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....