He was secretary to the presidency and prime minister of Cameroon at the height of the political and social crisis of the 1990s. Sadou Hayatou managed the political transition and the hardship of ghost towns.
Under the presidency of Paul Biya, he was Minister of Agriculture from August 22, 1983 to August 24, 1985, Minister of Planning and Regional Development from August 24, 1985 to December 4, 1987, and Minister of Finance from December 1987 to September 7, 1990. In this last position, he distinguished himself by negotiating an economic recovery program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank3. In 1990, he was appointed Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, a position he held until his appointment as Prime Minister, when the latter was reinstated on April 25, 19913. He then had to face a wave of protest unprecedented, marked by a general strike as part of the “dead city” operations launched by the opposition.
The daily La Nouvelle Expression returns to recall to the collective memory “What revealed a former PM”. Sadou Hayatou confided to a journalist that “when we want to bury a file in Cameroon, we create a commission of inquiry. More than 30 years after this revelation from one of those closest to President Biya, this outing remains brilliantly topical. With the endless scandals in which the country is deeply mired’
For the time being, and while waiting for a new government, the battles are heating up as much as this wait becomes long. The Seraglio is in turmoil. The daily newspaper Le Messager talks about “A test of the nebulae”. Ideal candidate for the chronicle of forfeiture proclaimed by pharmacies and doomed to loathing at the dawn of a new government, the Minister of Finance is at the service of the Republic… and of the President.
At the hospital, medical errors are raging. Cameroon Tribune, the daily with public capital protests “We must stop the bloodletting”. The death a few days ago of an infant in a medical center in Yaoundé and numerous medical accidents that regularly occur in other health facilities in the country have serious consequences on the health of patients and the lives of certain families. Failures that concern the public authorities and call on the nursing staff to be more aware and vigilant.
As much as harmful cosmetics are resisting on the market “Marketing continues”. To the great displeasure of consumer health, On March 30, 2023, the Minister of Public Health published a list of 328 lightening cosmetic products dangerous to health. Unfortunately, a few weeks later, these cosmetic products continue to be marketed under the admiring gaze of the authorities. Written Daily Echos Health
On the Execution of the Planut in Douala: “The Minhdu retrocedes the backs from the Pges”. According to Afrique Performance This Thursday, April 06, 2023, Minister Célestine Ketcha Courtès personally proceeded to the retrocession of donations to the populations, in compliance with the institutional standards of the environmental and social management plan (ESMP) relating to the work of the Planut. In addition to the works and constructions and the equipment offered to the Bonassama Hospital and the public school, the 56 blocks received hygiene and sanitation equipment.
