The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee probing the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has uncovered fresh discrepancies in documents linked to the council’s establishment, as the State House distanced itself from its creation and denied requesting any budget code for the body.
At the committee’s investigative hearing on Thursday at the National Assembly in Abuja, officials of the State House and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) appeared before lawmakers to explain their involvement in the council’s activities, which are alleged to have operated without legal authorisation.
The investigation is examining how the PFIPC allegedly secured official recognition, obtained government approvals and appeared in aspects of the federal government’s administrative and budget processes, including the 2026 Appropriation Act, despite concerns over its legal status.
Representing the Permanent Secretary of the State House, the Director of Administration, Abdulkadri Idris, told the lawmakers that the Presidency neither established nor approved the council and had no knowledge of any correspondence requesting the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to generate a budget code for it.
