FIFA dismisses Abdouraman Hamadou's correspondence

"After analyzing the facts reported in your correspondence, we are obliged to inform you that this case appears to present an exclusively internal character that does not fall under the jurisdiction of the organs of the FIFA. Therefore, and in view of the foregoing, FIFA cannot intervene in this folder"

On the some four billion CFA FRANCS representing the impact of the participation of the national team of Cameroon in the final phase of the 2014 Brazil World Cup, the Committee for Standardization of the Cameroon football Federation decided to invest a portion of the prize pool in the construction of infrastructures, grants to clubs, the Organization of competitions like the cup of Cameroon.

Outraged by this distribution, Abdouraman Hamadou president of the mythical club Etoile Filante de Garoua and fierce opposition to the leaders of the Fecafoot, had written to Fifa on 31 July last to ask to block this bonus of participation until the election of the new Executive of Fecafoot.

"The commitment of financial resources of such importance must rightfully return to the next Executive elected at FECAFOOT which will take charge of the management of our football for four years" wrote Abdouramane Hamadou Babba to explain why he believes that Joseph Owona and his peers of the Standardization Committee whose mandate expires in three months, should be limited in the management of business as usual "without squandering Fecafoot funds engaged in long-term projects".

Fifa reacted three weeks after this request. "After analyzing the facts reported in your correspondence, we are obliged to inform you that this case appears to present an exclusively internal character that does not fall under the jurisdiction of the organs of the FIFA. Therefore, and in the light of what precedes, FIFA cannot intervene in this folder" wrote Markus Kattner, Deputy Secretary general of the International Federation of football association, signatory of the correspondence.

"Finally, we draw your attention to the fact that FIFA does communicate, as a general rule, through its Member Associations. This is why we would appreciate you kindly pass by the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) for any official communication in the future" warned Markus Kattner.