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The Senate on Wednesday declined to launch a fresh investigation into the controversial N1.3bn budgetary allocation to the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, saying it would await the outcome of the ongoing probe by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ordered by President Bola Tinubu.
The decision followed a point of order raised by the Senator representing Kano South, Kawu Sumaila, who urged the upper chamber to investigate how the agency, which the Presidency has described as non-existent, secured a N1.3bn allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
As Sumaila began presenting his motion, Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, who presided over plenary, interrupted him, noting that the matter ought to have come before the Senate as a substantive motion.
Presenting his argument, Sumaila said the controversy surrounding the PFIPC had raised serious concerns about the integrity of the nation’s budget process.
