Tracking Tinubu’s handling of the PFIPC saga

Guardian Nigeria

Is a phantom council afoot in Nigeria's 2026 budget? Discover the alarming details of a foreign intervention council that has mysteriously secured over 1.3 billion naira, complete with an Abuja office and a director general posing as a government official. This situation raises serious questions about transparency and accountability within Nigeria's financial system.   With official accounts allegedly existing within the Central Bank, the Accountant General’s office has stated they are not yet operational. This has prompted President Tinubu to order a thorough investigation by the ICPC into potential corrupt practices. Nigerians are understandably concerned, given past experiences with commissions of inquiry that yielded no concrete results.   The presidency faces immense pressure to assure the public that this is not a scam involving high-ranking officials. A swift and decisive investigation is crucial to restore confidence and address any lapses in the nation's financial oversight. What will the outcome be for this unexplained budgetary allocation and the council it supports?   #NigeriaBudget #CorruptionScandal #ICPCInvestigation

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00:00Nigerians have a good cause to be worried about this residential foreign intervention

00:10council which it says is not real and what which somehow has found its way into the

00:18federal 2026 budget and it has actually been allocated over about 1.3 billion naira

00:27which has an office at the federal secretariat in Abuja which has a director general in quotes

00:35who has been portraying himself as a government official and meeting with the diplomatic community

00:45and other highly placed public officials and which also has among other things accounts in the central

00:53bank even though the accountant general has said that those accounts are not operative yet because

00:59the processes have not been completed and that is why i guess that the president has ordered that

01:05the icpc dependent criminal practices commission should investigate it thoroughly i think we need

01:12that investigation Nigerians need assurance that it is not a scam that involves any personnel

01:21of the presidency Nigerians are wary that so many times commissions of inquiries are set up but nothing

01:28comes out of it that's the only way that the presidency can ensure that you know appropriate

01:34action is taking for a serious lapse you know in the country's financial system

01:42you

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