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A nation is doomed when majority of its people are lost, neckdeep in callousness, immune to empathy, conscience and integrity.... A democratic nation dies when it's national assembly that should be the voice of the people, a beacon of hope and moral compass is filled with heartless greedy political rogues and unrepentant serial looters..... Nigeria is finished as all public institutions have failed....

Senate Kills Motion Seeking Probe Into Controversial N1.3 Billion PFIPC 2026 Budget


The Senate on Wednesday declined to launch a parliamentary investigation into the controversial N1.3 billion budgetary allocation for the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), opting instead to defer to an ongoing executive probe ordered by President Bola Tinubu.

The decision came after a motion by Senator Suleiman Kawu (APC, Kano South), who sought a comprehensive investigation into the council's operations, the circumstances surrounding its inclusion in the 2026 Appropriation Act, and the officials responsible for the disputed budget insertion.

Raising a point of order during plenary, Kawu cited Order 9 and Rule 9(c) of the Senate Standing Orders (2026) while presenting 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.”

The lawmaker argued that the controversy surrounding the council had raised serious concerns about the integrity of the National Assembly's appropriation process and its constitutional oversight responsibilities.

"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)," Kawu stated.

He urged the Senate to condemn what he described as administrative lapses, internal collaboration or possible fraudulent activities that allegedly enabled what appeared to be a nonexistent or unauthorized entity to be inserted into the 2026 Appropriation Act under Budget Code: 0111062001.

Kawu further requested that the Senate Committees on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions, as well as the Committee on Appropriations, investigate how the exact sum of N1,302,978,784 was proposed, scrutinized, justified and eventually approved in the national budget.

The senator also sought an inquiry into the ministries, departments and agencies or public officials that facilitated the inclusion of the PFIPC in the budget, whether any funds had already been released, committed or spent under the allocation, and whether any bank accounts had been opened in connection with the specific budget line.

However, the Senate declined to entertain debate on the motion.

Deputy Senate President Senator Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano North), who presided over the plenary, ruled against opening parliamentary deliberations on the matter, stating that the Executive arm of government had already initiated steps to investigate the controversy.

Jibrin informed lawmakers that President Bola Tinubu had directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate the disputed budget allocation.

He consequently urged senators to refrain from launching a separate legislative inquiry and instead await the outcome of the executive investigation.

The ruling effectively halted Kawu's bid for a Senate-led probe into the controversial N1.3 billion budget insertion, leaving the ICPC investigation as the primary official inquiry into the matter.

https://saharareporters.com/2026/07/08/senate-kills-motion-seeking-probe-controversial-n13billion-pfipc-2026-budget

Based on it's glumy hopeless trajectory.... Nigeria's dissolution or total devolution remains the only inevitable cause that the few sane good people left in the contraption must pursue in order to save their children and future generations.....

The Absurd Peoples Congress has destroyed the country

This government has proven to be useless enough.
Funny thing is, how resilient the African society is.
We clearly see that 4 years of the government have been an abysmal failure, yet some people will still boldly and shamelessly support them in the next elections.
Such support may ot actually be from their primary sentiments, but also on a twisted logic of "I FEEL, it is better than THE OTHER."

They wouldn't look at other good nations around them and compare themselves to them, but they would rather compare themselves to other failed administrations.

The reason he brought in his criminal elements into house of rep and senate is actually working. Guys the criminals in power are winning

Our dear Minion Association of Nigeria.....?!
Where una dey...
PO caused this one
Mr. Ona.....pls take note

Every time stories like this break, it's ordinary Nigerians who lose confidence in public institutions.

Imagine a budget line worth ₦1.3 billion making its way into the national budget, and instead of a transparent legislative probe to reassure the public, the matter is deferred elsewhere. Whether the executive investigation eventually uncovers wrongdoing or not, Nigerians deserve openness, accountability, and answers.

