The Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President, Laolu Akande,
has this Friday afternoon, confirmed that the National Assembly has
formally transmitted the 2017 Appropriation Bill recently passed into
law to the Executive, to Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
Laolu who said that the document was formally received in the
office of the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, added that the
bill is currently undergoing diligent consideration by the Executive
arm of government.
“2017 Budget - Appropriations bill now officially received in
the Acting President’s office and undergoing very prompt and diligent
consideration,” he wrote.
Akande added that Osinbajo will sign the document once he is
satisfied with what was transmitted back to the Executive from the
National Assembly.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had
on Wednesday told reporters that upon receipt of the document, copies
would be made available to ministers to compare what their ministries
sent to the National Assembly and what was returned.
He had told the reporters that a decision on who would sign the
document between Osinbajo and President Muhammadu Buhari who is
currently in London, the United Kingdom for medical consultation would
be taken at the appropriate time.
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