The lawmaker argued that the controversy surrounding the council had raised serious concerns about the integrity of the National Assembly's appropriation process and its constitutional oversight responsibilities.
The Senate on Wednesday declined to launch a parliamentary investigation into the controversial N1.3 billion budgetary allocation for the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), opting instead to defer to an ongoing executive probe ordered by President Bola Tinubu.
The decision came after a motion by Senator Suleiman Kawu (APC, Kano South), who sought a comprehensive investigation into the council's operations, the circumstances surrounding its inclusion in the 2026 Appropriation Act, and the officials responsible for the disputed budget insertion.
Raising a point of order during plenary, Kawu cited Order 9 and Rule 9(c) of the Senate Standing Orders (2026) while presenting 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.”
The lawmaker argued that the controversy surrounding the council had raised serious concerns about the integrity of the National Assembly's appropriation process and its constitutional oversight responsibilities.
