The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the controversial budgetary allocation to the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has summoned the Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, to appear before it on Monday.
The committee, chaired by Yusuf Gagdi, is investigating how the PFIPC allegedly secured office accommodation at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja and received more than N1.32 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act despite the Federal Government maintaining that the council does not legally exist.
Lawmakers are expected to question Ogunjimi on how the council obtained a government budget code that enabled its inclusion in the 2026 federal budget. The investigation was triggered by revelations that the PFIPC had allegedly operated within government structures without statutory backing.
The controversy deepened following the arrest of Adeyemi Adeniyi, who allegedly posed as the council’s Director-General. Adeniyi reportedly claimed he paid N400 million through an intermediary to the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to secure the appointment.
However, the Presidency and Gbajabiamila have denied any connection to Adeniyi, describing him as an impostor and disassociating themselves from both him and the alleged agency.
Since the investigation commenced, the committee has received testimonies from the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack; the Director of Banking Services at the Central Bank of Nigeria, Abdullahi Hamisu; and the Director-General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, as it seeks to unravel how the council emerged and secured access to public funds.
The committee is also expected to hear from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; the Inspector-General of Police, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele; and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, as the investigation widens.
Lawmakers said the probe is aimed at establishing how an agency the government says does not exist was able to obtain office space, a budget code and a multi-billion-naira allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act, while identifying those responsible for any wrongdoing.