Cameroon’s bid to cling on to hosting the 2019 African Cup of Nations, has suffered a further blow with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad Ahmad questioning the country’s credentials.

During a trip to Ivory Coast, Ahmad insisted that efficiency and competence were factors needed to pull off the daunting task of organizing the Africa Cup of Nations and Cameroon maybe be stripped of hosting rights if it doesn’t have the requisite facilities in place.

“If the host country is not ready, we will find another country to host the event,”Ahmed said as quoted by French portal, SlateAfrique.com

The Confederation of African Football team is expected in Cameroon in January for a round of inspection and Ahmad says the assessment of the preparations will be one of determining factors.

“We sent specifications to the (Cameroon) government. The final inspection report will be the one to decide if Cameroon will be ready or not.

“We will not negotiate anything as the country will have to work to convince us of their capacity to host the event,” Ahmad added.

Ahmad had again hinted in August that Cameroon was at risk of losing the right to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations because of the slow progress in their preparations for the tournament.

Government officials in the country since then have continued to insist they will be able to stage the tournament, the first edition of the event to feature 24 nations following CAF’s recent decision to grow the competition by eight teams, as planned.

Serious sanctions await Cameroon should hosting rights be withdrawn for any reason, including hefty fines as well as lengthy bans from competing in the competition