Osinbajo invites Saraki, Dogara to Aso Rock for signing of 2017 budget
- The acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, schedules a meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly for the signing of the 2017 budget
- The senior special assistant to the president on legislative matters, Ita Enang, informs the leadership of the national assembly that Osinbajo will sign the budget on Thursday, June 1
- Following the departure of President Muhammadu Buhari on medical vacation, there had been confusion about who would assent to the 2017 budget
The acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, has invited Senate president, Bukola Saraki and speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to the Aso Rock for the signing of the 2017 budget.
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The meeting between Osinbajo and the leadership of the National Assembly is scheduled to take place on Thursday, June 1, by 9am according to The Cable.
The online newspaper, citing a National Assembly source, stated that Ita Enang, the senior special assistant to the president on legislative matters, officially informed the leadership of the national assembly that Osinbajo will sign the budget on Thursday, June 1.
"Enang informed the leadership of the senate that acting president would be sign the budget tomorrow at 9am,” he said
“So, the presiding officers are expected to be there.”
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Similarly, the Signal in a tweet, stated that Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara had been invited by Osinbajo to the Aso Rock for the signing of the 2017 budget.
Legit.ng recalls that following the departure of President Muhammadu Buhari on medical vacation, there had been confusion about who would assent to the 2017 budget.
The media on Wednesday, May 17, had reported that the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed during a post-Federal Executive Council Meeting press briefing said the federal government does not know who will sign the 2017 budget due to Buhari absence.
But Lai Mohammed dismissed the report as a misrepresentation of what he said.
“They asked who’s going to sign the budget, the President or the VP. I said that does not arise. Do they want me to say President? Then, they ask when he is coming back? So, I say when it is transmitted to the Presidency, that decision will be taken,” the minister told Premium Times.
According to the Mohammed, what he said was that when the budget it is transmitted to the presidency, that decision will be taken.
Giving further clarification on the issue, spokesperson to the acting president, Laolu Akande, said Osinbajo will assent to the 2017 budget when he is satisfied with the content.
He made the statement in reaction to reports report that Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the government was unsure of who to sign the budget.
In the Legit.ng video below, acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, said Nigeria is greater together than apart.
Source: Legit.ng
