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OAGF Denies Releasing Funds to Presidential Foreign Intervention Council

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Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) stated that no funds have been released to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).
  • The OAGF clarified that the council does not have an active account with the Central Bank of Nigeria, contrary to previous reports.
  • The council has not received any budgetary allocation or financial disbursement, and its financing is only expected under the 2026 budget.

The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) has refuted claims that public funds and salaries have been released to the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). Director of Press and Public Relations at OAGF, Mr. Bawa Mokwa, stated that the council has not received any budgetary allocation or financial disbursement from the federal government.

The account, till today, has not seen the light of day. It has not seen one kobo because the account is not completely operational.

— Bawa MokwaDirector of Press and Public Relations, OAGF, clarifying the status of the PFIPC's bank account.

Mokwa explained that while an application was made to open a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) account for the council, the process was never completed due to a lack of required documentation. He emphasized that no account can be opened with the CBN without the Accountant-General's approval. The convener of the council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, had approached the OAGF with an appointment letter linked to an existing agency, but the account-opening process stalled because the names of designated account signatories were never provided.

"The account, till today, has not seen the light of day. It has not seen one kobo because the account is not completely operational," Mokwa told reporters. "That portrays that he has not collected a dime. The Accountant-General has not released a dime because they don’t even have a place where the money can be paid."

That portrays that he has not collected a dime. The Accountant-General has not released a dime because they don’t even have a place where the money can be paid.

— Bawa MokwaDirector of Press and Public Relations, OAGF, explaining why no funds could be disbursed to the council.

The OAGF also dismissed reports of salaries being paid to council workers, asserting that no staff had been recruited through the statutory procedures governing federal establishments. Mokwa noted that before any federal agency can recruit personnel and place them on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), it must obtain approvals from the Federal Character Commission, the Budget Office, and the Federal Civil Service Commission. Without these waivers, employee names cannot be forwarded to the OAGF for enrollment and salary payment.

He cannot capture even one name without those approvals because once they are captured, payment will come from the budget.

— Bawa MokwaDirector of Press and Public Relations, OAGF, detailing the process for federal employee recruitment and payroll.
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Originally published by ThisDay in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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