The professional leagues one and two championships of Cameroon have been slated to kick-start this 27 and 28 February 2021. The decision was arrived at following a meeting with club presidents Tuesday 16 February 29021. The meeting which was boycotted by 10 out of the 35 club presidents was called by FECAFOOT bureau led by Seidou Njoya.
At the time the meeting at FECAFOOT was unfolding, another contesting faction of the current FA’s transitional bureau let by Senator Albert Mbida also held a meeting. Theirs is said to have been interrupted by the forces of law and order in Yaoundé.
These developments indicate the two warring parties are still to heed to President Paul Biya’s appeal for both parties to put heads together, resolve their problems for the betterment of the game. Biya made the appeal 10 February during his address to youth for peace.
“I want to call on Cameroonian football governing bodies to pull themselves together and restore order to their organization. It is only in so doing that we can create the best conditions for the sustained development of our football,” Biya said, while stating that Cameroon’s young sports men and women deserve the sacrifices made for investments in the sporting domain in the country with the putting of order in the league.
Local football leagues was halted March 2020 following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Several attempts to restart the leagues have proven abortive as a result internal squabble between the professional league and FECAFOOT.
It was agreed in the Yaounde meeting by club representatives that the elite one championship be divided into two poles, A & B. The clubs have also been separated considering their geographical locations as a way to ease match pairings and transportation.
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