The Senate Spokesman, Senator Yemi Adaramodu
The Senate on Tuesday said it could not intervene in the controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, insisting that no petition had been submitted to the National Assembly over the matter and that the dispute is already before the courts.
The clarification comes amid growing public scrutiny over the controversial N1.3bn allocation to the agency in the 2026 Appropriation Act and allegations surrounding its embattled Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi.
Speaking with journalists after plenary, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, acknowledged that the PFIPC has a budgetary allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
He, however, maintained that the Senate had no basis to investigate the controversy since no petition had been formally submitted to the Red Chamber by any of the parties involved or concerned Nigerians.
