Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari would present to the National Assembly the N19.76 trillion budget for the 2023 fiscal.

Gbajabiamila made this disclosure while inspecting the ongoing renovations of the National Assembly Complex ahead of the August 2023 delivery deadline.

The speaker also called for the speedy delivery of the job, adding that the quality of work must not be compromised.

He added;

“This work started in August, a few weeks behind schedule, but for a good reason. So far between August and now, giant strides have been made; you can see the whole chamber has been ripped apart, and the innovations are going to be state-of-the-art.

“We will be proud to have a chamber that matches the best standard all over the world; so I am quite impressed with the work so far.

“I would encourage them to double the pace because, as it is, this is not for the benefit of the 9th Assembly but for the benefit of the 10th Assembly. The whole chamber isn’t going to be ready until sometime in August next year; so we are talking close to a year, and that tells you the level of work that is going on.

“So far so good, we are happy and this temporary site where we will be sitting for the next 9-10 months, is obviously a far cry from where we used to be.”