National Assembly beefs up Security As President Tinubu Presents 2025 Budget

By Lekan Sowande, Abuja

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Ahead of Wednesday’s presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the management of the lawmaking body has strengthened security around the complex.

The exercise, which was earlier scheduled to hold yesterday Tuesday, December 18, was shifted to today, Wednesday 19 December 2024.

The Federal Executive Council on Monday approved N47.96 trillion estimated expenditure for the 2025 fiscal year.

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Apart from beefing up security with reinforcements from security agencies, all business operators and ancillary service providers like banks and food vendors have been told not to open for business today by the management of the complex.

Visitors and non-essential staff members of the National Assembly have also been told to stay home till after the presentation of the budget.

Only staff members on essential duty and with accreditation and a few journalists are being allowed to gain access to the complex.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio is expected to preside over the joint session alongside the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.

Today’s presentation will be President Tinubu’s second budget estimate to the National Assembly since his assumption of office on May 29 2023.

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