Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday at about 4.41pm signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law in the presence of senior officials from both
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday at about 4.41pm signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law in the presence of senior officials from both the executive and the legislative. Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu said that President Muhammadu Buhari, who is receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment in London, United Kingdom wrote to Osinbajo authorising him to sign the budget into law in the interest of the nation’s economy.
“In a letter dated June 10, 2017, which he personally signed and addressed to the minister of budget and national planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, the president also said he was ‘pleased by the joint resolution that the executive would submit next year’s budget proposals by October 2017 and the national assembly will conclude the appropriation process by December 2017, so that the country can return to a normal fiscal period from next year onwards,” Shehu said.
