(Business in Cameroon) - The Cameroonian Ministry of Public Procurement has just launched the first restricted international calls for tenders, to award contracts to carry out road construction projects planned in the 2015-2017 three-year Emergency Plan, run by the Cameroonian government since last year.

According to texts from the Ministry of Public Procurement, these contracts represent a global amount of FCfa 192.2 billion, including FCfa 178 billion for the construction works, against FCfa 14.2 billion for the work monitoring operations.

In total, these works will consist in paving 356 km of roads in five regions of Cameroon. These are the Central, South-Western, Extreme-North, Littoral and Eastern regions. The latter 2 regions will benefit from the longest stretch with respectively 95 and 90 km.

With a total envelope of FCfa 925 billion, the three-year Emergency Programme of the Cameroonian government aims at accelerating the economic growth in the country and improving living conditions for the population. This emergency plan is centered around projects in agriculture, animal farming, real estate, health, road infrastructure, potable water conveyance and public lighting.

BRM