By Tansa Musa
YAOUNDE, April 19 (Reuters) – Former Cameroon striker Roger
Milla has set up a committee to press for the axing of the
country’s football federation and the return of captain Samuel
Eto’o to the national squad.
Milla is worried Cameroon, who failed to qualify for this
year’s African Nations Cup, may also miss out on the next
edition of the tournament.
“We have to put back our football on the rails, good footing
because what we are going through with the current management
team is unbelievable,” Milla told reporters on Thursday
following the launch of a committee to “redress” Cameroon
football known by its French acronym COCIREFCA (Comite Citoyen
pour le Redressement du Football Camerounais).
“Nobody seems worried as we move from failure to failure.
This must end and things must move forward. The current FECAFOOT
management team has to go, (president) Iya Mohamed and his men
must make way. Cameroon football can no longer be run by
kidnappers,” Milla said.
The committee has been set up by a group of former players
who want a bigger say in federation affairs. Milla has long had
run-ins with football authorities in Cameroon but enjoys a
special status because of his goal-scoring exploits in helping
the country to reach the 1990 World Cup quarter-finals.
Eto’o is suspended after leading a strike by the national
team over unpaid money. This led the cancellation of a scheduled
friendly international in Algeria in November.
(Editing by Mark Gleeson and Ed Osmond)
