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JUST IN: Senate Rejects Motion to Probe Controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC)
The Senate on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, turned down a motion seeking a comprehensive investigation into the budgetary allocation, operations and growing controversy surrounding the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), after ruling that the matter was already under investigation by the Executive.
The motion was sponsored by the senator representing Kano South, Senator Suleiman Kawu, who raised the issue under a point of order during plenary.
Relying on 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.”
While presenting the motion, the lawmaker expressed concern over the public debate generated by the activities of the council, stressing the need for legislative scrutiny to protect the credibility of both the National Assembly 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).”
However, shortly after the motion was introduced, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, who presided over the plenary, ruled that the matter should not proceed to debate.
Jibrin explained that the Executive had already initiated steps to address the controversy, noting that President Bola Tinubu had directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the matter.
He urged lawmakers to allow the Executive to complete its ongoing investigation, effectively bringing an end to deliberations on the proposed Senate probe.
The ruling means the Senate will, for now, refrain from conducting its own inquiry into the alleged activities and funding of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, pending the outcome of the ICPC’s investigation ordered by President Tinubu.