Monday 22 June 2020

Reviewing the Pandemic:


Sports Minister Evaluates Impact of Covid-19 on Athletes
By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaounde
Sports and Physical Education Minister, Professor Narcisse Mouelle Kombi has evaluated the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the sports sector in the country as well other international completions that were to be hosted by Cameroon.
               
Prof. Narcisse Mouelle Kombi
The Minister made the evaluation of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on national sports and Cameroonian athletes and its implications on international sports during an audience with the President of the National Olympic and Sports Committee (NOSC), Kalkaba Malboum Wednesday 17 June 2020.
                Both officials during the audience brainstorm on strategies that can be adopted to maintain Cameroonian athletes in top form ahead of upcoming competitions while respecting the barrier measures prescribed by the President of the Republic to curb the spread of the deadly virus.
                Mouelle Kombi urged his collaborators to federate efforts with the NOSC in order to bring together sports activities and sports management within the renovated budget as a result of the health crisis.

                Though the two officials discussed on the possibility of organising an Olympic Week in Cameroon, it was agreed that major sports will be organised in the country but all focused will be sensitise the population on preventive measures in the face the pandemic through means of massive communication to be done by sports officials, icons and former and current athletes.
                The meeting also served as an opportunity for Kalkaba Malboum to present to the Minister his appointment and that of Odette Engoulou as members of the new composition of the 30 commissions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) – they were appointed and promoted at the IOC 25 May 2020.


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