- Budget Office: PFIPC Originated Under Buhari Administration
- Personnel allocation was reduced from ₦3.85 billion to ₦802.98 million.
- No recruitment or salary payments occurred because Financial Clearance was unavailable.
The Budget Office of the Federation has explained how the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), recently disowned by the Presidency and under investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), received a budgetary allocation in the 2026 fiscal year.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Director General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, said the council originated from the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), inaugurated by former President Muhammadu Buhari on October 9, 2019.
Yakubu made the clarification while appearing before members of the House of Representatives in Abuja. He said the Budget Office did not create the PFIPC or approve its establishment but acted on official documents submitted by authorised government institutions.
According to him, the Accountant General’s Office had assigned an administrative code to the council, while the Head of the Civil Service had approved its establishment and recruitment waiver. The applicable public service salary structure was also available when the 2026 budget was prepared.
Yakubu disclosed that the council initially proposed ₦3.85 billion for personnel expenses. However, the Budget Office independently reviewed the request using the approved staffing structure and salary framework and reduced the provision to ₦802.98 million.
He said the allocation was never accessed because the council’s promoter, Adeyemi Adeniyi, failed to obtain the required Financial Clearance, which was necessary before recruitment, payroll enrolment or salary payments could begin.
Yakubu explained that the 2026 Appropriation Bill only became law after presidential assent on March 31, 2026. He added that another requirement remained outstanding because the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission had yet to confirm compliance with the approved public service framework.
The Budget Office chief said no recruitment took place, no payroll record was created and no salary was paid from the ₦802.98 million personnel allocation.
He also clarified that the amount, representing 61.63 per cent of the council’s total ₦1.303 billion appropriation, could not have been transferred to the council as a lump sum. Instead, personnel funds would ordinarily be paid monthly to verified employees through the Federal Government payroll system.
