Hayatou made his position known on Thursday shortly after his emergence as the acting president
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This followed the suspension for 90 days of both the FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, and Secretary General, Jerome Valcke
Klaus Stoehlker, an advisor to Blatter, told Sky News that the governing body’s ethics committee had handed the sanction to the outgoing leader, who is the subject of a criminal investigation by the Swiss attorney general
The pair are being investigated by Swiss prosecutors and the ethics committee over a 2 million Swiss franc (£1.35 million) payment signed off by FIFA president Blatter to UEFA president Platini
Apart from the payment, the probe involves a contract, likely on TV rights, with the Caribbean football union from 2005.
The tournament was widely expected to be scheduled for the winter months due to health concerns over the extreme heat in the summer, which is when the World Cup is traditionally played
The attorney general’s office said Blatter was being investigated “on suspicion of criminal mismanagement as well as – alternatively – on suspicion of misappropriation”
The Nigerian girls fell nine places as the biggest drop, but maintained their spot on the continent
A Fifa statement said it had “been made aware of a series of allegations involving the secretary general”.
Former Nigerian Captain, Segun ‘Mathematical’ Odegbami, and for Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, have declared their interest to replace outgoing FIFA boss, Sepp Blatter
The three-time African champions polled 599 points, which is a shortfall of their 601 points in August, and are ranked ninth in Africa
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