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Drogba welcomes investigation into his charity over "serious regulatory concerns"
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Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has welcomed an investigation into his charity over "serious regulatory concerns".
The Daily Mail claimed only
£14,115 out of £1.7m donated to the Didier Drogba Foundation had helped causes
in Africa.
The
Charity Commission has opened a case to review concerns about the charity's
administration.
But
Drogba, 38, said "everything is clear" and "this money will be
spent when it needs to be spent".
In
its article, the Mail said £439,321 was spent putting on lavish fundraising
parties attended by celebrities, and more than £1m languished in bank accounts.
Speaking
to the BBC from Montreal, Canada, where he is playing for MLS side Montreal
Impact, Drogba said all charity projects so far had been funded by his own
sponsorship deals, rather than money from UK fundraisers.
The
former Ivory Coast international said: "I'm responsible for this money;
I'm not going to spend it just to spend it.
"I
have projects for the long term and I know what I want to do."
The
African charity, established in 2007, is run in the Ivory Coast but is also
registered in the United Kingdom.
In
an earlier statement, Drogba,
who helped Chelsea win the Champions League in 2012, said he had spent 3.7m
euros (£2.9m) on projects in the Ivory Coast, including building a mobile
clinic and investing in orphanages.
Drogba
said he will take legal action against the Mail, which said in a statement that
it "stands by every word of this important story".
The
Charity Commission said it wanted "further information" about the
foundation's spending plans and would look into "allegations that the
charity has provided misleading information to donors and the public".
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