President of the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) Samuel Eto’o Fils is said to have tendered his resignation on Monday, February 5 following the performance of the Indomitable Lions at the Africa Cup of Nations in La Côte d’Ivoire.
The five-time champions were eliminated at the Round of 16 after a 2-0 loss to Nigeria’s Super Eagles.
At a meeting held at the Yaoundé Hilton Hotel, the Executive Committee of FECAFOOT discussed and evaluated the performance of the senior men’s soccer team at the tournament.
“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,” a statement by FECAFOOT on Monday indicated.
“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.”
In effect, the former African Footballer of the Year will continue to be at the helm at least until the next Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco in 2025.
