CIVIL ADMINISTRATION
The Region is headed by a Governor whose seat of administration is at Bamenda. Each Division is headed by a Senior Divisional Officer (S.D.O). Within each Division, there are Sub-Divisions, each of which is headed by a Divisioner Officer (D.O). All these Officials fall under the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation. Each of them is the first Officer in charge of Law and Order in the area of his jurisdiction. Other Ministries of the Central Government are represented at the Regional level by the Regional Delegations headed by a Delegate, under whom there are other officers at Divisional level.
In order to facilitate and coordinate the activities of the Local Government, the North-West Region is divided into Rural and Urban Council Areas, each of which is under the charge of an elected Mayor. In Bamenda, there are Mayors for Bamenda I, II and III respectively. For the Bamenda Urban Council, however, there is a Government appointed Delegate who literally overshadows the locally elected Mayors.
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