BREAKING: Senate rejects motion to investigate PFIPC scandal

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a motion to launch a comprehensive investigation into the budgetary allocation, operations and controversy surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC.

The move was initiated by the senator representing Kano South, Suleiman Kawu, who raised a point of order during plenary.

Citing Order 9 and Rule 9(c) of the Senate Standing Orders (2026), Kawu presented a motion titled, ‘Urgent Need to Investigate the Budgetary Allocation, Operations and Controversy surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) to safeguard the Integrity of the Senate and the Federal Government’.

According to him, “The Senate notes with concern that, in recent weeks, the public space has been inundated with allegations, controversies, accusations and counter-accusations concerning an entity known as the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).”

Following the presentation of the motion, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, who presided over the plenary, ruled that the matter should not be debated, noting that the Executive had already taken steps to address it.

Jibrin told lawmakers that President Bola Tinubu had directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to investigate the matter, urging the Senate to allow the Executive to conclude its probe.