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Nigeria Budget Office Blocks Fake Agency

Nigeria ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Economy & Trade

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Nigeria's Budget Office confirms it blocked N1.3 billion in payments to a fake agency, the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). The office also rejected the agency's N3.8 billion request for personnel costs, stating no public funds were released or spent on the entity.

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Budget Office: Expenditure Controls Blocked N1.3bn Payment to Fake Agency

- Nigeria's Budget Office confirmed that no funds were released to a controversial agency, the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). - The office stated that expenditure control mechanisms prevented the approved budget from becoming actual spending. - The PFIPC and its director-general were recently involved in a scandal, leading to an investigation.