By Watchmann

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has requested the National Assembly (NASS) to approve the 2025 budget of Rivers State.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports President Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the House of Representatives and read during plenary on Thursday.

The request was read by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.

President Tinubu in the letter asked the House to approve the sum of N1.481 trillion as the 2025 budget for Rivers.

Recall that the Supreme Court had nullified an earlier 2025 budget for the State signed into law by suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara.

Following political tension in Rivers, Tinubu suspended Governor Fubara, declared a state of emergency and appointed a Sole Administrator for the State.

TNG reports Senate President Godswill Akpabio also read a similar version of the letter on the floor of the Senate of Tinubu’s 2025 budget for Rivers State.

In the breakdown, Tinubu said N324 billion is proposed for infrastructure, N166 billion for the health sector, N75.6 billion for education, and N31.4 billion for agriculture.

The president asked the NASS to consider the Rivers State 2025 budget and pass the appropriation bill expeditiously.

Details shortly…