adminDavid Fani, BFA president, last week said they catered for all Warriors’ expenses, which included the hotel bills and transport to and from Harare.
Zimbabwe held Botswana to a goalless draw despite poor preparations.
The Batswanas were using the game as part of their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
Zifa allegedly received $18 000 from Mimosa Platinum Mine to cater for the Warriors’ trip.
In a telephone interview yesterday evening, Zifa board member competitions Moyo exonerated himself from the saga.
“What I know is that the arrangement was that Botswana will also come to Zimbabwe and we will take care of their stay. BFA looked after us that is in terms of accommodation and food that side. There was no cash involved and neither did we get reimbursed for the trip. Even as the head of delegation I never handled the daily allowances. I said the manager (Wellington Mpandare) should deal with that because they only picked me up in Plumtree.
“Actually when we got to Botswana, BFA had organised a bus for us to use there but we did not use it as we stuck to ours. The only papers that we signed or the receipts that Fani is talking about are hotel bills that they had to take care of after our team had checked out,” said Moyo.
The Zifa board member said if ever there were any transactions that transpired, then they might have happened between the BFA and local football mother body secretariat.
Zifa chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze said they had written to BFA seeking clarity on the matter.
“I wrote to BFA on Wednesday asking them to assist us with information relating to the said money which was reimbursed. We said they must tell us who they gave the money and where he signed for it? We want to know whoever is said to have collected that money they say they were reimbursed, he took it in what capacity and why did they not declare the money to Zifa?
“What I know is that if there is any extra money from the trip normally the head of delegation will know but in this case he (Moyo) said he was blank about that,” Mashingaidze said.
The Zifa boss said during the Cecafa tournament that was held in Tanzania, he received communication that there was $8 500 participation fees, which they told officials to give the Warriors so that they could share it.
After the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, the Warriors are expected to play host to Botswana at Barbourfields Stadium.
Zifa will foot their accommodation bill and organise a shuttle bus should the Zebras decide to use air.
The Warriors will use the Botswana match as part of their preparations for the 2013 Afcon and Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifiers later in the year.
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