•Tinubu at National Assembly today
In what could pass as comic relief during the serious business of budget presentation today, President Bola Tinubu jocularly referred to a joint session of the 10th National Assembly as the 11th National Assembly.
Christened the ‘Budget of Restoration’, the President presented his second budget estimate of N47.9 trillion before members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, reports Channels TV.
Tinubu started his 30-minute presentation at 12:40pm amid cheers from lawmakers, many of whom are members of his All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu’s presentation followed a speech by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
“In fulfilment to one of my constitutional duties and unyielding commitment to rebuilding Nigeria towards ensuring that we remain steadfast on the journey to a prosperous future, I hereby present the 2025 budget to the joint session of the 11th National Assembly,” Tinubu said in his opening statement.
The joint session of the National Assembly exploded in a fit of laughter and cheers, with many making attempts to tell the President the current National Assembly is the 10th and not the 11th.
Sensing the ripples of sensation his pronouncement had caused, Tinubu said, “10?”, attracting an affirmation from the lawmakers. “I wrote 11 which means you are all re-elected,” he said wittily.
