Director of Information, Secretary, Research and Information (SR&I), National Assembly, Mr Bullah Bi-Allah, has clarified that President Bola Tinubu would not be presenting the 2024 appropriation bill on Wednesday as widely speculated.
Bi-Allah in a statement on Tuesday, said such news credited to him was fake, baseless, and unfounded, and urged 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.”
Continuing, he said the news alleged that “His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu, will tomorrow Wednesday present the 2925 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly.”
While urging the public to disregard the news, he advised that any official inquiry and clarification should follow the official communication channels of the National Assembly.
Bi-Allah said that NASS was yet to approve the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper, forwarded to both chambers of the National Assembly by Tinubu.
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,” he added.
