How Paul Biya is Ruining Cameroon's Football

I have repeatedly pointed out in this blog that the declining state of Cameroon's football, like the declining fortunes of the country, is directly connected to the misrule of Cameroon's dictator, Paul Biya. Some have however failed to see this connection. Perhaps the connection should be clearer now that Cameroon has been suspended from participating in Fifa competitions because of government interference in the management of the country's football. According to Fifa regulations, the government of a country should not meddle in the footballing activities of that country. In this way the organization attempts to do the impossible - separating a country's football organization from the politics of that country. However, Cameroon's government has often been involved in managing Cameroon's football. It is the government that hires coaches for the national teams not the federation. It is an open secret that government ministers even interfere in the selection of players for the national teams. The constant meddling of Biya's government in the affairs of the team only became too clear when Cameroon's military helped install as president a candidate who has not been elected for the position. This event was a microcosm of how Paul Biya has been ruining the country through the help of the military. What he is unable to do through persuasion he does through the military, thus forcing actions on the country that continues the country's decline. The current suspension of the country is just the latest demonstration of such misrule.