The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has dismissed claims that the late President Muhammadu Buhari established the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), describing the allegation as false and misleading.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the group clarified that Buhari created only the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), not the PFIPC, which the Presidency has declared fake and is currently under investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

The BMO was reacting to comments by the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, who told the House of Representatives that the PFIPC originated from the Presidential Economic Advisory Council inaugurated by Buhari on October 9, 2019.

Rejecting the claim, the organisation explained that the PEAC was merely an advisory body made up of economists and financial experts chaired by Prof. Doyin Salami.

According to the BMO, the council had no budget allocation during Buhari’s administration, with its activities funded through presidential approvals handled by the Minister of Finance. It added that members of the council were not paid salaries but only had approved office expenses covered through the State House.

The group further stated that after President Bola Tinubu assumed office in 2023, the Buhari-appointed PEAC was neither dissolved nor reappointed, as its members considered their appointments to have ended with Buhari’s tenure.

The organisation maintained that attempts to link the ongoing PFIPC controversy to the Buhari administration are false, unfounded, and without factual basis.