Kom indigenes in Nso meet Mgr Nkuo ahead of home visit

The recent appointment and ordination of Mgr. George Nkuo as Bishop of Kumbo remains to be good news to the different communities around him. To the Kom community in Nso, he is a new-born child and a king amongst them. These good feelings were read in the sweet voices of the Kom people in the Bishop’s House in Kumbo during an official visit to meet this illustrious son of Kom, to congratulate him for his new appointment.

These good feelings were read in the sweet voices of the Kom people in the Bishop’s House in Kumbo during an official visit to meet this illustrious son of Kom, to congratulate him for his new appointment.
Ahead of his visit home on December 21st 2006, the people of Kom resident in Nso have expressed their joy and gratitude to His Lordship Bishop George Nkuo for his recent appointment to the rank of a bishop.
Bishop George to begin with, is the first son of Kom to have been made bishop. News of the bishop’s visit to his home village of Kom on December 21, 2006 has reached his brothers and sisters resident around him in Nso who made it a task to meet him, feel his warmth and build a cordial relationship with him before he visits home.
“We the people of Kom settled and working here in Nso have not been able to meet you as a group after your Episcopal Ordination. So, when we heard of your going home, we thought it wise to be the first to meet you before you get home to meet our parents, brothers and sister”, the president of the Kom Association said.
As if words would not speak loud enough for the bishop to feel their joy and presence, the people presented gifts they have brought to further express how much they feel being with him. A Magnificent Carved Chair they presented on which they sad the bishop on as a sign of enthroning him as the Fon of Kom’s representative in Nso to look after his people.
A woven raffia bag was given to him as “Father of all”, which he shall always carry with him wherever he goes to collect food for the children. A Traditional Regalia and a Traditional Cap, the people offered him and advised him to put it on whenever he is going to Kom gatherings and “Njong” houses in Nso.
They also donated a live goat to their ‘Fon’, which he will use to prepare sauce for his corn fufu. After all, the bishop was born and bred in Kom, where this is staple diet. Contented with the people’s gesture, the bishop in response thanked the people for coming to exchange greetings with him.
He told them that he thought that they will come and he will have no voice to greet them since he went on a visit to Germany and returned with a broken voice. He expressed his joy for being able to regain his voice and to be with his own brothers. He continued to thank them for the active role they played during his Episcopal Ordination as it showed a good sign of brotherliness.
He X-rayed the difficulties which his new responsibilities entail given that he is the first son of Kom to be named bishop, and so has no predecessor from that land to advise him on how to carry out his work.
He however, assured them that with the help of God and colleague bishops in Cameroon, he will put in as much effort as possible to uplift the image of the Kom people in the Church without disgracing them. He called on all of them resident in Nso to be of good behaviour in order not to disgrace the Kom tribe on their part.
According to him, being together is good and their gesture to come and pay a visit to him portrayed a wonderful sign of togetherness. He called on them therefore to live in peace and harmony in order to make the best out of life in Nso.
He promised them more time to be together during his home visit to Kom on 21st of December 2006. The occasion of meeting the Bishop ended at 6pm that day with a pictorial with the bishop by different people which they were going to carrying home to keep as souvenir.