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Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has just signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law.
Elombah.com has reported that today’s signing ceremony followed the receipt of a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari who indicated that it is in the interest of the nation’s economy for Osinbajo to sign the budget without further delay.
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In the 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.”
Buhari was given a full brief on the 2017 Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly in London where he is recuperating from a long illness.
A press statement from the presidency signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) and dated June 12, 2017, says the signing by Osibanjo is to buttress the unity at the highest level of government.
