The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has a trust deficit and the new
administration is working to improve the organization’s reputation by
putting an emphasis on financial transparency, according to a top official.
administration is working to improve the organization’s reputation by
putting an emphasis on financial transparency, according to a top official.
The committee of administrators, which oversaw the AIFF’s operations until
it was disbanded in August, informed the Supreme Court that the forensic
audit of the federation accounts had, at the very least, shown that the
organization’s previous management, led by the former union minister Praful
Patel, had siphoned off significant amounts of money.
According to Prabhakaran, “Trust (of the public) in the AIFF was missing
due to whatever had transpired prior. We have to restore it, and we will do
it.