Tight security at National Assembly as Tinubu presents 2025 budget

The National Assembly complex is under heightened security as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu prepares to present the 2025 budget to a joint session of lawmakers today.

By 8:00 a.m., senators and members of the House of Representatives were seen arriving at the Green Chamber, where the joint session is scheduled to take place. Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Abbas Tajudeen will preside over the session.

This presentation follows the approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) of an estimated expenditure of ₦47.96 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year on Monday.