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Today marks the final day of campaigning in Cameroon ahead of tomorrow’s crucial general election, with all campaign activities expected to cease by midnight.
News Central’s correspondent, Kathleen Ndongmo, reporting live from Cameroon, said officials of the country’s electoral body, Elections Cameroon (ELECAM), have assured of full preparedness for the vote scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on Sunday, October 12, 2025.
“We visited at least three of the electoral body offices including the head office of Elections Cameroon this morning where we met with officials who told us that they are quite prepared for tomorrow’s election,” Ndongmo reported.
“A lot of electoral materials have already been distributed to many of the polling stations.”
Cameroon’s electoral process also includes participation from its large diaspora population. News Central reports that “about 34,000 diaspora Cameroonians registered across the Cameroon embassies in the world.”
While preparations appear to be on track, there are growing concerns about both security and voter turnout. “Security is a concern, more importantly voter turnout is a very huge concern in this election,” Ndongmo said, highlighting widespread anxiety that apathy could overshadow the polls.
In addition, questions have been raised regarding observer access and accreditation. Election observers had said a total of 107 organisations serving as electoral monitors and observers had registered for accreditation to oversee the polls. She added that some officials had complained they were either not given sufficient space to participate in various polling stations or had not received the proper accreditation to take part in the election.
ELECAM, however, insists that all duly registered observers will be accommodated. Efforts are also being made to ensure that every eligible voter can participate.
“Those voters who have not been able to pick their cards will still be able to do that tomorrow morning at the polling units,” officials confirmed, urging citizens “to visit their polling units tomorrow for picking up of their voters’ cards.”
As the campaign period draws to a close, there is widespread hope for a peaceful and high-turnout election. “Still today is the last day for the campaigns and as it closes the biggest hope is that tomorrow will turn out peacefully,” Ndongmo reported, adding that “the turnout, which is the biggest worry for this election, hopes to be great enough to cause the change that Cameroonians have been hoping for for the last 40 plus years.”
With 107 accredited observer groups, 34,000 diaspora voters, and mounting anticipation nationwide, Cameroonians will head to the polls tomorrow in what many describe as one of the country’s most consequential elections in decades.
