President of Rangers FC Bafut suspended for going against Samuel Etoo
The Association of Elite Clubs of Cameroon, ACEC has suspended the president of Rangers FC of Bafut, George Neba Shu for going against the Fecafoot national President, Samuel Eto’o.
In an emergency committee meeting held on March 10, in Yaoundé, the office of the Association of Elite Clubs of Cameroon (ACEC) suspended the president of Rangers Football Club of Bafut for what wras described as his uncourteous remarks to Samuel Eto’o, president of Fecafoot.
He has been suspended from all ACEC activities until further notice. The organization also reserves the right to bring him before the Fecafoot Ethics Commission.
It should be recalled George Neba Shu was at loggerheads with the Fecafoot president concerning the non-payment of salaries for players of the first and second divisions of the national football league
In recent weeks, many players have continued to complain about salary arrears, especially to FECAFOOT. Samuel Eto’o in reaction said,
“The money we give to clubs is to pay their players because when you sell them, the players do not get their share, it is your business. It is like a racehorse, you have to maintain it well because it earns you bonuses. And in this case, the players bring you a lot of money,”
He highlighted that FECAFOOT does not take care of the management of clubs but at the level of the federation.
“We don’t take part in your management. But ours, at the Federation, that of the executive committee which I have the honor to chair”
The declarations of Samuel Eto’o did not please George Neba Shu, president of Rangers FC Bafut. He says FECAFOOT has not paid all the money for the player’s salaries.
“My club spends 6 million a month on players’ salaries. Yesterday I received 4 million from the federation in my bank account, while I have been paying the players for several months. If the federation has no money, let them tell us to manage. I spend hundreds of millions every year to run my club; the federation promised 23 million, the championship started more than 5 months ago, and I have only received 10 million 300 thousand in total until today. I have been spending 75 thousand every day on training bonuses since July… They say they are going to give me 23 million, but it is coming in dribs and drabs”, he regrets.
George Neba also stated that Samuel Etoo was been disrespectful to them.
“Samuel Eto’o disrespects us, but he wants us to respect him. We all know that there is no money at the federation, he must tell you the truth. If this is not the case, why pay in dribs and drabs?”
It should be recalled that in September 2022, the Secretary General of FECAFOOT, sent out a release stating that the salary of players of the MTN Elite 1 increased from 100,000F to 200,000F and that of the MTN Elite 2 went from 50,000F to 100,000F.
