17/06/2026
This is a laudable initiative.
My sincere appreciation goes to the Prime Minister, Head of Government, His Excellency Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute, a distinguished statesman and a remarkable leader.
We respectfully look forward to similar interventions for State Registered Nursing - SRN, and most especially at the National School of Local Administration - NASLA.
About 144 medical doctors in Cameroon who were denied entry into the civil service after finishing their studies in 2020 have finally been given a chance.
Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute approved their recruitment during a meeting with the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms and other Ministers in Yaounde on Tuesday, June 16.
The doctors started their training in 2013 but did not complete their studies before 2020, when the government stopped the direct hiring of trained practitioners.
They had complained after some of their classmates were employed while they were left behind, prompting a meeting chairs by the PM and attended by the Ministers of Public Service, Higher Education and Health.
"The situation was that they could not enter directly into the public service, and the problem has been solved today," said Joseph Le, Minister of Public Service. "The Prime Minister instructed that all of them should be hired."
Low pay and poor working conditions in private hospitals push many doctors and other health workers in Cameroon to seek jobs in the public service.
But over the years, public sector jobs have become fewer, as the government stopped direct recruitment of doctors, teachers and other professionals trained at specialized government schools.
Even though there is a severe shortage of doctors in the country, decent jobs remain hard to find for medical doctors after they finish a grueling seven-year training.
The Prime Minister's latest order may not solve the employment problems of all young doctors and other job seeks in the country, but it will give these 144 doctors some relief.
