Cameroon's Sports Minister Pierre Bidoung Mpkatt has joined the country's FA, Fecafoot, to fight the massive exodus of young footballers from the country.

After huge complaints about the complicity of unlicensed agents in the export of players, the minister has signed an order stating that all agents must be personally recognised by him first.

So apart from having the Fifa licence, any player agent wishing to operate in Cameroon must meet the minister's requirements.

Estimates put the number of young footballers who left Cameroon in the past two years at 700.

Most go to France, Switzerland and Germany.

But the secretary general of Fecafoot, Jean Rene Atangana Mballa, who signs the international transfer certificate says only 30 players obtained the certificate this year.

Some left Cameroon not as players, while others simply faked officials documents and signatures.

In the fraudulent exodus of the players, most of them cheat on their ages. Some even change their identity.

But there are doubts if the new measure will succeed. Atangana acknowledged that Fifa rules do not help Fecafoot control the movement of players, because Fecafoot is obliged to deliver transfers certificates to any player who demands.

"We can't act against the movement of players. They have many accomplices, people who put pressure from different quarters to get them out of the country.

"Even when we have the possibility to control, Fifa laws render us powerless", Atangana remarked.