SW Fecafoot Elects New President

-Six others voted to represent the region at national level namely Joshua Osih Nambangi, Nouck Protus, Etecki Charles Dikongue, Konso Christopher, Ikome William Lifange and Foinding Calvin

By Boris Esono in Buea

New SW FECAFOOT President, Ndive Molungu

The SW regional branch of Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT, now has a new president. The promoter of Victoria United (Opopo), Limbe, Thomas Ndive Molungu was elected on 27 November, during an elective General Assembly held at the South West Governor’s office. Molungu defeated Essa Pius who promotes Continental FA. He takes over from Senator Mbella Moki Charles who has been at the helm since 2009.

                Molungu takes over management of local football at a time when the quality of the game is experiencing a nose dive and when the fans are no longer coming to the stadia to watch football. The new president thus has an uphill task restoring not only the once high level of football in the SW but also the interest that the populations used to have in the game at local level, when they came in their numbers to stadia in Buea, Limbe, Kumba etc on Sundays to watch good football.

                According to the president, various projects will be implemented to ensure development of football in the region.

“There is going to be the reduction of the number of clubs taking part in the regional championship….Many clubs find it difficult to sustain themselves for a whole season. We will diagnose the problems and see how we can together solve them.” 

Others members of the SW Bureau include Pascal Manga as 1st Vice president and Nouk Protus Bilap as 2nd Vice president.

                Nouck Protus who is the promoter of Little Foot Academy of Limbe is a household name in SW football circles. He has run for the office of SW Fecafoot president several times.

                Speaking to the press, Nouk Protus said “SW football is presently in the forest, but it will be pulled out sooner than later.”

                He says the new exco will make management of football to be participative by getting the grassroots populations involved.

                “We are going to make it as crowd pulling as possible. SW football has to be entertaining as to bring back the crowds to the stadia; it has to bring people together,” Nouk hopes.

                The election was supervised by veteran sports journalist, Njomo Kevin, who represented the Normalization Committee.

                Jomo hailed the smooth election process, saying it is victory to football.

                “SW Fecafoot elections have never been this calm in decades. There was an atmosphere of camaraderie. I hope the new management will take football in the SW to a higher level. I would be happy if the two teams can work together. My wish is that football is taking back to the level of the 1980s when it was a game of commitment, passion and excitement,” Njomo prayed.

                According to the head of the electoral commission, Barrister Ashutantang Tanjong, the elections were free, fair and transparent.

“We are hoping that these new delegates will bring back football to a high level in the region. For some time now football has been limping in the SW. We also hope that those who lost will take it in good faith,” Tanjong said, adding that “for some 11 years now, the region has not had a team qualifying from the National Interpools to the Second Division championship. The last to win a ticket from Division two was Tiko United, even though Dynamic qualified for League 2 n 2011 thanks to FECAFOOT”.

                During the elective GA, some six delegates were elected to represent the region at the national level. They include: Nouck Protus, Eteki Charles, Ikome William Lifange, Kongnso Chrysantus, Joshua Osih and Foinding Calvin.