Following a spate of gaffes by African teams in the qualification series for the 2014 World cup in Brazil, one such affected country, Ethiopia, has sacked the General Secretary of its Football Fedration.
Not only did the Ethiopian Federation admit to FIFA that they fielded an ineligible player but the fact that it could cost them the three points the country needed against Botswana when they played on June 8 and therefore a possible elimination from the series , was too much consideration to bear.
While the Ethiopian soccer ruling body voted to sack Ashenafi Ejigu, they rejected the resignation offer of the vice president Berhanu Kebede, who also had a portion of the blame.
Despite for calls by the members of the FA and media for the whole executive crew to be relieved of their stewardships, the Federation’s president, Sahilu Gebremariam, was only speculated to submit his resignation by the forth-coming elections to the executive committee.
He was reported to have said, “This was a massive blunder so we all should have resigned. ut we have responsibilities ahead so we voted to stay until September.”
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