Senate Announces Date President Buhari Will Sign 2023 Budget
- Good news for Nigerians has a new date has been announced for the signing of the 2023 appropriation bill by President Muhammadu Buhari
- This revelation was made known by the President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan on Friday, December 30
- He ruled out claims that President Buhari will delay the process while stating that he will pen his signature to the 2023 budget on Tuesday, January 3
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FCT, Aso Villa - President Muhammadu Buhari is set to sign the 2023 appropriation bill on Tuesday, January 3.
As reported by Daily Trust, this development was made known by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Friday, December 30 shortly after a closed-door meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to the senate president, he said his conversation with President Buhari centred on the much-talked-about loan request as well as the 2023 budget.
Lawan who was at the Aso Villa before 3:00 pm dismiss claims that the 2023 budget signing will be delayed by president Buhari like in previous years.
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According to Punch Lawan was quoted saying:
“We are looking forward to Mr. President signing the Appropriation Bill 2023, by the grace of God, on Tuesday.
“This is because we signed the documents yesterday, having lost some time because of some anomalous figures we had in the bill presented to the National Assembly.
“But thank God, the National Assembly in both chambers have passed the Appropriation Bill 2023 on Wednesday, and I’m sure that Mr. President and his team, on the executive side will work on what we have done.
“And the first thing on Tuesday, the first official working day of the year, I believe that Mr. President will be signing the Appropriation Bill 2023.”
2023 budget: Senate President speaks on reason for delay in assenting bill
Meanwhile, Lawan admitted that the national assembly was also a major delay in the signing of the appropriation bill.
He revealed that the national assembly had spotted some irregularities in the appropriation bill which in turn needed rectification before being signed.
Lawan said:
“You will recall that the National Assembly had to cut down its Christmas recess to come back on Wednesday for the sole purpose of passing the appropriation bill which we could have passed a week before So all the same? There’s nothing that we missed.”
2023 budget: Aso Rock to spend N14bn on internet data subscription
Meanwhile, following the submission of the 2023 budget for the fiscal year, a breakdown of the budget has begun to emerge.
According to the details in the budget, the sum of N14 billion will be used for the internet, paper, computers, and a host of others in Aso Rock.
Interestingly, further breakdown revealed that the N14bn will also cover for electricity and water charges.
Source: Legit.ng
