Joseph Bashi is a household
name in Cameroon when it comes to football. He is not just a soccer promoter
but one of those rare Cameroonians who for several years now has been at the
forefront of encouraging and developing the football nursery for prosterity.
In a quirk of fate, Joseph
Bashi has demystified the myth surrounding youth football in Donga Mantung
Division of the North West Region to organize a football tournament bringing
together teams from Nwa, Ndu, Ako, Nkambe and Misaje sub Divisions respectively. But Joe Bashi as he is popularly known was
born with the gigs of it. He is a charismatic and pragmatic young man who believes organizing championships in the rural set up can rejuvenate football in Cameroon. To him, the rural areas are where talent is hidden and could only be discovered if football is taken there. History
has it on record that he initiated the All Anglophone Tournament in Yaounde as
well as the North West Football tournament, which for several years now has become a social bonanza for the Anglophone community in the nation capital.
The truth is that Joe
Bashi mustered enough experience in developing young talents and has come back
home to consolidate his achievements as an emblematic football promoter and he actually breaking the frontiers by uniting youths through football.
Joe Bashi |
Joe Bashi is pleasantrily
an attractive man, down to earth and soft-spoken too. He is also a good
public speaker yet very strict and firm man who loves soccer. As great men will
always have great ideas, he says “we have invited renowned national football
coaches to come and see for themselves what Donga Mantung can offer. You know bringing people on and around the field leads to many other good things happening, ie people will discuss other important issues, new friendship will be built, relationships strengthened and even family ties reinforced”. No one would deny the fact
that Joe is greatly loved by the youth. Some years back, Joe sponsored football
tournaments in Binka village and Nkambe Central but this is the first time that
he wholeheartedly took the challenge to unite the entire Division through
football. Besides, Joe is very perfect in organizational proficiency; he has
shown his worth as a football promoter by humble working for development of
football in the division with the hope that “Donga Mantung will one day produce
a soccer star or one that will play in the National team”.
Warriors of Nwa Vs Binju FC |
Football promoters begin
his rise as a self-motivated, captivating, insightful and as visionaries to
astound the world with the cleverness of the solutions to peoples’ problems. “I
know football can help families, take the case of Eto’o, a renowned footballer
can develop our division”. In many
cases, such a visionary always appears to be the savior of the masses. It
hardly takes a new configuration of promoters to belief for people but an
acknowledgment and an acceptance of the fact that we will have to hold views
that are different to make good choices for the football nursery to grow. His dream
is not only to bring talented young footballers to the national level but hopes
to break the frontiers. For the first time in the history of Donga Mantung, a football team from Nwa participated in a tournament in Nkambe. Schools have been doing it but has always been difficult for individuals to take that challenge. Record have been registered and it is hoped that by the end of the tournament, many more will enter into history books.
(Coming up: Euphoria that surrounded the Matches, results and potrayed of team that have qualified for quarter and semi finals)
(Coming up: Euphoria that surrounded the Matches, results and potrayed of team that have qualified for quarter and semi finals)
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