Fake Agency Probe: OHCSF, CBN distance selves from PFIPC, reveal inactive accounts

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja

ABUJA — The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have distanced themselves from the establishment and operations of the alleged Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), as investigations by the House of Representatives continued on Monday.

The institutions made the disclosures before the House Ad-hoc Committee investigating the alleged creation of the council without a valid legal framework.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, told the committee that the OHCSF had no constitutional mandate to establish government agencies, noting that such responsibilities rested with relevant authorities.

A representative of the office said, “The approval and establishment of agencies is not within the purview of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. However, the OHCSF is responsible for approving the administrative structure of federal government agencies.”