2023-12-09 19:19:37
The national first division and second division football championships are suspended due to a revolt by certain clubs who are demanding the resignation of the president of the Burkinabè Football Federation (FBF), Lazare Banssé. The mediation led by Jean Yaméogo, the president of the Burkinabè National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSB) did not produce results. In order to call for calm, leagues launched “the Ouagadougou appeal for peace” this Saturday, December 9, 2023.
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A few weeks before the African Cup of Nations (CAN) football, Burkinabè football players are divided. One camp is demanding the resignation of the president of the Burkinabè Football Federation (FBF) Lazare Banssé.
Another camp supports the latter who also refuses to resign. Given the radical positions of each camp despite the mediation of the president of the CNOSB Jean Yaméogo, the regional football leagues have decided to play their part.
Resume the championships
This appeal is based on three points. First of all, it is about working to bring peace to the great Burkinabè football family. « To do this, we ask the President of the FBF to initiate a road map to establish tripartite consultation (clubs, FBF, Ministry in charge of sports) with the aim of definitively settling the question of withholding 25% of the sotck exchange »indicates Issouf Dramé, president of the Ligue des Cascades.
Leagues and districts are hoping for a return to stadiums as quickly as possible.
Then, he also calls for the resumption of the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 championships within a reasonable time frame. In third position, he says “ a total and patriotic mobilization of all football stakeholders around our national “A” team on the occasion of CAN 2023 “. The Stallions are housed in group C of this CAN alongside Algeria, Mauritania and Angola.
Defuse the crisis
The vice-president of the FBF, Ibrahim Yanogo, assured that this appeal will be transmitted to both parties. He promised that everything will be done so that the Burkinabè football family can be reconciled for the happiness of the actors.
They justified their call by the friendship which binds the different players in football. “ For us, mediation must not stop and dialogue must continue. Football has always united without confusing, giving life to strong friendships and great solidarity. (…) We implore all stakeholders to defuse the motives of adversity and enmity said Salimata Zerbo, district president of the Mouhoun Loop.
A group of Burkinabè clubs are demanding the resignation of the president of the FBF over a conflict concerning the allocation of a scholarship from the sports ministry.
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