Vanguard· 1h ago· 1 min read
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, is expected to appear before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on Monday over the controversial budgetary allocation to the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), an agency the federal government has described as non-existent.
The committee, chaired by Yusuf Gagdi, is investigating how the council allegedly secured office accommodation at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja and received more than N1.32 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act despite lacking legal recognition.
Lawmakers are expected to question Ogunjimi on how the PFIPC obtained a government budget code, paving the way for its inclusion in the 2026 federal budget.
The panel has already heard from the head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack; the director of banking services at the Central Bank of Nigeria,…
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