The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on the leadership of the National Assembly to urgently investigate the allocation of more than ₦1.3 billion to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC)/Presidential Economic Advisory Council in the 2026 Appropriation Act.
In a statement on Sunday, SERAP said it had written to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, urging them to release certified copies of all documents relating to the consideration and approval of the ₦1,302,978,784 allocation.
The organisation also called on both chambers of the National Assembly to invoke their constitutional oversight powers under Sections 88 and 89 of the Nigerian Constitution to investigate the circumstances surrounding the budgetary provision and identify those responsible for any alleged irregularities.
According to SERAP, the lawmakers should also provide certified records identifying members of the relevant National Assembly committees that considered the allocation, as well as the names and official designations of public officials or representatives who defended the proposed budget before the committees.
The rights group noted that reports indicated the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC)/Presidential Economic Advisory Council received the allocation in the 2026 budget, despite the Presidency reportedly stating that the body is fictitious and was never established by the Federal Government.
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SERAP argued that the conflicting claims raise serious concerns about the integrity of Nigeria’s appropriation process, legislative oversight, public financial management and accountability.
The organisation stressed that lawmakers have a constitutional responsibility to ensure transparency in the budgeting process and to hold the Executive accountable through effective scrutiny of budget proposals before approving public expenditure.
It maintained that no one has a greater obligation to uphold the law than those entrusted with making it, urging the National Assembly to thoroughly investigate the matter in the interest of accountability and public confidence in the nation’s budgeting process.