(Business in Cameroon) - The only candidate for his own post during the designation of the new executive body of the National Confederation of Cotton Producers (CNPCC), Ousmanou Oumaté was returned to the helm of the organisation. He will be seconded by Bebnoné Payouni, the confederation’s former Secretary General and newly appointed Vice-President. The new Secretary General is Mr. Temwa. Ibrahima Sissinvou will be the CNPCC’s Wealth Custodian.

This organisation has a membership of some 250,000 cotton farmers, all under the umbrella of Société de développement du coton (Sodecoton) in northern Cameroon.

For his three-year term, the new executive head of the CNPCC promised to work to increase national cotton production which has been around 230,000 tonnes for a few years now. He also committed to improving farmers’ living conditions.