The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou will not attend the draws of the16th edition of African Youth Championship set for this Friday at Prime Holding, Kigali.

The Local Organising Committee (Cocan) spokesman, Jules Kalisa confirmed the development yesterday saying that Hayatou as well as other World and continental high profile officials will be attending the burial of the fallen Farah Addo who passed away last week in Cairo, Egypt.

Addo was the founder member of Cecafa and served as chairman of the Council on two different occasions. Early this month, Cocan confirmed that they will host high profile members from CAF though that appears to have changed with the withdrawal of the top man in African football.

With Hayatou unable to make it this weekend, CAF Secretary General Mustapha Fahmy is the only high-profile member from the continent’s football body expected to grace the event. The draws will be conducted by the chairman of the Organising Committee of CAF Youth Competitions, Slim Aloulou.

Representatives from participating teams; Egypt, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa, Congo Brazzaville and Ghana will be present at the draws occasion for the tournament which kick-off on January 18-February 1 in Kigali.

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