The Budget Office of the Federation has revealed that none of the funds appropriated for the disputed Presidential Economic Advisory Council and Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PEAC/PFIPC) was spent.

The office told the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the council that although the National Assembly approved the budget, the statutory conditions required for the release and expenditure of the funds were never fulfilled.

Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Tanimu Yakubu, said no personnel, overhead or capital allocation was released because the necessary legal and administrative requirements were not met, explaining that the office withheld financial clearance, no recruitment or payroll was approved, and the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Accountant-General were directed to withhold all payment instruments.

Yakubu said the Budget Office would continue to cooperate with the House committee by providing relevant records and documents to support its position.