Acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, signed the 2017 appropriation bill into law.
Osinbajo signed the budget at about 4p.m inside his conference room in the presence of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari; Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Ministers and other top government officials.
The total budget figure signed is put at N 7.44 trillion.
While signing the budget, the acting president said his signing of the budget was a milestone in the implementation of the economic and growth programme put in place by President Buhari in April.
He said the processes of putting the budget in place had been smoother than that of 2016 with no allegations of errors.
“There were far few cases of acrimony unlike in the past. There is no doubt at all that our democracy is maturing very well,” he said.
Recall that the National Assembly passed the 2017 Appropriations Bill on May 10 after raising it from the N7.28 trillion earlier proposed by President Buhari in December last year, to N7.44 trillion.
