By Gift Chapi Odekina, Abuja

The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) failed to sit on Wednesday as scheduled, raising fresh questions over the next phase of the probe.

The committee had adjourned its previous investigative hearing to August 12 for the continuation of proceedings, with relevant government agencies and stakeholders expected to appear.

However, the scheduled sitting did not hold, leaving journalists and other stakeholders without an official explanation.

As of the time of filing this report, neither the committee nor its Chairman, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, had issued a statement on why the hearing was not held or whether a new date had been fixed.