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FIFA Slams 10-Year Ban on Top CAF Official Also fines Addo $41,000 Football's world governing body has banned Confederation of African Football (CAF) official Farah Addo from football for 10 years. At a meeting of FIFA's Disciplinary Committee, the Somali Football Federation (SFF) member was found guilty of depriving the SFF of Fifa Financial Assis-tance Programme money and using it partially for his own interests. At the Zurich meeting, the Disciplinary Committee banned Addo from taking part in any football-related activity - be that within an association, confederation or FIFA itself - with immediate effect for a decade. His suspension apart, Addo, who is a former CAF vice-president, has been ordered to pay a fine of US$40,100 as well as cover the costs of the proceedings. In a statement, the FIFA committee instructed the SFF to take all the steps necessary to 'recoup from Farah W. Addo the money paid by FIFA and to guarantee that the management of the federation's financial assets in the future be in line with all relevant FIFA regulations.' Addo currently chairs CAF 's Referees Committee, which is responsible for designating referees to officiate competitive matches organised by the African football body. The Referees Committee also proposes African referees to FIFA on the occasion of world competitions. This is not the first time Addo, who was formerly president of both the SFF and regional East African football body Cecafa, has been in trouble with FIFA. In January 2003, the Somali was suspended from football for two years after he questioned the integrity of FIFA head Sepp Blatter shortly before the presidential elections in 2002. A Swiss court subsequently ordered the disgraced official 10,000 Swiss francs (about US$7,350) for defamation. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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