Tinubu is to present the 2024 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly on Wednesday.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The National Assembly is all set to receive President Bola Tinubu who is to present the 2024 Appropriation Bill.
Security officials have been posted to various points of the assembly to restrict access.
As early as 6:30 a.m., journalists arrived in their numbers hoping to access the complex for the business of the day but they were shocked to meet a legion of security men who insisted that only designated “2024 Budget Presentation” tags could grant them passage.
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Those who displayed their official identification cards and National Assembly passes met a brick wall, leaving them with no option but to patiently wait for the tags which came hours later.
The usually packed visitors’ car park played host to only a handful of vehicles.
Auxiliary workers, media aides and visitors who had no tags were told by security operatives to go home.
As of press time, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, had arrived at his office for the business of the day.