Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on June 12, signed the 2017 budget into law. President Muhammadu Buhari should have done the honour. But he’s receiving medical treatment in London.
In a letter addressed to Budget Minister, Udoma Udo Udoma, Buhari said it was in the interest of the nation’s economy for Osinbajo to sign the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law.
President Buhari wrote the letter to Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, according to a statement by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to the president on the media and publicity, NAN reported.
President Buhari, who is recuperating in London, said he had received a full briefing on the Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly.
To buttress the unity at the highest level of government, he said he was yielding his signatory authority to Osinbajo.
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