Damaseb caught up in car issue

OUSTED Namibia Football Association (NFA) executive member and former Brave Warriors team manager Markus Damaseb tried to hire a vehicle in the name of the Association for personal use, but failed after the service providers realised that he was no longer with the NFA, the Association said in a statement yesterday.

Damaseb went to Sure Ritz in Windhoek on January 10, pretending that he was still working for the association, but the service providers realised that he was no longer with the association after one recalled a newspaper report about him being fired as team manager of the Warriors. Before he became team manager, Damaseb was also an executive member of the NFA, but was not re-elected during the last elections last year.He was fired as team manager for his apparent poor management skills in handling the logistics of the national side.Yesterday, NFA acting secretary general Barry Rukoro confirmed that they have not laid any charges against Damaseb, as he did not take the vehicle in the end, but warned that anyone who “comes up with such tricks will be dealt with”.Rukoro said Damaseb wanted to rent the vehicle for some of his relatives in order for them to go to a funeral in Grootfontein.He said the association no longer has any dealings with Damaseb and it was irresponsible and shameful of him to do that.According to Rukoro, Damaseb wanted Sure Ritz to bill the NFA’s account for the car rental.He presented himself as team manager of the Warriors and that he needed the vehicle for national team duties, Rukoro said.Damaseb could not be reached for comment yesterday.* Meanwhile, Rukoro has said the NFA will have a meeting with top Fifa officials to talk about the NFA’s constitutional review process.The review aims at making changes to the NFA constitution which is currently littered with loopholes that negatively affect the smooth running of the association’s affairs.The date for the changes will be announced after the weekend’s meeting.Before he became team manager, Damaseb was also an executive member of the NFA, but was not re-elected during the last elections last year.He was fired as team manager for his apparent poor management skills in handling the logistics of the national side.Yesterday, NFA acting secretary general Barry Rukoro confirmed that they have not laid any charges against Damaseb, as he did not take the vehicle in the end, but warned that anyone who “comes up with such tricks will be dealt with”.Rukoro said Damaseb wanted to rent the vehicle for some of his relatives in order for them to go to a funeral in Grootfontein.He said the association no longer has any dealings with Damaseb and it was irresponsible and shameful of him to do that.According to Rukoro, Damaseb wanted Sure Ritz to bill the NFA’s account for the car rental.He presented himself as team manager of the Warriors and that he needed the vehicle for national team duties, Rukoro said.Damaseb could not be reached for comment yesterday.* Meanwhile, Rukoro has said the NFA will have a meeting with top Fifa officials to talk about the NFA’s constitutional review process.The review aims at making changes to the NFA constitution which is currently littered with loopholes that negatively affect the smooth running of the association’s affairs.The date for the changes will be announced after the weekend’s meeting.