Ndahi

Son of Patrick Muluh Teneng NDAHI'LI

[Ndahi @ndahi237]

Who was Pa PATRICK MULUH TENENG “NDAHI’LI” aka CHUNGONG MUKUNDA?
It’s normal to say whatever goes up, must surely come down. This is because of the Earth’s gravity. It’s so strong, it does all it can to keep everything in this environment. Likewise, your environment will do everything to tie you down, to keep you where you are. It takes an almost impossible amount of will, to break free from the environment you are born into. Your environment could be a certain tradition, or even the conditions you are born into. Breaking free is for those who can do the impossible. If you are born in a community where a lot of people smoke, there's a 99% chance you'll be a smoker. Most people born into poverty, most likely remain in poverty, fewer to no opportunities for financial growth, fewer to no opportunities for personal development etc. The environment you are in, will do all it can to keep you there.
But I know of someone who overcame everything his environment did to keep him down, and prevailed.
Most houses for rich people were constructed with mud bricks and the medium class did their construction with wooden plank. The ones soaked in poverty used grass and bamboo for their houses.... that’s the home where Ndahi’li was born in. Education was a myth to people born in this condition. The school fees which in today’s terms will sound like child’s play was next to impossible for his family. So, his early childhood, he learned how to hunt and tap palm wine and would carry these to far off distances where merchants would come and buy. Could collect about 20 litters of palm wine and sell maybe at 25frs if it was a good day. He sold common items like brooms he made and farm products he grew. He would also lend his head to carry goods, which accounted for his major source of income. Slowly, he saved up enough to put himself through primary school. Often being sent from school for incomplete and sometimes no fees at all.
After passing the Common entrance exam and acquiring his FSLC, he knew it was time to work in the big cities. His heart was set for Bamenda, which at the time was the city of gold. He trekked all the way to Santa, where he jumped on the back of a truck heading for Bamenda. For the first time he had to leave his village and move to Bamenda. I remember hearing that when he arrived Bamenda at commercial avenue, and saw so many cars, so many buildings, even heard music playing on loudspeakers. He was so overwhelmed with joy that he and his friends started dancing in the streets. Imagine being a secondary school student and that's your first-time hearing music that's not bottle dance (music played with bottles).
In Bamenda is where he began working as a truck pusher, working at the Mobile Nkwen vicinity and sometimes at commercial avenue. He couldn’t afford a house to live in at the time and would spend most nights sleeping in public shades where it wouldn’t rain on him. Along with pushing trucks, he worked at construction sites as a sand boy or cement mixing machine, as he was popularly called. Holiday was soon over, and it was time for secondary school. The lone secondary school he could attend was City College of Commerce Mankon. Not wanting to jeopardize his school fees, he decided to trek from the village to Bamenda where he would later complete studies there in 1979. After High school studies at GHS Mbengwi in 1988, he proceeded to the then University of Yaounde. Moving to Yaounde wasn't easy. Because his father was mostly ill at the time so he had to work double to be able to afford university while ensuring he could afford his father's treatments. He worked at this point mostly at construction sites and subsequently learned how to drive. He soon became a taxi driver, and this is how he saved up for university. The one room house he could afford didn't have electricity, and he didn't have a bed. His mattress was a second-hand dormitory mattress he purchased and kept on the floor, with one pair of shoes and a kerosene stove he used for cooking. Collecting his first university presidential prim, he upgraded the house from a grass house to a zinc house, molding the mud bricks himself and constructing the house. This was such a huge upgrade to the house. It indicated a big status change. He graduated after four years of study with a Post Graduate Diploma in Geography; later qualifying as a professional geography teacher after two years of studies at the Highter Teacher Training College Yaoundé.
His professional career began at GBHS Bamenda in 1994 where he was posted to teach geography. Most students called him “BATISTA”, a name that stayed until the very end. Students called him this because of his huge figure. Most students swore he was an “iron lifter” at the gym due to his huge muscles, not knowing it’s years of truck pushing and mixing concrete cement at the chantier that built his body. His figure is a testament of all the hardship he went through. He later served in various capacities at GHS Kwang Pinyin, GHS Mankon, then GHS Fonfuka, GBHS Bamendankwe, GBHS Fundong and GHS Abuh as either Senior Discipline Master, Vice Principal or Principal. He was very active in the Cameroon GCE Board where till his demise, he was an Assistant Chief Examiner for Advanced Level Geography. The Honourable Minister of Secondary Education recognized the hard work and dedication he had to improving the educational system of Cameroon and appointed him Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education for Boyo on the 12th of September 2022.
Apart from school, he sponsored and spearheaded various community projects in different areas of the country including bringing water, electricity, and schools to entire communities. The name “Chungong” was bestowed upon him by the Menka palace for his excellent nation building projects, he successfully executed.
He served as the President of various organizations including the MGV credit union, Menka Solidary Club while also holding other top leadership positions in others such as the North West Geography Teachers Association.
At the time of his passing (27th October 2023), he was the Divisional Delegate for Secondary Education, Boyo Division.
Coming from the slumps, going through an unimaginable level of hardship and ending up at the Divisional Delegation is a true testament to the legend that he was.
He was a devout Christian of Presbyterian Church in Cameroon and kept a very prayerful life. His hobbies included farming, animal rearing, music, hunting, reading, and banking.
His life is a great inspiration. He was the only male child with 8 sisters, shouldering the responsibility of his family and that of his sisters. Growing up, we’ll have at least 30 people living under his roof.
His legacy will live on.
May his Soul rest in perfect Peace, as he has passed on to eternity.

[Ndahi @ndahi237]

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[Ndahi @ndahi237]

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[Ndahi @ndahi237]

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Worthy of note;

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But before then, get acquainted with the website.
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Steady on the grind…👩‍🏫

[Ndahi @ndahi237]

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Designed by NDAHI.

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[Ndahi @ndahi237]

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[Ndahi @ndahi237]

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[Ndahi @ndahi237]

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[Ndahi @ndahi237]

@yokwejuste That's interesting. By tool you mean a device or an application?

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