Senate Reveals Why It Won’t Step Into PFIPC Controversy

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The Senate has declined to intervene in the controversy surrounding the alleged fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC.

The upper legislative chamber said it is the responsibility of the executive arm of government to explain how the agency appeared in the 2026 Appropriation Act with an approved budget allocation.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, made this known while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.

He maintained that the controversy originated from within the executive arm and should be resolved by the same arm of government.

Adaramodu stated that the Senate has not received any petition concerning the existence of the PFIPC or the claim by Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi that he serves as the agency’s Director-General.

He stressed that lawmakers would not interfere in the matter at this stage, especially as it has become the subject of litigation.

According to him, the National Assembly neither established the agency nor inserted its budget allocation and is not responsible for conducting background checks on heads of government agencies appointed by the executive.

He noted that the Senate would only become involved if a formal petition is submitted by any interested party.

“The allegations and counter-allegations over a fake agency and a fake director general are issues within the executive arm and should be addressed there,” Adaramodu said, adding that the dispute is essentially between the Office of the Chief of Staff and the individual claiming to head the agency.

The controversy intensified after the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, publicly denied any knowledge of both the PFIPC and Adeyemi.

In response, President Bola Tinubu directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the matter and submit its findings within 30 days.

Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said the investigation followed findings that the PFIPC was never established by the Federal Government and has no legal, executive or presidential approval.

The President also instructed investigators to identify everyone involved in the alleged scheme and ensure that anyone found culpable faces the full weight of the law.

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