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# 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
CAMPAIGN SPEECH BY H.E. PAUL BIYA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND CANDIDATE OF THE CAMEROON PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (CPDM), TO THE PEOPLE OF THE FAR-NORTH REGION.
Maroua, 7 October 2025
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- The Governor of the Far-North Region,
- The President of the Far-North Regional Council,
- The Mayor of Maroua,
- The Far-North Regional Campaign Coordinator and Speaker of the National Assembly,
- Administrative, Traditional, and Religious Authorities,
- Ladies and Gentlemen,
I extend my heartfelt thanks to the Mayor of the City of Maroua and the other speakers who have spoken today, for their kind words addressed to me, my wife, and the delegation accompanying me.
- People of the Far-North Region,
- Ladies and Gentlemen,
- Dear friends,
I am deeply touched to see that so many of you have come to meet me.
Thank you for your warm welcome. Thank you for your affection. Thank you for the support you have continued to show me, year in, year out. Despite the daily challenges, despite the false omens, the slander, the fabrications.
Yes, dear friends. You have remained loyal to the institutions since my accession to the highest office. You have remained rock-solid in your commitment to me. You have remained steadfast in your support of my efforts to make our dear and beautiful country, a land of peace and prosperity.
This does not surprise me.
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I know your courage and your commitment. I know your sincerity. I know your loyalty.
I feel good among you.
You are aware of my attachment to your Region, to its daughters and sons. You are aware of my sensitivity to the problems you face. You are aware of my frankness and my sincerity.
I have come to speak to you, from the heart, to tell you once again, face to face, how much you mean to me and how much I care about you.
I am well aware of the problems that are of concern to you. I am aware of the unfulfilled expectations that make you doubt the future.
Based on my own experience, I can assure you that these problems are not impossible to overcome.
Youth unemployment is a scourge that affects your region, but also all the other regions. Moreover, it is not a specifically Cameroonian problem. No country in the world is spared by it.
However, we must not resign ourselves to it. Commendable efforts have been made in recent years to offer our youth more employment opportunities in the public service and in the various sectors of our economy. We have scored remarkable successes. We will keep up these efforts. I am resolutely committed to them.
As I speak, the teams I have set up are working tirelessly on innovative ideas that will definitely enable us to drastically reduce this phenomenon.
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I will never resign myself to the current situation. I will not rest until significant progress has been achieved in this area.