BREAKING: Tinubu Proposes N26 Trillion As 2024 Budget
- President Bola Tinubu's administration has proposed a total of N26 trillion as the 2023 budget
- Atiku Bagudu, the minister for planning and budget, disclosed that journalists after the FEC meeting on Monday,
- Bagudu added that the federal government will forward the budget to the national assembly on or before December 31
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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has proposed the sum of N26 trillion as the 2024 budget, which will be forwarded to the national assembly on or before December 31.
The minister of planning and budget, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed the budget proposal to newsmen at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which was held at the presidential villa on Monday, October 16, The Cable reported.
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Tinubu to sustain the legacy of forwarding budget to Senate before the year runs out
Before his assumption into office, the federal government under the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari inculcated the culture of presenting the budget by December 31 as against what had existed before his assumption to office.
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Tinubu appeared to be planning to sustain the culture as the minister announced that the executive would forward the budget to the national assembly on or before December 31.
As of the time of writing this report, the federal government has yet to give a breakdown of the budget.
Tinubu sworn in three new ministers
At the FEC meeting, President Tinubu also sworn in three new ministers who were earlier screened and confirmed by the Senate.
The newly sworn in ministers of President Tinubu were Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Ayodele Olawande and Balarabe Lawal.
While Ibrahim and Olawande were appointed as the new minister for youth and minister of state for youth respectively, Lawal become the new minister of environment.
Lawal, who was representing the ministerial slot from Kaduna State, replaced Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of the state, who was rejected by the Senate during screening over security concerns.
Facebook employee, other ICT CEOs Tinubu has appointed
Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu has extended his reign of appointment to different agencies operating under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy.
In the last week, President Tinubu has appointed at least five chief executive officers (CEOs) for five agencies under the ministry in his efforts to reposition the Internet Communication Technology sector of the country.
Source: Legit.ng
