FIFA Summons Cameroon on players non-payments

Cameroon’s football federation (Fecafoot) launched an investigation following concerns that more than 70 percent of clubs in the country’s top two domestic leagues have not paid their players for several months, with some footballers competing without contracts.

The probe comes after the secretary general of football’s world body Fifa, Fatma Samoura, instructed Fecafoot president Seidou Mbombo Njoya via an email dated 18 February – seen by the BBC – to look into the matter.

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“We have been informed by the secretary general of Fifpro [global players’ union] Theo Van Seggelen and the president of Cameroon’s player union Geremi Njitap of the non-payment of salaries and bonuses to players from 24 clubs in Cameroon’s top and second tier championship,” wrote Samoura.

“It is Fecafoot’s responsibility to ensure that players’ rights are respected, and the non-payment of salaries and bonuses – with some dating as far back as the 2017-2018 season – is unacceptable.

Fecafoot officials have been given a deadline of 4 March 2019 to rectify the situation.

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Earlier this month, former Cameroon international Geremi Njitap, who now heads the country’s player’s union Synafoc, stated that 24 of the 33 professional clubs in the country had failed to meet their monetary obligations.

The former Real Madrid and Chelsea defender disclosed that a majority of players in the top two leagues lived in difficult conditions with teams failing to pay salaries and bonuses for months.

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Since Fifa’s intervention, Cameroon’s professional football league has paid out a grant of 84 million FCFA, approximately US$145,252 to the clubs, with each top league outfit taking home three million FCFA with second tier teams receiving 2 million FCFA.

At the time of writing, defending champions Coton Sport of Garoua, alongside 2018 Cup of Cameroon winners Eding Sport, Yong Sports Academy, Bamboutous of Mbouda, Stade Renard and UMS loum are the only top flight teams to have met their agreement with the players.

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