The Senate cannot intervene in the controversy surrounding the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council without receiving a formal petition.
Senate Spokesperson, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, disclosed this on Tuesday after plenary while responding to journalists’ questions.
The Red Chamber, he said, has not received any complaint from any of the parties involved or from concerned Nigerians regarding the matter.
The PFIPC controversy broke out weeks ago after the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, disowned the agency and its self-acclaimed Director General, Adeniyi Adeyemi Mathew.
But Mathew alleged that PFIPC is known to the Presidency and accused Gbajabiamila of collecting ₦400 million from him for the appointment and demanding 48% of the ₦1.3 billion budgeted for the agency in 2026. Gbajabiamila has denied the claims.
Adaramodu admitted that as reported in the media, the alleged fake agency has budget line in the 2026 appropriation Act which should be sorted out by the executive where the controversy came from and resides with .
He said that being an already litigated controversy , the Senate in line with its rules, would not dabble into it.
He added: “The allegations and counter allegations over fake agency and fake Director – General are all within the executive which should be sorted out by it , specifically between the office of the Chief of Staff and the alleged fake DG.
“The budget line being referred to , was not created or inserted by the National Assembly and it is not the duty of the Senate or the House of Representatives to carry out security checks on those supposedly appointed to head the various MDAs.
“If the alleged fake DG were to be one of the Presidential appointees screened and confirmed by the Senate , the controversy might have been perceived to be somewhat linked to us.
“However , if a petition is sent to the Senate by any of the feuding parties or any concerned Nigerian on existence or non – existence of agency or DG, it will be legislatively looked into.”
