…to summon budget minister
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the allocation of more than N1.3 billion to the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 Appropriation Act, noting that the development exposes serious flaws in Nigeria’s budget process and raises concerns about the integrity of public financial management.
The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Yusuf Gagdi, who represents Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency of Plateau State.
Leading the debate, Gagdi said the budgetary allocation to the so-called PFIPC, an agency not established by any law or executive instrument, pointed to glaring weaknesses in the country’s appropriation system and suggested that similar fictitious entities could have found their way into previous budgets undetected.
He said the proposed investigation would determine how the alleged agency secured a place in the 2026 budget despite lacking any legal basis for its existence.
