CAF renews
warning to Cameroon
Ahmad Ahmad |
Confederation
of African Football (CAF) president, Ahmad, has reiterated his warning to
Cameroon about their hosting of the Africa Cup of Nations. Ahmad Ahmad In
response to a question about Cameroon holding on to the hosting of the
tournament in its new expanded 24-team format in 2019 Ahmad wasted few words.
“If the host country is unable
to organise it, we will find a country that will organise it,” he said. “The
authorities in the country, up to the head of state, have always confirmed to
us that they will be ready.” Before CAF approved changes to the format and
timing of the Nations Cup, Cameroon’s sports minister Ismael Bidoung had been
forced to deny preparations were behind schedule.
Cameroon once again insisted it
would be ready to host the tournament soon after Caf moved it to June/July and
increased it from 16 to 24 teams. In August Ahmad said: “Cameroon will have to
work to convince Caf on its ability to host the event.” He again clarified that
it will be down to an independent company conducting inspections to let Caf
know if Cameroon are fit to host the event. “We will leave it to the host
country to work with an independent private firm without any influence from us
whatsoever,” “It is up to them to provide us with the information that will enable
us to say that Cameroon will be ready or Cameroon will not be ready. But we
won’t negotiate anything.”
Audit firm
PriceWaterhouseCoopers was due to conduct an inspection in August but they
withdrew at short notice without giving reasons. An inspection is now due to
happen early in 2018.
Source:
Vanguard
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