In a surprising move, the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT) Executive Committee has rejected the resignation of its President, Samuel Eto’o, and has insist called for him to continue.
Eto’o, a former player for the Cameroon national team and one of the most celebrated African footballers of all time, had announced his resignation on Monday citing the performance of the team in the Afcon 2023 in Cote D’Ivoire.
According to a press release from Cameroon football governing body, Etoo wanted to resign at the Executive committee meeting but the move was opposed by many members available at the meeting.
The press statement which was signed by the secretary general of the Cameroon Football Federation, Blaise Djounang read;
The Executive Committee of the Cameroon Football Federation held a session this Monday, February 05 at the Yaoundé Hilton Hotel.
“The agenda focused on evaluating the performance of the Senior Men’s National Team at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.
“At the beginning of the meeting, the President of the Cameroon Football Federation, Mr Eto’o Fils Samuel, tendered his resignation to the members of the federal executive organ, inviting them to do likewise in good faith.
“At the end of discussions and subsequent deliberations, the members of the Executive Committee decided to maintain their current mandates and thus unanimously rejected the President’s resignation thereby renewing their confidence in him to continue with the same spirit of reconstruction and development of Cameroon football at all levels as envisaged in his plan adopted by the elective General Assembly of December 11, 2021.”
