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Reports from www.goal.com has it
that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that Morocco
will not host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and has now been disqualified from
participating in the competition.
Morocco had requested that the
AFCON tournament be postponed until 2016 due to fears over the spread of Ebola,
but CAF recently rejected this possibility.
The country has now opted to
pull out of hosting the finals, and CAF has announced that as a result they
have been expelled from playing altogether.
"The Executive Committee of
the Confederation of African Football has taken note of the response of
the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Kingdom of Morocco in a letter dated 8
November 2014 requesting the postponement of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations in
2015," a statement read on CAF's official website.
"This response clearly
indicates that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation reiterated its refusal to
hold the competition on the dates indicated (January 17-February 8, 2015).
Therefore, having firmly and unanimously notified on 3 November its decision to
keep the competition on the dates indicated, the Executive Committee confirmed
that the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 will not take place in Morocco.
"The Executive Committee
took note of receipt by 10 November, 2014 of some applications of national
associations confirming their desire to host the 2015 competition on the dates
agreed. These applications are currently under review, and the Executive
Committee will finalise the selection of the successful National Association
shortly and confirm the place and date of the draw of the final tournament at
the same time.
"Following the refusal of
the Moroccan party, the Executive Committee has decided that the national team
of Morocco is automatically disqualified and will not take part in the 30th
edition of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations in 2015."
The Africa Cup of Nations is due
to kick off on 17 January and run until 8 February.
However, personally I do not see
anything wrong in the action and decision of the Moroccan government, as it is
clear to them that the welfare and health status of the people should be taken
paramount instead of a needless financial gain that will be derived from
hosting a tournament. It is crystal clear to the Moroccan government that the
world is battling with a near epidemic of Ebola and it is the responsibility of
every institution and government to eradicate the disease. It is sardonic that
CAF is not seeing things in this light, it is clear to me that CAF is more
interested in the tournament than safety wellbeing of the African people.
Do you think the Moroccan government
is wrong or do you think it is the other way round?
@Roluseye
Source: www.goal.com
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