LAGOS – President Bola Tinubu says that national defence and internal security, local job creation, macro-economic stability, investment environment optimization, human capital development, poverty reduction, and social security are some of the top priority areas of the 2024 budget, tagged Budget of Renewed Hope Addressing a joint session of the National Assembly on the 2024 Federal budget proposal on Wednesday in Abuja, President Tinubu said the nation’s internal security architecture will be overhauled to enhance law...

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, presented the 2024 national budget of N27 trillion to the legislature for approval. At the presentation before a joint session of the national assembly at the temporary chamber of the House of Representatives, Tinubu said the budget will foster economic growth and create jobs for the country’s teeming youth population. The President dubbed the budget, ‘The Budget of Renewed Hope.’ Read below the transcript of President Bola Tinubu’s presentation speech....

President Bola Tinubu is set to present before the National Assembly, the 2024 budget on Wednesday Birma Shuaibu Maina, Secretary, Human Resources and Staff Development in the office of the Clerk of the National Assembly, in a notice on Monday stated that the presentation shall take place before a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives. Recall that the Senate and House of Representatives approved the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and...