NPL AGM frustrates GoagosebFears of manipulation arise Citizens FC chairperson Dawid Goagoseb feels that some people betrayed their own feelings at the premier league AGM on Saturday. Citizens FC chairperson Dawid Goagoseb has claimed that things did not go as planned for many clubs at the Namibia Premier League annual general meeting on Saturday. The AGM took place at Football House and attracted leaders from several football clubs, including the board of governors (BOG).
Goagoseb yesterday told Namibian Sun that many people were pretending to be happy with of the outcome of the meeting.
“I can tell you that there were so many people there who had different agendas before the meeting, but they then changed their minds during the meeting.
“Some people have all along been requesting for the current leadership, including chairperson Johnny Doeseb, to step down.
“This was totally a different case at the meeting, which made one wonder what could have changed their minds.
“I won''t mention names, but I can confirm to you that there was a gentleman who called me every night talking about how unhappy he was about the current leadership.
“On the day of the meeting he was acting all happy, which for me seemed as if it was a different person I was looking at.
“I suspect people are being manipulated by prominent officials into making decisions,” Goagoseb fumed.
“There was an old gentleman who bravely stood up and asked the chairman when he planned on resigning.
“You could see that this gentleman was worried about the current football state.
“That man earned my admiration because he really showed that he was concerned about what is happening in the game,” he said.
Goagoseb, who formerly served as the chairperson of the Khomas Regional League, made it clear that he did not have anything against the current chairperson of the premier league. The Citizens boss said, however, that many people felt before the meeting that the league must return to a N$15 million budget per season rather than the N$24 million the NPL suggested.
After speaking to Goagoseb, Namibian Sun asked two club chairpersons how they felt about the outcome of the meeting.
Young African FC chairperson Marley Ngarizemo had a different view about the situation.
He said the outcome of the meeting was fair enough because it would not be logical to plan a coup against Doeseb.
“The truth is that nobody is happy about what is happening to Namibian football at the moment.
“That alone, however, will not make us plan anything against the current leadership because they will have to fix what is happening now.
“The resolutions taken at the meeting are fair enough and we are all just hoping that the league gets a sponsor sooner,” Ngarizemo said.
Black Africa chairperson Boni Paulino also said that his club was satisfied with the outcome of the meeting.
Just as his Young African counterpart, Paulino said he had high hopes that the league would start in February.
“All we can do is hope for the better because many footballers'' lives depend on the game. We just have to trust in the current leadership,” Paulino said.
One of the many resolutions taken at the meeting was that the NPL must start in February 2017, provided that the N$21 million still needed for the next three years is secured.
JESSE JACKSON KAURAISA