Walter Wilson Nana
Buea, Cameroon.
Andrew Njoh Eteki is the newly elected President of the Southwest Regional League of Athletics. He takes over from Emmanuel Motomby Mbome, who moved on as the National President of Cameroon Athletics Federation, following a recently and hotly contested national election in Yaounde.
At the official handing over ceremony in the conference room of the Southwest Regional Delegation of Sports and Physical Education, Tuesday, June 4 2013, out gone President of the Southwest League of Athletics, Motomby said after the elections at the regional and national levels, it was necessary to implement a ministerial circular which demands that there is no accumulation of positions in the executive of Cameroon Athletics Federation at all levels.
Andrew Eteki Njoh President, Southwest Regional League of Athletics.
He entreated Eteki, who worked with him as a team during his tenure at the regional level to do same with his(Eteki) new bureau at the Region and at the national level. “Thank you for all the support I received while at the Region. I invite your team to give you that same commitment.
The sacrifices are enormous. It is a hot seat you have taken. But I still need your support to succeed at the national level,” Motomby said.
Motomby told the stakeholders of Athletics in the Region to table their worries to Eteki and not to him because he is based in Buea. “There is hierarchy now. I am not National President for Buea. I am for Cameroon. So, go through your Regional President and he will get to me and the national bureau.”
The National President said there are surprises in the horizon for Athletics in Cameroon. “Things will never be the same. My success must come from Buea, which is my base and I am at the national bureau to work,” he noted.
Abel Ekema, Southwest Regional Delegate of Sports and Physical Education told Eteki; “It is not an easy task and it is not given to everybody.” He added; “The new President should work in collaboration,” while mentioning that athletics should take a new shape in the Southwest Region and Cameroon in general.
Abel Ekema, S.W.Regional delegate of Sports and Motomby Mbome, National President Athletics Federation at the handing over ceremony in Buea.
To the National President, Ekema said this is not the time to mix functions as he Motomby is no longer the President for the Southwest Regional League of Athletics. “Motomby now has a national challenge,” he noted.
Ekema enjoined Eteki to take athletics to a higher level in the Region and work hand-in-glove with his collaborators.
“We want to see you multiply athletics in the Region. Athletics is not only the Mount Cameroon Race and running. There are other aspects of athletics that must be developed,” he advised.
On his newfound responsibilities, Eteki said he understands what it is all about and committed to work with his bureau members and other stakeholders. “We supported our current National President and we look forward to go places. We have a lot of talents in the Region. The current champions of 5,000 and 10,000 metres in Cameroon are in Buea. We will prepare them, adequately, for national and international competitions,” he said.
