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Former President Sepp Blatter said that the decision to appoint Secretary General Fatma Samoura as "Fifa's General Delegate for Africa" was colonialist and was flouting the rules of Fifa.
Last month, the world governing body of football made the decision to improve governance within the African Football Confederation (CAF).
"This can be seen as a new aspect of colonialism," Switzerland told BBC Sport in a statement.
"The direct intervention of FIFA with Caf and sending Ms. Samoura as" supervisor "ignore the statutes of the federation.
"As a reminder, the confederations are not members of FIFA, only the national badociations are."
The Executive Committee of Caf (ExCo) is to discuss the imminent arrival of Samoura at its meeting Wednesday in Cairo, the Egyptian capital.
Despite previous statements by FIFA and Caf that his appointment was approved "unanimously" by the executive committee of the latter, some members of the board of directors composed of 22 members would remain opposed.
BBC Sport understands that this opposition could be lifted if Samoura, who is about to start his six-month role – renewable if Caf and Fifa accept it – as of August 1, would report to the ExCo rather only to the presidents of Fifa, Gianni Infantino and Caf. Ahmad, as mentioned earlier in a memo.
If this latter scenario arose, Samoura and his team of advisers would sit above the Executive Committee for decision-making.
"It seems that only Tanzania, Leodegar Tenga, realizes the consequences of this action," added Blatter, who led FIFA between 1998 and 2015.
"He warns the CAF Executive Committee not to accept Mrs. Samoura's appointment."
Blatter was referring to CAF CAF member Tenga since he had commented on a private group of WhatsApp with CAH President Ahmad and other ITUC board members have been disclosed to the CAF. media last month.
Although there was an agreement "in principle … on cooperation between Fifa and Caf", Tenga wrote: "We also agreed that Exco members would have time to read the text proposed and provide the details ".
At the Africa Nations Cup being held in Egypt, Caf's general secretary, Mouad Hajji, outlined the benefits, according to him, that Samoura will bring to the organization.
"This is an excellent opportunity for Caf to benefit from its expertise," he told reporters.
"Mrs. Fatma will arrive with a group of experts, which will only speed up the reform process led by President Ahmad and the Executive Committee with principles such as good governance, transparency and transparency. ;equity.
"So we see all this in a very positive way."
Samoura and Ahmad have known each other since the time he was in Madagascar, where he was head of the local FA and where she was resident coordinator of the United Nations from 2010 to 2016.
FIFA has announced that it will carry out a full medico-legal audit of Caf, whose President Ahmad is under surveillance this year.
While FIFA and the French authorities were investigating him, the BBC revealed Monday how he had claimed expenses to Caf, while claiming to be simultaneously in two different countries.
The 59-year-old, who previously denied any wrongdoing, said he would give his answers for Fifa.
OPPOSITION
The President of the Guinea-Bissau Federation, Manuel Nascimento, who does not sit on the CAF Executive Committee, believes that there is considerable opposition to Samoura's proposal, unprecedented in the 115 years of existence Fifa.
"I can tell you that the majority of FA presidents are opposed to Fatma (joining the ranks)," Manuel Nascimento told BBC Sport Africa on Monday.
"None of them, any of us – not me – we do not want Fatma to come in. Because it's Caf. It belongs to Africa."
"We need reform." However, whatever it may be, reforms should be made to Caf.
"What is supposed to happen from August 1st will not be accepted in any confederation in the world, so why should we accept it?"
The President of the European Football Federation Aleksander Ceferin also expressed his opposition to the projects, questioning the lack of official support from the CAF Executive Committee, on possible conflicts of interest and on the conformity of the proposal with the statutes of Fifa and Caf.
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