President Bola Tinubu has indicated he will soon present the 2024 Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly (NASS).
The President stated this at the joint sitting on Wednesday to mark the Silver Jubilee Of Nigeria’s 4th Republic.
News360 Info reports that the joint sitting coincided with the first anniversary of the Tinubu administration
“I submitted the last budget to you,” the President said when he addressed a joint sitting of the National Assembly on Wednesday.
You expeditiously passed it. We are walking the talk. I will soon bring the Year 2024 (Supplementary) Appropriation Bill. That is just for your information.”
Responding, the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, said, “Thank you, Mr President, we will be expecting the Supplementary Appropriation Bill of 2024 as soon as possible.”
The President also appealed to lawmakers of both chambers to continue to collaborate and work together with the administration to build the country on the path of sustained progress and development.
News360 Info recalls that Tinubu had on January 1, 2024, assented to the N28.7 trillion 2024 Appropriation Bill passed by the Senate.
The 2024 budget was N1.2 trillion higher than the budget originally proposed by the President to a joint NASS session on November 29, 2023.
