Nigerian panel declares PFIPC documents forged

A Nigerian parliamentary committee has declared that the appointment letter and enabling legislation for a body calling itself the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) are forged, deepening a scandal over an allegedly fictitious government agency. The findings were announced on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, by the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee during a hearing at the National Assembly in Abuja.

Committee Chairman Yusuf Gagdi stated that the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Esther Walson-Jack, confirmed that documents presented by the self-proclaimed Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, to secure official recognition were not authentic. The committee said evidence from multiple government institutions showed the appointment letter and purported law did not originate from the offices whose names and signatures they bore. The Presidency has previously stated that no such appointment was issued and that the council was not established by President Bola Tinubu's administration.

The committee had earlier directed the Inspector-General of Police to produce Adeyemi before it by noon on Wednesday. However, police representatives...