Fifa lifts global ban on Cameroon

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.
The team will be working under the
supervision of Fifa's Primo Carvaro and
Confederation of African Football (Caf)
representative Prosper Abega.
It means Cameroon will 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.
Meanwhile, club side Coton Sport will
also be allowed to continue their African
Champions League campaign - having
failed to take part in their opening Group
B match this weekend because of the
ban.
The move follows a recent visit to meet
Fifa president Sepp Blatter by a
delegation from Cameroon that included
current Sports Minister Adoum Garoua.
The normalisation committee will now
act as the electoral body and will revise
the statutes of the Cameroon Football
Federation (Fecafoot).
It will also organise federation elections
to be held by 31 March next year.
Members of the committee will not be
eligible for any of the open positions at
Fecafoot.
There had been confusion within
Cameroon football before the ban with
federation elections postponed on
several occasions.
When the elections did go ahead, Iya
Mohamed was re-elected president
despite the fact he is being detained by
the authorities in Cameroon.
He is being investigated after being
accused of embezzling money at state-
owned Cotton Development Company.
Soon after the election results were
announced, Fecafoot's elections appeals
committee declared them void.
In the aftermath, John Begheni Ndeh
announced himself head of the
federation and started work with the
help of police, which was deemed as
political interference by Fifa.
Normalisation Committee Members
President: Joseph Owona - former
Minister of Education, Sports and experts
on constitutions
Vice- President: Emmanuel Ngassa
Happi - President of the Committee for
professional side Union Douala
Members:
Michel Kaham - former indomitable Lion,
Director of Kadji Sport Academy,
Ebenezer Mouloke - former director of
norms at the Ministry of sports and
Physical Education,
Ephraim Gwafor - former Minister and
Rector of the University of Yaounde II
Owona Pascal Bialong - former
Indomitable Lions captain, and ex-
president of Fecafoot
David N'Hanack Tonye - Lawyer, former
Secretary-General of the Ministry of
Sports and Physical Education
James Moungue Kobila - Lawyer, head of
law department university of Douala
Jonathan Fombe - Lawyer
Amadou Evele - Lawyer, former Director
of Semry
Adolphe Minkoa She - Lawyer, faculty of
political sciences University of Yaounde II