FIFA and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) have stepped in to appoint an interim administration body to run the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF), reports Soccerex Business Daily. <\/p>\n
The SIFFs funding has been suspended and a normalisation committee appointed, pending an investigation into the federations handling of its finances. However, OFC general secretary Tai Nicholas said that there is no indication of misappropriation by those running the SIFF, and it appears poor accounting is to blame. <\/p>\n
For one reason or another, the former administration, for the amount of activities theyre involved in both internationally and domestically, werent able to fund everything, Nicholas told Australian broadcaster ABC Radio. <\/p>\n
The best way forward in order for football to grow in that country is to install a new administration, which was done by FIFA appointing a Normalisation Committee to run the affairs of football, and to call for new elections in a years time. <\/p>\n
Weve concluded lapses in financial management in terms of the accountability of where the money went. We cant prove theres misappropriation, so the current administration agreed that maybe it was time to install a normalisation for the time being, and look to stakeholders across the Solomon Islands to install a new administration. <\/p>\n
Nicholas maintains football in the OFC is in a healthy position. He added: We have state of the art facilities and were entering all the competitions. Tahiti were at the Confederations Cup and were at the semi-finals in beach soccer, the Solomons are doing well in Futsal, New Zealands at the World Cup; so for a small federation I think were punching above our weight. <\/p>\n
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