Mozambican Basketball Federation president resigns – O País

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Mozambican Basketball Federation president resigns – O País

2:02 CAT | 10 Aug 2023

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At the origin of the decision are allegations that, as far as Afrobasket 2023 is concerned, “one could cut the atmosphere with a knife”, as well as the excessive role assumed by the Secretariat of State for Sports in the matter of TotalEnergies’ sponsorship of the national senior women’s basketball team, among other issues.

The president of the Mozambican Basketball Federation, Roque Sebastião, today announced his resignation from the position he had held since 2019. The resignation comes after the problems that affected the national women’s team in the Afrobasket 2023 tournament, where the athletes claimed payment of subsidies from a fund managed by the Secretariat of State for Sports (SED) through the Sports Promotion Fund.

The management of funds arising from the agreement with TotalEnergies by the Sports Promotion Fund rather than the Mozambican Basketball Federation, the entity that manages basketball, never attained consensus with the government.

Two years ago, the Secretary of State for Sport even indirectly suggested the president of the Mozambican Basketball Federation (FMB) might resign at a press conference convened to announce that the government would support the national team’s trip to Yaoundé, Cameroon, for Afrobasket 2021.

Sebastião was elected president of the Mozambican Basketball Federation (FMB) on October 5, 2019 for the 2019-2023 quadrennium. He was elected with five out of 10 votes, one more than Dino Khan and three more than Carlos Tomo. Mozambican basketball legend. Clarisse Machanguana attracted no votes.

He succeeded Francisco Mabjaia, who was FMB president for eight years.

Roque Sebastião’s team took office after a pre-Olympic competition held in November, 2020.

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