New Cameroon FA President Seidou Mbombo Vows to Improve Game

New Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) president Seidou Mbombo Njoya has vowed to rebuild the credibility of football in his country.

Njoya was elected on Wednesday and will take over from the FIFA-appointed Normalisation Committee that has run Fecafoot since August 2017.

“We have pledged to rebuild and reconstruct the Cameroonian football. We will change the method of governing by re-evaluating the ethics of the federation,” the 57-year-old told delegates after the victory.

“For the past five years the dwindling football watchdog, Fecafoot, ignored the ethics of the most cherished sports– football.”

“Today the football federation is in a very difficult situation and we all have to be proactive in reversing the narrative.”

“We are bent to work on the values of ethics, good governance, and professionalism.”

By successfully holding elections on Thursday, Cameroon met FIFA’s deadline to avoid a ban from world football.

Njoya has been quick to make a start in calling all the parties to join hands as part of healing issues that have threatened Fecafoot and Cameroonian football.

“To my contenders, I really appreciate their interest in the top job and I am happy to continue to work with them,” he added.

Njoya won with 46 of the 66 available votes, his nearest challenger was former international goalkeeper Joseph Antoine Bell, who polled 17.

As part of his development agenda, Njoya revealed he intends to place an emphasis on youth football and develop a programme of social responsibility that would apply particularly to former footballers.