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Sports News from Friday, May 3, 2019
Source: Ghanaguardian.com
2019-05-03
Ahmad stated that he had no control over the finances of the CAF
The president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad has denied the corruption charges against him by a senior official.
Ahmad said he had no control over the confederation's finances after his former secretary general, Amr Fahmy, accused him of corrupting the presidents of the African national badociations. football and having misused hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Fahmy was fired last month for "misconduct", but CAF did not disclose details of a disciplinary case against him. Fahmy reportedly sent the allegations against Ahmad to FIFA, where Ahmad is the vice president, but the world governing body has not announced any investigation into ethics.
During a visit to Djibouti, Ahmad said on Wednesday: "When you talk about managing finances at CAF, the president is not responsible." He said that Fahmy, as secretary general, controlled the money from the CAF.
Ahmad also responded to accusations that he misused money to buy two luxury cars, one in Cairo where CAF is based and the other at home. , in Madagascar, his country of origin. He said that he had two cars because making one to and from Egypt "is expensive". He said he needed it because "CAF is a very big institution and that means that the image of the CAF president is very important".
Ahmad became head of African football in 2017 after defeating longtime president Issa Hayatou in an election. He promised to clean up the reputation of African footballer tarnished by corruption, but he was criticized for his leadership, sometimes by senior officials of his organization.
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