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19.05.2003
PWD management reconciles with players
By Michael Ndi in Bamenda
If the resolutions of a reconciliatory meeting between players and managers of PWD Bamenda are applied, then the club will hopefully regain their winning form very soon.
The club entered a crisis when 13 regulars were hastily suspended by club president, chief Isa Bongam. In return the club’s performances went all time low as they could get only six points from eight games. In the reconciliatory meeting last Tuesday in Bamenda, the players blatantly told management the issues that vexed them.
On behalf of the players team captain, Jude Gadinga disclosed that they were not at ease with the transfer of the club from Bamenda to the president’s village of Santa.
“A lot of things went wrong when we were forced to be training and living in Santa. Besides the poor drinking water, camping conditions were deplorable in the president’s house,” Gadinga said.
Worst still, Gadinga went ahead, the training ground in Santa was smaller than the Bamenda municipal stadium. Reason why the players rapidly got tired, even before the end of the first half, in league games.
“ We want to return to Bamenda and train on the municipal stadium so that we keep pace with the rigours of league matches,” Gadinga urged management.
He also explained how the suspension of the players, Gadinga being one of them, divided the players and broke team spirit.
The players were also not happy with the discriminatory treatment they got from management. They questioned why they were not paid the same amount of training allowances, why some players were lodged and others abandoned to themselves and why match bonuses and other allowances were irregular.
The meeting was chaired by PWD’s vice-president chief Augustine Oezomena becasue Bongam was abroad. Oezomena apologised to the players for the errors of management.
But said if Bongam transferred the team to Santa, “it was because while in Bamenda town the players were often distracted by girls, alcohol and cigarettes which were detrimental to their profession.”
However, observers doubted whether beer, cigarettes and women are absent in Santa. He then acknowledged that all the problems the players raised were genuine complaints and were to be solved promptly, without waiting for the return of Bongam.
The suspension of the 13 players was lifted and the players were enjoined to resume training in Bamenda the next day.
Satisfied with the immediate decisions, the players promised to beat Canon in Yaounde, in their next league game, to get back into the winning days.
Fans expressed hope that on Bongam’s return he will not set the cat in the pigeon house again.
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