The Senate has declined to initiate a comprehensive investigation into the budgetary allocation, operations and controversy surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
The motion was moved by Senator Suleiman Kawu, who argued that the allegations surrounding the council pose a threat to the integrity of the Senate, the credibility of the National Assembly and the legislature’s constitutional oversight and appropriation responsibilities.
Citing Order 9 and Rule 9(c) of the Senate Standing Orders (2026), Kawu presented a motion titled, “Urgent Need to Investigate the Budgetary Allocation, Operations, and Controversy surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) to safeguard the Integrity of the Senate and the Federal Government.”
In his presentation, Kawu argued that the controversies surrounding the council directly threaten the integrity of the Senate, the credibility of the National Assembly, and the legislature’s constitutional oversight and appropriation powers.
According to him, “The Senate notes with concern that, in recent weeks, the public space has been inundated with allegations, controversies, accusations and counter-accusations concerning an entity known as the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
In his prayers, Senator Kawu urged the Senate to condemn in the strongest terms the administrative lapses, internal collaborations, or fraudulent schemes that enabled a purportedly nonexistent or unauthorised entity under Budget Code: 0111062001 to be incorporated into the 2026 Appropriation Act.
He also asked the Senate to direct the Committees on Ethics, Code of Conduct & Public Petitions; and Appropriations to conduct a comprehensive investigation surrounding the inclusion of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 Appropriation Act, with a view to determining the process through which the sum of N1,302,978,784 was proposed, scrutinised, justified and approved during the appropriation process; the ministries, departments and agencies as well as the public officials or other persons responsible for facilitating the recognition and inclusion of the PFIPC in the national budget; and whether any funds have been released, committed or expended under the budgetary allocation, including whether any bank account has been established or operated with the budget line.
Following the presentation of the motion, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, who presided over plenary, ruled that the matter should not be debated, noting that the Executive had already taken steps to investigate the allegations.
Jibrin said President Bola Tinubu had directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe the matter and urged the Senate to allow the executive-led investigation to run its course.
The Senate on Wednesday stepped down a motion calling for a investigation into the budgetary allocation, operations, and controversies surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council to await ICPC Investigation
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