for suspended Sepp Blatter despite long-running health
problems, in a statement sent to AFP on Friday.
The 69-year-old president of the Confederation of African
Football has taken temporary charge of the sport’s world
governing body as it wrestles with mounting sleaze allegations.
He took over on Thursday after Blatter was suspended for 90
days as Swiss prosecutors investigate him for criminal
mismanagement.
Cameroon’s Hayatou has kidney problems that require regular
dialysis.
But a statement from CAF said the condition had not had an
impact on his ability to fulfil his duties in the past and would not
hinder him as interim FIFA chief.
“I pledge that I will dedicate my best efforts to the organisation,
the member associations, our employees, our valued partners,
and football fans everywhere,” Hayatou said in the statement.
Hayatou heads FIFA’s crucial finance committee and once stood
against Blatter for the presidency, although until the recent
corruption storm, he had been a close ally.
He has headed CAF since 1988 and joined the FIFA executive in
1990.
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