1 million dollars to justify

FIFA suspended financial support to the Mozambican Football Federation (FMF) as one of its 210 affiliates worldwide due to lack of reports which justify the funds allocated in the year passado.O fact was made known yesterday in Maputo, the senior manager of development programs for Africa that institution which governs world football, Zelkifli Ngoufonja (1), at the end of a three-day visit to the country, during which learned about the functioning of the FMF, and meet their new cast. 

According Ngoufonja, as is mandatory rules, FIFA requires the annual statement of accounts and activities to its members, and must be submitted by 31 March each year, the FMF did not. Lately, FIFA requires not only the reports of the fund that allocates, but also of those who canvass their members during the year. "Now we require the reports of global accounts, not only the money we provide. Mozambique still not given us their supporting, so we suspended the funding. The money for the FMF exists, but requires only the clarification of last year's accounts, "explicou.Este year FIFA has allocated one million and fifty thousand dollars each associated with a substantial increase and that according to the Software Development Manager for Africa is justified by the dispute of qualifying for the World-2018, which will take place in Russia. "In all, we added $ 500,000, plus 300,000 for the bonus. Annually generally FIFA allocates $ 250 thousand to affiliates, "continuou.

The face this embarrassing scenario for the FMF, in particular, and for the national football in general, the new cast was obliged, first, to do an internal audit, the results of which the chairman of the Board, Alberto Simango Jr.(2), declined to reveal and subsequently external audit was requested. "We hope the results of this audit, and all believe that will come out soon. After that, and if all is well, we will release the funds for the FMF, "insisted Zelkifli Ngoufonja, raking that FIFA wants to continue to support our country in the development of football in its various aspects.