometimes going away for weeks, to till fertile lands around the lake.
Lack of any infrastructure like waster and healthcare services in the place they once called home means they are stuck in temporary shelter, where conditions are described as dire. It’s been 24 years and the people now fear they have been forgotten by the nation. Authorities began de-gassing the lake but locals are unsure if the process has made the lake safe enough. The government promised to set up basic infrastructure to get survivors back to their homeland but the promise is yet to be kept. The United Nations Development Programme made a huge contribution to the resettlement effort but it is only recently that the government allocated money. There was no official ceremony even though the survivors held an event in the area last Saturday. 
 
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