President Buhari who is currently on medical leave in the United Kingdom, has given approval to vice president Yemi Osinbajo, to sign the 2017 budget.
This was disclosed in a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
Read the statement below.
“Following the receipt of a full brief on the 2017 Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly, and to buttress the unity at the highest level of government, President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated
that it is in the interest of the nation’s economy for the Acting President, professor Yemi Osinbajo, to sign the
Appropriation Bill into law.
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.”
