BMO Denies Buhari's Role in PFIPC Creation

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) issued a statement denying allegations that the late President Muhammadu Buhari created the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). The BMO clarified that Buhari only established the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) on October 9, 2019.

This statement followed comments from Tanimu Yakubu, the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, who suggested that the PFIPC originated from the PEAC. The BMO emphasized that the PEAC was merely an advisory body led by Prof. Doyin Salami and did not have a dedicated budget line during Buhari's presidency; its activities were funded through presidential approvals managed by the Minister of Finance.

The BMO also noted that after President Bola Tinubu assumed office in 2023, the PEAC was neither dissolved nor reappointed, and its members considered their appointments to have ended with Buhari's departure. The ongoing PFIPC controversy is under investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).