At last Acting President signs 2017 Budget after almost 30days since Parliament passed the bill.

At excatly 4:40pm on Monday, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo signed the 2017 budget into law. This followed his return from a visit to Awka, Anambra state capital.

Acting President Prof Osinbajo assented to the 2017 Budget, in the presence of senior Government officials from Legislature & Executive

President Muhammadu Buhari who has been in London for medical follow-up has directed his Vice, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to sign the 2017 appropriation bill as passed by the Senate.
President Muhammadu Buhari who has been in London for medical follow-up has directed his Vice, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to sign the 2017 appropriation bill as passed by the Senate.
A statement issued by his media aide, Garba Shehu said President Buhari gave the nod while maintaining that it is in the interest of the nation that Acting President Osinbajo signs the bill.
Don’t Ask Me Anything About Buhari – Obasanjo

Shehu who is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity also said that President Buhari stated his position in a letter to the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma. Shehu said the letter, dated June 10, 2017, followed the receipt of the full brief on the 2017 Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly, adding that it underscores “the unity at the highest level of government”.

Garba Shehu also said that President Buhari said he was pleased by the 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”.
Read Buhari’s Letter To Senate Relinquishing Power To Vice As Coordinating President.


“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,” the statement read.

SOURCE; http://www.naaija.com/2017/06/breaking-buhari-tells-osibanjo-sign-budget/

lalasticlala mynd44

At last.. Weldone Osinbajo

wow...finally




whether sign bill or not, they will still steal, manipulate, lies



abeg let me come and be going, naija don tire me sef

Buhari can't direct an acting president

Implementation is d key

did he sign it on Anambra State... iyam not understudying

https://www.nairaland.com/3855920/willie-obiano-welcomes-osinbajo-anambra

Mynd44:
https://www.nairaland.com/3856650/buhari-backs-osinbajo-sign-2017

dear Mynd44, This is an updated story

.

Fair enough

enigma3000:
did he sign it on Anambra State... iyam not understudying

https://www.nairaland.com/3855920/willie-obiano-welcomes-osinbajo-anambra

He has since left Anambra

Thats good

Budget for a year signed after 6 months into the year it relates.

Seun, is that one budget?

Finally, the 'coordinating, mere commissioner' has signed the 2017 budget into law