The delegates of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) today refused to approve a proposed draft budget of Tk 61.52 crore for the 2025 fiscal when the last AGM of the incumbent committee was held testerday at a City hotel.
The delegates demanded further explanation for the expenditure when they made the demand at the electoral general meeting on Saturday where the voters started casting their votes to elect a 21-member executive committee of the country’s second most well off sports body for the next four years.
According to the proposed budget, there are Tk 14 crore deficit as some Tk 47.5 crore will come through FIFA (22 crore), AFC (14.5 crore), broadcast right (5.9 crore), SAFF, JFA and subsidy for participation in international tournaments.
The proposed budget also refers Tk 36 crore to be spent on domestic competitions and Tk 13.4 crore for international commitments.
Vice-president and the chairman of the fianance committee of the incumbent EC of BFF, Imrul Hassan when briefed the reporters after the AGM, said, “Today delecates placed the proposed budget for 2025 before the AGM. But the delegates referred it to be passed under the new committee.”
Imrul also said that the new committee will have to pass it with an extraordinary general meeting.
Maruful Haque, one of the delegates, said that the delegates wanted to reduce the deficit sum and more explanation behind the expenditure as well.
It was also learnt that NSC secretary Aminul Islam told the congress that there were some areas in the BFF constitutions that need to be reformed in light of the rules and regulation of FIFA and AFC and the government wants to work with BFF closely.
Imrul Hasan also informed that the outgoing president Kazi Salahuddin was also present and in his speech requested the delegates to cast their votes for honest, dedicated and capable aspirants in the BFF polls.
