Mogadishu, Somalia, 10/02 - A seven-man delegation from the Somalia Football Federation (SFF) left here Friday for Zurich, Switzerland to hold talks with officials of the world governing football body, FIFA, on resuming support to the SFF.
Federation chairman Salad Maalim Gaab, who heads the delegation, told journalists shortly before departure that the SFF would be pleading with FIFA to resume financial assistance to the local FA it suspended after former SFF official Farah Ado allegedly mismanaged FIFA funds.
Gaab said a few Mogadishu businessmen were funding the SFF mission to Zurich.
He said withholding of fund by FIFA had crippled football activities throughout Somalia in the absence of a central government.
Farah Ado was banned from football activities for ten years after FIFA found him guilty of misappropriating financial assistance intended for the SFF.
Somalia was crushed 0-5 in their last tie in the combined 2006 World Cup/African Cup of Nations qualifier against the Black Stars of Ghana last month.