Nigerian panel summons NSA, minister over phantom agency

A Nigerian parliamentary committee has summoned the National Security Adviser and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to explain their offices' actions regarding an organization that allegedly operated as a government agency without legal recognition. The summons followed testimony on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which detailed its repeated rejection of the entity known as the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC).

The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee, chaired by Yusuf Gagdi, is investigating how the PFIPC presented itself as a presidential institution, corresponded with government agencies, and attempted to engage foreign investors. The ministry's Permanent Secretary, Dunoma Ahmed, testified that a man identifying himself as Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who claimed to be Director-General of both the PFIPC and the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, approached the ministry on three occasions: June 26, 2025, August 5, 2025, and June 5, 2026. Adeyemi sought the ministry's collaboration and endorsement for a proposed World Investment Summit in Nigeria.

Ahmed stated that the ministry declined all requests after conducting due...