Unfortunately, this is why many young people feel disillusioned. They work hard, pay taxes, obey the law, yet they often feel the standards expected of them are not the same standards applied to those in positions of power.

That said, don't let frustration stop you from building your own future. Invest in yourself. Learn valuable skills. Build a career that can compete globally. Create multiple streams of income. Position yourself so you have options—whether that's working remotely, studying abroad, starting a business, or pursuing opportunities in another country if that's the right path for you.
The goal shouldn't simply be to "escape." The goal is to have the freedom to choose where you live and work because you've built skills that are valuable anywhere in the world.

Regardless of where you eventually settle, never stop demanding transparency, accountability, and good governance. A better Nigeria will only emerge when citizens continue to ask tough questions and insist that public institutions serve the people.

Lol! Nigeria is GONE. omo make i begin find way to leave this country. THIS IS TWO MONTH THE IBADAN SCHOOL KIDS ARE IN CAPTIVE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT.

Bunch of pathetic fools

Now we know that it's a syndicate thing

Anything to unravel their corruption will be killed.

lol. Na dem dem. Same people in government

APC 30k dogs go think say this thread na sambisa forest and they'll scamper for safety

There is more to this matter than we’re seeing. I think the matter is about to die down.

This senate might be the most useless senate after the Buhari senate

Tinubu is a master corrupt strategist EOD

No way this can be true. The senate house will debunk it. Y’all will see

Because they know say the Agency exist just that there was a dispute in the sharing formula of the loot between the embattled DG and you know na

POL 903: Advanced Politricking

Someone is trying all all cost to cover up this mess

Nigeria ceased to have Senate since the tenure of Bukola-led Senate ended.Tinubu has the strings on those puppet lawmakers.

This is so sad. Akpabio is a failure.

Nigeria Is a rogue country being run by tyrants and despondents. Yemen and Syria fair better than Nigeria.
All present Nigeria leaders deserve a place at the remote Guantanamo bay

These leaders aren't setting good examples.

Omo this country has entered one chance since 2015

Nigeria government runs a criminal enterprise!

Like I always say, follow the money.

If the agency was an illegal one, why are they killing the motion to investgate it?

This is why Nigerians will never be respected abroad!! They will be treated with such disdain that they will be forced to return home like their brothers from SA.

Tolerated criminality becomes repeated criminality which then becomes a culture.

Many names will appear...... Nigeria my country 😂😂🤣🤣

Tinubu's Government is The most corrupt in the history of Nigeria... Abacha dey learn work

The gang of rubber stamps doesn't want to be exposed

What do you expect from the Association of Rubber Stamp Union

When the 3 Arms of the Country in one Category.

EXECUTIVES = Corrupt.

LEGISLATIVES = Corrupt.

JUDICIARY = Corrupt

As usual the motion is from the illiterate, bone headed buhari clan from the Stone age

truthera:
A nation is doomed when majority of its people are lost, neckdeep in callousness, immune to empathy, conscience and integrity.... A democratic nation dies when it's national assembly that should be the voice of the people, a beacon of hope and moral compass is filled with heartless greedy political rogues and unrepentant serial looters..... Nigeria is finished as all public institutions have failed....



https://saharareporters.com/2026/07/08/senate-kills-motion-seeking-probe-controversial-n13billion-pfipc-2026-budget

That is why they fear PO, because they know he will definitely bring them all to BOOK.

Tinubu will do the normal thing...RUN AWAY!!

truthera:
A nation is doomed when majority of its people are lost, neckdeep in callousness, immune to empathy, conscience and integrity.... A democratic nation dies when it's national assembly that should be the voice of the people, a beacon of hope and moral compass is filled with heartless greedy political rogues and unrepentant serial looters..... Nigeria is finished as all public institutions have failed....



https://saharareporters.com/2026/07/08/senate-kills-motion-seeking-probe-controversial-n13billion-pfipc-2026-budget

Bunch of fools!
Nigeria is finished