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Finally, Osinbajo signs N7.4tn 2017 budget
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law.
Osinbajo had only two days ago been given the go ahead by President Muhammadu Buhari, who is away in London on a medical vacation, to sign the budget into law.
Read also: 2017 BUDGET: Buhari speaks, gives Osinbajo go ahead to sign
It would be recalled that the federal legislators had in May passed the record budget plan, which is bigger than the 7.298 trillion naira draft spending plan submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2016.
The presidency had stated that the budget signing was being delayed because it was being looked at by the executive, to ensure there were no ‘foreign items’ in the document different from what had been submitted to the legislature.
observers however say, Osinbajo may have been bidding time, waiting to get the go-ahead from his principal to sign the budget.
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Animashaun Ayodeji
June 13, 2017 at 9:53 am
Sincerely I don’t like this idea of waiting for a principal who’s lying sick in the U.K. Before Osinbajo can make any decision. Being the acting president, he has the right to sign the budget without getting any authorization from Buhari.
Abeni Adebisi
June 13, 2017 at 10:00 am
Osinbajo is a loyalist and cannot outshine his master. No matter the authority he has Today, Buhari put him there, waiting for Buhari’s voice was the right thing to do.
Anita Kingsley
June 13, 2017 at 9:55 am
Very good, so the government can now start pumping into the economy to stabilize things. Let’s see how effective the budget would be in three months.
yanju omotodun
June 13, 2017 at 1:03 pm
More money to spend ooo. Wealth for you and I, employment opportunities for us all, stable power supply and good roads for the nation. Thanks for the long awaited budget which is now a law.
seyi jelili
June 13, 2017 at 8:43 pm
Yes o. Naso e go be by God’s grace. It’s well.
Oise Oikelomen
June 13, 2017 at 3:47 pm
I’m still confused as to why the “Acting President” had to be given go ahead before signing the budget. So if the go ahead had not come, for whatever reason, we would still be waiting for budget by middle of June. Aren’t we just a peculiar country?
JOHNSON PETER
June 13, 2017 at 7:12 pm
What is so special about budget signing that they are calling it a ceremony? Nonsense. Something they ought to sign solemnly after wasting time.
seyi jelili
June 13, 2017 at 8:44 pm
Because someone die or budget die ba? No b only solemn but lemso