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That is why all has to be done to get rid of the Chop a Chop canker worm that has eaten deep into our society and may soon eat our souls. IS is surprising? The minister pays the coach 15 million plus and the coach pays the minister 7 million a year. It is not strange. The coach " chops and the Minister chops" That is the Cameroonian reality. I travel abroad and arrange with my boss for my salary to be paid to my relatives etc. I give my boss kola at the end of the month. My boss chop a chop.
My justification is. The amount of money is small after all the "Big Man" up there is embezzling greater sums of money. Also the little I am taking is being used to buy medicine for my poor parents in the village. I do not squander it on weekend trips abroad as the big man does. I am holier you know. I am a modern Robin hood taking from the bad regime and giving to the poor.
What short sightedness? Give me a break. Do you have to take the law into your hands? Don't you know that it will result in anarchy? Yes confusion and a failed state. Go to http://www.chopachoplive.com and let your voice be heard.
By Innocent Mbunwe
There are indications that the resigned Indomitable Lions head coach, Otto Pfiister, 72, may have swindled the Cameroonian taxpayer of colossal amounts of cash. A secret report from the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education which The Post stumbled on, notes that, on May 7, 2009, Otto Pfister was paid through his German account, a lump sum of FCFA 123 million ($ 246,000) as advance salaries for six months.
Armed with such a swollen wallet, the big German decided to bang the door against the team he was purportedly coaching three weeks after the dough was safely deposited in the private account in his native Germany. The septuagenarian, it should be recalled, had been paid a six months advance salary on November 7, 2007, the day he was signing his contract. Pfister's salary was fixed at FCFA 15 million by Augustin Edjoa, Sports and Physical Education Minister.
Edjoa, added, another FCFA 5 million as salary for a physical trainer whom the German was to recruit, but until Wednesday, May 27, the day of his resignation the nation is yet to see the Physical instructor. Pfister, with decades of experience in the politics of African football, has walked away with hard earned money of tax paying Cameroonians. The coach's resignation took the nation unawares. It will be difficult for the nation to report him to the world football governing body, FIFA.
He is, by the way, not even recognised by FIFA because he signed his contract but with the Cameroonian Sports Ministry instead of the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT, the only body with which FIFA does business in Cameroon. It should be noted that FECAFOOT refused to endorse his controversial appointment and was never a signatory to his contract. Pfister has been coach for 18 months, during which period he enjoyed quite some juicy financial remuneration.
Sampler: His monthly salary stood at FCFA 15 million ($ 30.000), plus a monthly communication allowance of FCFA 500.000, ($1000). He also enjoyed monthly FCFA 5 million ($ 10.000) being money for a physical trainer.Pfister was paid FCFA 25 million ($50.000), as his 2008 Nations cup participation fee. He was entitled to
imitless amounts of cash each time he felt like travelling abroad to monitor players' performance in foreign leagues.
He stayed in Hotel Mont Febe for 18 months at state expense. Fernand Tanninche, the soccer agent who negotiated Pfister's appointment is yet to receive the 20 percent commission the coach agreed he would be paid. The matter is still pending in court.Tanninche told this Reporter: "All these financial transactions between Minister Edjoa and Pfister, amounts to mafia.
"Why is the Minister paying Pfister in advance in a poor country like Cameroon? I have never seen that. Pfister asked for FCFA 13 million as salary but the Minister increased it to FCFA 15 million, and even added FCFA 5 million for a physical trainer. "All these additions belong to the Minister. The Minister earns FCFA 7 million monthly from Pfister", Tanninche noted.
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