Kisangani, July 3rd, 2021 (CPA) .– The acting Governor of the province of Tshopo, Maurice Abibu Sakapela Bin Mungamba, inaugurated Tuesday the Rond point place du Canon, renovated by the provincial government, noted the CPA.
The head of the provincial executive indicated that this initiative of the provincial government is part of the execution of the local government program to rehabilitate the various tourist sites of the province.
This roundabout erected in place of the Canon, he said, is dedicated to the public forces << One of the cannons once captured from the German fighting forces by the Congolese soldiers of the public forces during the Second World War of 1940 – 1945, has just been symbolically replaced in this place of the Canon”, explained the head of the provincial executive.
The commander of the 31st Military Region, Brigadier General Benjamin Kazadi, thanked the provincial government for this work dedicated to the FARDC, the cost of which is estimated at 76,000 USD.
It is a tower 10 meters high, surrounded by three statues representing the public forces, the Zairian armed forces and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). ACP/NIG