Ethiopian Premier League former champions Dedebit FC rocked the Ethiopian Football. The club’s moved its base from Addis Ababa to Mekele where its name sake Dedebit, is found. The second is setting a salary cap that is slashing the artificially ballooned football players’ signing bonus back to five digits.
The brain child of the former TPLF fighter Colonel Awol Abdulakim the current EFF vice President, it took only 15 years to start from scratch then go on winning the title in the 2012 season. At the time Dedebit among the first to sky rocket football players’ signing bonus from five digit in to seven digit figures to sign big fishes the likes Getaneh Kebede, Seyoum Tesfaye and Aynalem Hailu to win the title pushing off Saint George and Ethiopia Bunna, despite having big sponsors; Mesobo Cement, SUR Construction and Selam Transport things appear hard to support thus Dedebit is back to basics setting the salary cap to 25000 Birr for senior players and 10000 Birr a month for young talents. The decision is likely to bring back all clubs to to spend on youth academies rather than throwing away stashes for nothing and employing foreign footballers.
The other major decision of switching its base to Mekele might win lots of supporters from the region. The move North means Tigray is to be represented by three sides: Mekele, Welwalo-Adigrat and Dedebit FC. Dedebit’s move means a lot for young talent from Tigray looking for a club to try out their chances.
Already signing two players from first division side Shinshicho and another two from Baherdar and Wolayta Dicha, Dedebit FC is once again in the for front to lead Ethiopian Football to basics.
Dedebit moves to Mekele
Super League promotion deciding fixtures on Monday
The deciding games of the 2017 Ethiopian Super League season “Group B” promotion will take place on Monday featuring top spot Debub Police visiting minnows Diredawa Police while seventh place Hadiya-Hossana entertains runner-up Jimma AbaBuna. The winner of the group will book an automatic promotion to the upper tier whereas the groups’ runner-ups will battle for a third place play-off with the winner joining the other two at the Premier League’s new season.
Though the group “A” winner Baherdar trumpeted a promotion and Shere Enda Selassie finished runner-up, group “B” table tops stayed crowded until Debub Police emerged in the top spot two points clear of second place Jimma AbaBuna.
With seventeen wins, seven draws and five defeats Debub Police faces 14th in the table with just 27 points Diredawa Police tomorrow. In the other fixture 56 points AbaBuna travels to Hossana to encounter the home side 7th place with 41 points. It appears a hard task for AbaBuna because they need to score at least four goals to win automatic promotion and Debub Police must lose.
Spearhead by Kenyan veteran Eric Muranda and Biruk Elias each with 12 goals and Behailu Wegne with eleven goals, Debub Police appear to be a clear favorite over home side Diredawa Police thus likely to win the automatic promotion. The rivalry between the two former Premier League sides’ Hoassana and AbaBuna is a huge factor going against the visitors.
BREAKING NEWS: Azeb Asnake removed from EEP
The Board of Directors of the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) removed Azeb Asnake (Eng), CEO of EEP from her position, sources told Capital.
On its meeting held on Wednesday August 22, the board chaired by Girma Biru (Amb) who recently replaced Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD), has announced to the management of EEP that Azeb will be removed. She has not yet received an official letter.
The first CEO of EEP since the split of Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation in to two will be replaced by a new CEO. Sources told Capital that Abraham Belay (PhD), Director of the Cyber Technology Engineering Institute with INSA, is the one said that will take up the reign of EEP.
According to sources, other top managements will also be replaced shortly. This is in line with the current reform the government is undertaking
Azeb has been on the position since 2013 and before that she led the Gibe III, the biggest power plant in the country with 1,870 MW generation capacity, as a project manager.
