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Cameroon: Nation Could Host World Cup After Construction of Sports Complexes - Chinese Expert
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The Post (Buea)
8 May 2008
Posted to the web 8 May 2008
Leocadia Bongben
Li Chanqxin, representative of the Chinese Machinery Equipment Export and Import Company, CMEC, Wednesday, May 7, after signing the Sports infrastructural Development Convention with the Cameroon Government, told the press that Cameroon could host the World Cup after the execution of the FCFA 272 billion contract.
The convention was signed at the Yaounde Hilton Hotel by the Minister of Economy Regional Development and Planning, Louis Paul Motaze, on behalf of the Cameroon government and Li Chanqxin for the Chinese company.
The Sport Development Programme was initiated by the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education and will be carried on in three phases. The first phase that begins from 2008-2010 will include the construction of the Yaounde -Olembe stadium of 60, 000 places and a football and athletics training stadium.
In Douala, an Omnisport stadium of 30,000 places, a sports complex of 3,000 places and an Olympic swimming pool would be realised. Also, Bafoussam and Limbe would equally have stadia each of 20,000 places each and a sport complex of 2,000 places for a total of FCFA 167 billion.
The second phase, which begins from 2011-2013 would be the construction of the Yaoundé-Olembe Olympic swimming pool, of 3,000 places, a new campus for the National Institute of Youth and Sports, INJS, as well as a three star hotel. The construction of a 15,000 place stadium in Garoua and a sports complex of 2,000 places and a horse riding pitch are also envisaged and this phase would be to the tune of FCFA 142 billion.
The third phase from 2013-2016 has to do with the construction of stadia of 15,000 to 20,000 places and a complex of 2,000 places in Bertoua, Ebolowa, Bamenda, Ngaoundere, Maroua and Kumba.
Also there is the construction of sports complexes in Buea and Sangmelima to the tune of about FCFA 117 billion.Speaking during the ceremony, the Prime Minister, Ephraim Inoni, urged the Chinese to ensure the transfer of technology to Cameroonian experts and technicians.
He lauded the initiative as a step forward in the Sino-Cameroon relations, citing the Lagdo Dam, the Hospital in Guider, the Gyneco-Obsteric hospital in Yaoundé, the Conference centre and the sports complex, as fruits of the relationship.
He said the infrastructure is an added value for tourism development and appreciated the Minister of Sports and Physical Education for the contribution towards youth employment.
Chanqxin expressed the hope that with the facilities, Cameroon would be able to host the world cup, develop sports and equally have a beautiful country through their constructions.
Knowledge Transfer
Presenting the programme of sports development to the press, Edjoa asked Cameroonians to have confidence in the project. He said the project's main objectives are to cover the deficit in infrastructure, ensure that all provincial headquarters have a stadium and host international sporting events.
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On why the project had to be signed by the Minister of Regional Development and Planning, Edjoa said though the project is of his ministry, by law he is not the one to sign it. The Minister reassured the press that the necessary mechanisms have been put in place for the Chinese to recover their money when the time comes.
Concerning the maintenance of the stadia, he said the Chinese would ensure maintenance for some time and then later cede to Cameroonians as was the case with the conference Centre. He added that Cameroonians are already in China for training as part of the process to transfer of technology.
The budget of the ministry for 2008 has taken into account compensation for displaced persons in the areas concerned, Edjao said.
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