The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) on Thursday uncovered fresh discrepancies in documents used to establish the purported agency, as the State House denied authorising its creation or requesting a budget code for it from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.
The committee also questioned the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) over its decision to issue seven official Federal Government vehicle number plates to the council, despite later discovering that the agency was not lawfully established.
The revelations emerged during the committee’s investigative hearing at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, where officials from the State House and the FRSC appeared before lawmakers to explain their roles in the activities of the council, which allegedly operated without legal backing but was integrated into aspects of the Federal Government’s administrative and budgetary processes, including the 2026 Appropriation Act.
Appearing before the committee, Abdulkadri Idris, Director of Administration, State House, who represented the Permanent Secretary, categorically denied that the Presidency played any role in the establishment of the PFIPC or requested the Accountant-General to generate a budget code for it.
