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Tight security at NASS ahead of Buhari’s 2019 budget presentation

- President Muhammadu Buhari is is billed to present the federal budget proposal before a joint session of the Assembly on Wednesday, December 19, at 11am

- A combined team of security agencies have been deployed at the three entrances into the complex ahead of the president’s arrival

- Entry into the National Assembly complex has been limited to accreditation lists submitted by different units in the Assembly

Security has been beefed up in and around the National Assembly complex ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to present the 2019 appropriation bill.

Buhari is billed to present the federal budget proposal before a joint session of the Assembly on Wednesday, December 19, at 11am.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that combined teams of security agencies have been deployed at the three entrances into the complex.

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The entry points are the main gate overlooking the federal secretariat, the entrance through the SGF office on Aso drive and the back gate connecting the presidential villa.

A NAN correspondent at the scene reports that entry into the complex has been limited to accreditation lists submitted by different units in the Assembly.

Only those whose names are on the lists are allowed in after being thoroughly screened by the security operatives.

Vehicular movement into the complex has also been restricted to lawmakers and principal management staff of the Assembly.

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The budget presentation is coming on the third day of a four-day warning strike by the National Assembly workers under the aegis of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigerian (PASAN).

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the National Assembly’s approval for refund of N488.7 billion to state governments for projects they executed on behalf of the federal government.

The Nation reports that this was contained in a letter the president sent to the Senate and read out by Bukola Saraki on Tuesday, December 18.

The president noted that the National Assembly violated the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 as the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a total of N487.8 billion for the purpose, before the he National Assembly jerked up the figure to N488.7 billion.

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