Saff Area Development Association (SADA)

SADA started in 1983 with just the following elites of the Saff Fondom trying to rally and bring all Saff sons and daughters together for the development of Saff. The following elites some of whom are of blessed memory headed SADA at that time:

Pa Shey Yomta, 

Tantoh Dom Alfred Tangah,

Tantoh Dom of Kichowi, 

HRM Fon Ngong Ngoung Solomon,

 Mr Kiteh Augustine,

 Pa Joseph Lon and Pa Jum.

SADA at that time was called Saff Communities Local Development. The name was later changed in Yaounde in the year 2000 to Saff Area Development Association (SADA) and was headed by:

 Pa Wango Francis and now by

 Mr. Tangah Williams Wabua.

The objectives of this association are as follows:

  • To foster unity, peace and development among the people of Saff.
  • To promote socio-cultural and economic development of the Saff area in particular and Bum as a whole. 
  • To educate and mobilize members towards national development and communication through self-resilient initiatives. 
  •  To promote and encourage healthy competition and collaboration amongst ourselves. 
  •  To initiate strategies aimed at improving the use of land and environmental care. 
  •  To initiate and encourage investment in the Saff area. 
  • To participate in poverty alleviation and enhance the wellbeing of members. 
  •  To promote education of Saff children specially the girl child

The following activities can be listed as our success stories:

  • Renovation of the Saff Fons palace in 2014,
  • Provision of a bundle of Zinc to GS Ngen, 
  • Financial supported to the Kichowi Health post,
  •  purchase of spades and diggers for community work in Saff and Kichowi, 
  • Followup on the creation of GSS Saff, 
  • Invitation of the Senior DO for Boyo, the Sub Divisional officer and assistant for Bum, the Survayor and the Mayor of Fonfuka council for Land allocation for GSS Saff was all sponsored by SADA. 

As of now, the following branches are existing: 

  • Yaoundé Branch with Gwuba David as president
  • Douala Branch Gwan Elkana as president
  • Tiko Branch, pending elections
  • Penja Bamenda pending elections
  • Saff centre Gwan Ignatius as president
  • Kichowi Ferdinand as president
  • Fonfuka HM Gwota as president
  • Ngunabum Kanghi John as president

 Envisaged projects: 

  • Bring to completion the already functional SADA health post,
  •  Pipe born water 
  • and install Solar polls along the major centers and streets in Saff.