Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) has initiated an independent investigation into allegations of misconduct within its secretariat. The governing body for African football has mandated its audit and governance committee to oversee a thorough probe into potential breaches of CAF’s internal governance and auditing regulations, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
To ensure impartiality and credibility, the committee will appoint a reputable international law firm or an independent audit and professional services firm to conduct the investigation. The findings of this inquiry will subsequently be presented to the CAF Executive Committee.
“There is zero tolerance in CAF for corruption or breaching CAF’s internal governance, audit and transparency regulations or for violating CAF and FIFA Statutes and Regulations. We have committed CAF to adhering to global governance, audit, transparency and ethics best practices and established in 2021, an Internal Governance and Compliance Department in CAF", the President of CAF Dr Patrice Motsepe said.
"This Internal Governance and Compliance Department brought the alleged breach of CAF’s internal Audit and Governance Regulations to our attention. The current culture in CAF of implementing and adhering to global governance, audit, transparency and ethics best practices has resulted in CAF being respected by its sponsors, partners, African Governments and other African and international stakeholders".
"We are committed and determined to retain this hard-earned respect. The CAF EXCO will discuss the Report and recommendations of the Audit and Governance Committee and appropriate action will immediately be taken if improper conduct or behaviour is identified by the Audit and Governance Committee.”
This decisive action underscores CAF's commitment to upholding the highest standards of governance and transparency within the organization.
Credit: CAF