PFIPC Probe: Accountant-General makes shocking revelations

‎The Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, says a fake State House letter helped the controversial Presidential Economic Advisory Council, PFIPC, gain recognition

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‎Ogunjimi made this known on Monday while fielding questions from the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee probing the circumstances surrounding the establishment and operations of the council.

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‎The lawmakers uncovered how a letter purportedly originating from the State House was allegedly used to secure official government recognition for the contentious PFIPC

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‎Ogunjimi told the committee that the Office of the Accountant-General acted on what appeared to be a genuine State House correspondence requesting the creation of an administrative code for the council, only for investigations to later reveal that the letter did not originate from the Presidency.

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‎The Accountant-General said the first interaction between his office and the purported council occurred in November 2024.

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‎He said a letter dated November 7, 2024, bearing a State House reference number, requested the creation of an administrative code for the Presidential Economic Advisory Council for budgeting, accounting and reporting purposes.

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‎According to him, following established procedures, the Office of the Accountant-General created the administrative code and communicated the approval back to the State House while copying the Office of the Auditor-General.

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‎The AGF explained that his office subsequently received additional requests from the purported council, including applications for self-accounting status, staff deployment, Treasury Single Account, TSA, and domiciliary accounts, and funding approvals.

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‎However, he stressed that despite the processing of some administrative requests, no government funds were ever released to the council.

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‎“It is important to note that no funds were released under salaries, overhead, capital, or any form of intervention or special allocation to the council,” Ogunjimi told lawmakers.

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