The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the leadership of the National Assembly to investigate the allocation of over N1.3 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act to a presidential council that the Presidency says does not exist.
In a Freedom of Information (FoI) request dated July 4, 2026, and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas to explain the inclusion of N1,302,978,784 for the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), also referred to as the Presidential Economic Advisory Council.
The request follows a statement by the Presidency on July 1, 2026, describing the council as a non-existent body that was never established by the Federal Government.
SERAP described the apparent contradiction as a serious issue that questions the integrity of Nigeria’s budgeting and legislative processes.
SERAP demanded certified copies of all documents relating to the approval of the allocation, including
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