FIFA awaits an explanation over emergency aid for the Haiti earthquake disaster that failed to reach its destination after being sent to the Trinidad & Tobago soccer federation (TTFF). FIFAsaid in a statement sent to Reuters that $250,000 was wired to the TTFF but the Haiti federation said it had only received $60,000.
“We can confirm that FIFA wired immediately after thedevastating earthquake $250,000 as an emergency aid for Haiti to the account of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF),” said the FIFA statement. “This was on request of the thenConcacaf President Jack Warner and subsequently transferred to the TTFF account, in order to immediately provide support to Haiti.
“FIFA can also confirm that it hadbeen informed by the Haiti Football Association (FHF) in autumn 2011 that it had only received $60,000 of this emergency aid. Consequently FIFA, in a letter, requested in October 2011 a fullexplanation from the TTFF into those funds. As FIFA has not received any satisfactory response, FIFA has stopped with immediate effect any payments to the TTFF until it will receive proper accounts ofthese funds allocated as an immediate relief support to the FHF.”
The 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed 300,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless in Haiti two years ago.