By Angu Lesley<\/p>\n
Football Writer,kick442.com-Cameroon<\/p>\n
The chairman of the board of Racing de Bafoussam, Andr\u00e9 Marie Kuatch\u00e9, has resigned from his role, pointing to financial difficulties, internal tensions and threats to his safety as reasons for his departure.<\/strong><\/p>\n Kuatch\u00e9 submitted his resignation on 7 March 2026 to Njitack Ngompe Pele, who heads the club\u2019s council of sages. He cited the lack of financial resources, limited support from the club\u2019s traditional partners and persistent instability around the team.<\/p>\n Kuatch\u00e9 also spoke of internal tensions that he said had affected the club\u2019s daily operations, including attempts to destabilise the leadership, calls for player strikes and disruptions to training sessions.<\/p>\n \u201cThe internal tensions, destabilisation campaigns, incitement to strike within the team and disruptions of training sessions, alongside repeated attacks through the media and on social networks, have created an extremely difficult climate,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n He added that threats directed at him and his property further influenced his decision. The resignation comes just a week after the club\u2019s leadership publicly appealed for assistance as Racing battles a deepening financial crisis.<\/p>\n One of the historic clubs in Cameroon\u2019s West Region, Racing \u2013 often referred to as Tout Puissant de l\u2019Ouest \u2013 are also struggling on the pitch. They currently sit bottom of Group B with four points from six matches. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Angu Lesley Football Writer,kick442.com-Cameroon The chairman of the board of Racing de Bafoussam,…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,57,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cameroon-football","category-elite-two","category-football"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIn his resignation letter, the outgoing chairman described an increasingly hostile environment that made it difficult for him to continue carrying out his duties.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cAfter careful reflection, and following the advice of my doctors as well as the insistence of my family, I have decided to resign from my functions with immediate effect,\u201d the letter stated, adding that the decision ends all his administrative, financial and decision-making responsibilities at the club.<\/p>\n
\nKuatch\u00e9\u2019s departure further highlights the challenges facing the club and renews debate about the financial sustainability of community-based football teams in Cameroon.<\/p>\n
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