The Senate has declined to intervene in the controversy surrounding the alleged fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC.
It said the executive arm of government should explain how the agency appeared in the 2026 Appropriation Act with an approved budget allocation.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.
He maintained that the controversy originated within the executive and should be resolved by the same arm of government.
Adaramodu said the Senate had not received any petition regarding the existence of the PFIPC or claims by Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi that he is the agency’s Director-General.
He stressed that lawmakers would not interfere in the matter at this stage, particularly as it has become the subject of litigation.
According to him, the National Assembly neither created nor inserted the agency’s budget line and is not responsible for conducting background checks on heads of government agencies appointed by the executive.
He noted that the Senate’s involvement would only arise if a formal petition is submitted by any concerned party.
“The allegations and counter-allegations over a fake agency and a fake director general are issues within the executive arm and should be addressed there,” Adaramodu said, adding that the dispute is essentially between the Office of the Chief of Staff and the individual claiming to head the agency.
The controversy deepened after Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, publicly denied knowledge of both the PFIPC and Adeyemi.
In response, President Bola Tinubu ordered the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the matter and submit its findings within 30 days.
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said the investigation was prompted by findings that the PFIPC was never established by the Federal Government and lacks any legal, executive or presidential approval.
The President directed investigators to identify all individuals involved in the alleged scheme and ensure that anyone found culpable faces the full weight of the law.
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