The Senate on Wednesday again rejected a motion seeking to investigate how ₦1.3 billion was appropriated for the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 budget.
The upper chamber reached a resolution after a majority of the senators voted against it through voice votes during the plenary.
The motion, sponsored by the senator representing Kano South Senatorial District, Kawu Sumaila, was suspended because the matter is already before a court and that the Presidency has initiated an investigation into the controversy.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said that any parliamentary probe at this stage could amount to interference in a matter already the subject of judicial proceedings.
“The fake agency has been making rounds. Unfortunately, the issue has been overtaken by events. The culprit has been charged in court so that it will become sub judice. The president has set up a high-powered committee to investigate the subject matter from the formation of the fake agency all the way to budgetary and offices, and opening of accounts and all that. So, that is also being done.
