Nigeria, Dec. 19 -- President Bola Tinubu has transmitted fresh Appropriation (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bills for 2024 and 2025 to the House of Representatives, seeking to repeal the existing budgets and replace them with revised expenditure frameworks aligned with current fiscal realities.

The request was announced on Friday during plenary by the Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, while reading a letter from the president titled, "Transmission of the Appropriation (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bills, 2024 and 2025."

In the letter, Mr Tinubu informed the House that the bills were submitted in line with the constitutional and legislative appropriation process. He explained that the proposals were intended to address items not previously r...