Tinubu
Security has been beefed up at the National Assembly ahead of the presentation of the 2024 Appropriation Bill by President Bola Tinubu.
Men of the Department of State Services deployed to man the entrance gates are restricting access to the complex.
Security agents are deployed to ensure that only those with legitimate business at the National Assembly Complex are allowed in.
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As early as 6:30 a.m., journalists arrived in their numbers hoping to access the complex for the business of the day but they were shocked to meet a legion of security men who insisted that only designated “2024 Budget Presentation” tags could grant them passage.
The usually packed visitors’ car park played host to only a handful of vehicles when our correspondent succeeded in gaining entrance after getting his tag.
At the time of filing this report, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas had arrived at his office for the business of the day.
Auxiliary workers, media aides and visitors who had no tags were told by security operatives to go home, even as many of them were seen conversing in low tones.
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