The National Assembly has refuted reports making the rounds that President Bola Tinubu would present the 2025 Appropriation bill on Wednesday.
The Director of Information, Secretary, Research and Information (SR&I), National Assembly, Mr Bullah Bi-Allah, made this clarification in a statement on Tuesday.
The reports alleged that Tinubu will tomorrow, Wednesday, present the 2025 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly.
Bi-Allah said the reports, credited to him, are fake, baseless and unfounded, urging the public to disregard it.
“The attention of the Secretary, Research and Information (SR&I), National Assembly, Dr Ali Barde Umoru, has been drawn to the purported fake news credited to him.
“The Secretary advised that any official inquiry and clarification should follow the official communication channels of the National Assembly.”
Bi-Allah said that National Assembly is yet to approve the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper, forwarded to both chambers of the National Assembly by the President.
He clarified that the MTEF approval would come before the official presentation of the 2025 budget.
“In view of the above, the SR&I warns peddlers of such information to desist forthwith from using his office to mislead members of the public,” the statement added.