Benin will host from 1 to 5 September 2021, the meeting of the western zone of the African Hiking Confederation (Carp) on the theme "Hiking in the service of development". In this context, the president of the carp, Marie Laure has been staying in Benin since Monday 5 July 2021. She was greeted at the Bernardin Gantin airport in Cotonou by the Beninese Sports Federation for All (Fbst) headed by President Soufiyano Imorou.
Founding member of the Carp, Benin will have the honor to welcome its counterparts from the sub-region around subjects of common interest in order to boost the development of hiking in all areas, encourage vice-presidents and local federations, and equip them with the organization of competitions. President Marie-Laure Essan is in Benin from 05 at 08 July 2021. A stay in contact with the members of the Fbst in order to draw up the guidelines for a perfect organization.
From his descent in Cotonou, President Marie-Laure Essan thanked the Fbst for the warm welcome given to her. "These are words of obvious feelings to know that Benin believes in the life of its people through hiking", she advances. To believe it, it will be question, during his stay, not only to discuss many things that will allow the Fbst to appropriate institutional support and to make a major event of an international nature that will be able to impress all of West Africa but also, qui permettra aux autres pays de siéger en instance fédérale et de créer ce genre d’événement.
For its part, the president of the Fbst, Soufiyano Imorou praised the leadership of the president of the Carp for the choice made on Benin to house the 15 countries of the zone. According to his words, the choice of Benin is the result of the organization, determination, de la détermination et du sérieux dans le travail qui entourent la Fbst malgré son jeune âge dans le paysage sportif béninois.
Patrice ADJAHO