adminYaounde — Fifa has lifted its global ban on Cameroon after a normalisation committee began its work on Monday to run the country’s football federation. It is being headed by former Minister of Education, Sports, Joseph Owona. Earlier this month, Fifa banned Cameroon for governmental interference into the running of the country’s football.
The condition for the lifting of the ban was that the committee was allowed to begin work.
Fifa said in a statement: “As requested by the Fifa Emergency Committee, the normalisation committee that was appointed on 20 July 2013 was able to take up its duties this Monday . . . at the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) headquarters, with Fifa and Confederation of African Football (Caf) observers present.
“The lifting of the suspension means that Fecafoot’s clubs, officials and other representatives can immediately resume their activities, which had been interrupted.”
The normalisation committee will be working under the supervision of Fifa’s Primo Carvaro and Caf representative Prosper Abega. Cameroon will now be free to play their crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier away to Libya in September, with the winner advancing to the final play-off round. — BBC sport.
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