Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and its ₦1.302 billion allocation in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The resolution followed a motion By Michael adesina sponsored by Senator Suleiman Abdul- nited States President Donald rahman Kawu (Kano South), who called Trump has declared the US- for an investigation into the budgetary U Iran ceasefire effectively over, allocation, operations and controversy sur- saying he no longer sees any value in rounding the purported council to protect negotiating with Tehran and accusing the integrity of the Senate, the National Iranian leaders of acting in bad faith. Assembly and the Federal Government’s Trump made the remarks on budget process. Wednesday while speaking to re- Presenting the motion under Order 9, porters at the NATO summit after he Rule 9(c) of the Senate Standing Orders was asked whether the ceasefire and 2026, Kawu described the issue as a matter the memorandum of understanding of grave institutional concern, noting that (MoU) that led to it remained in force. the PFIPC had been publicly disowned Responding, the US president said by senior Presidency officials as a fake, he considered the agreement finished. fictitious and unauthorised body. “It’s a very interesting question. Despite this, he said, the agency To me, I think it’s over,” Trump said. appeared in the 2026 Appropriation Act He launched a scathing at- under Budget Code 0111062001 with an • Senate President, Godswill Akpabio tack on Iran’s leadership, describ- allocation of ₦1.302 billion, comprising • Trump Continued on pg.2 Continued on pg.2