Reps Raise Concerns Over Tinubu, Wike, Akume Names Listed As PFIPC Board Members

The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has raised concerns over documents that allegedly listed President Bola Tinubu and several senior government officials as members of the organization’s governing board.

Yusuf Gagdi, chairman of the committee, disclosed this on Thursday during an investigative hearing where lawmakers questioned Shehu Mohammed, Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), over the issuance of seven vehicle number plates to the PFIPC.

The lawmakers were particularly concerned about why the FRSC approved the number plates despite apparent irregularities in documents submitted by the organization.

Gagdi said the purported PFIPC governing board included Tinubu; George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory; the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria; the Attorney-General of the Federation; and the ministers of finance, aviation, agriculture and food security, interior, budget and national planning, marine and blue economy, police affairs, transport, works and power.

According to the committee chairman, the FRSC should have raised questions about a document that purportedly named the president and members of his cabinet as members of the council’s governing board.

He also questioned the acceptance of a purported mandate from the organization that allegedly lacked official government security features.

“We are trying to expose the leakages so that agencies can close these gaps going forward. It is not to indict anybody,” Gagdi said.

He added that the unusual composition of the purported governing board, alongside the nature of the documents submitted, should have prompted the FRSC to independently verify the organization’s status with the Presidency and other relevant government institutions before approving its request.

Mohammed defended the FRSC’s actions, telling the committee that the agency followed its standard operating procedures during the application and verification process.

The Corps Marshal said the FRSC received the PFIPC’s application on April 4, 2025, followed by a reminder dated April 11. Both documents were signed by Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi.