Sports News of Sunday, 9 February 2020Source: GHANAsoccernet.comCAF under-pressure as PWC question finances & paymentsCAF President Ahmad AhmadConfederation of African Football (CAF) auditors, Price Waterhouse Cooper believe there is a potential elements of mismanagement and possible abuse of power at the outfit. The report, which covers 2017 to 2019, may well heap further pressure on CAF President Ahmad Ahmad, less than a week after FIFA ended their six-month supervision period of African football’s governing body, which was a consequence of a series of corruption scandals. While Gianni Infantino may believe that the continent’s reform has been completed successfully, the 55-page PWC report has shed further light on the nature of CAF’s financial management during Ahmad's tenure. “The accounting records of CAF are unreliable and not trustworthy,” the report began, as per Reuters. “Large numbers of payments were made in cash, typically involving CAF issuing a “cheque to cash”, which is then spent by a CAF Staff,” the report continued.

Source: GhanaWeb February 09, 2020 18:22 UTC