Robert Nkili

Etende Nkili Brigitte Laissa, daughter of Ro ERT Nkili died on Monday 17 February 2025.^[7]

In 1990, Robert Nkili was Inspector General of Pedagogy at the Ministry of National Education of Cameroon. On 24 August 2002, he was appointed Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security. On 8 December 2004, following the reshuffling of the government, he became Minister of Labour and Social Security.^[8] On 1 Jun 2011 Robert Nkili, was elected President of the 100th International Labour Conference.^[9]

On December 9, 2011, he was appointed Minister of Transport.^[10]

He left the government on 2 October 2015.^[4]

Robert Nkili is an activist of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM). He is a full member of the central committee.^[11] He was appointed Senator of the department of Nyong-et-Mfoumou on 31 March 2023.^[12]

He faced significant challenges during his tenure as Minister of Transport, especially with the acquisition of two MA-60 aircraft for Cameroon’s national airline, Camair-Co. Public outrage sparked over claims of financial mismanagement and insufficient transparency in the procurement process, holding Nkili responsible for the project’s shortcomings.^[13][14] He is tried by the Special Criminal Court on his management of the case for the purchase of two MA-60 aircraft for the national airline Camair-Co.^[15] An investigation had been requested by SDF deputies in 2015 to shed light on a surplus of more than 20 billion CFA francs observed in the acquisition of these two aircraft, which would have been bought at 34.4 billion CFA francs while they cost only 5.6 billion CFA francs each on the market.^[16][17]