President Bola Tinubu has rescheduled the presentation of Nigeria’s N47.9 trillion 2025 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly.
Naija News reports that the presentation originally slated for Tuesday, December 17, will now take place on Wednesday, December 18.
According to Punch, this change was confirmed by a senior official within the National Assembly, who disclosed that an official statement on the rescheduling is expected soon.
The shift comes after Senate President Godswill Akpabio, during Thursday’s plenary, announced that President Tinubu would present the 2025 budget on December 17.
Akpabio had also revealed that the presentation would be held at the House of Representatives chamber.
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.”
He further informed lawmakers that the Senate plenary would commence at 10:30 am on the scheduled day, giving senators time to convene in the Red Chamber before proceeding in a formal procession to the House of Representatives for the budget presentation.
Last month, President Tinubu submitted the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) for 2025–2027 to both the Senate and House of Representatives.
