BREAKING: TINUBU REPORTEDLY SHIFTS 2025 BUDGET PRESENTATION TO WEDNESDAY
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President Bola Tinubu’s presentation of the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly, initially scheduled for Tuesday, December 17, has been postponed to Wednesday, December 18.
A senior National Assembly official confirmed the change to our correspondent, stating that an official announcement regarding the postponement is expected within hours.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, had, during the announcement at the Thursday plenary, announced that President Tinubu will present the 2025 budget on Tuesday.
He said, “The president has made his intention known to the National Assembly to present the 2025 budget to the joint Assembly of the National Assembly on the 17th of December, 2024.”
Akpabio announced that the budget presentation will occur at the House of Representatives Chamber.
He further informed the lawmakers that plenary will be at 10:30 am to allow senators to meet in the Red Chamber before moving in procession to the House of Representatives chamber, where the budget will be presented.
Tinubu had last month submitted the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper for 2025–2027 to both the Senate and the House of Representatives last Tuesday.
As of the time of this report, the presidency is yet to issue an official announcement regarding the postponement.
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