Buhari Signs 2019 Budget Despite Raising ‘Critical Issues’

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja marked the N8.92 trillion apportionment bill 2019 into law subsequent to raising 'basic Issues in it.

The president had presented the 2019 spending plan of N8.83trillion to the Senate yet was expanded by about N10billion by the administrators, conveying the sum to the above-expressed figure.

Present at the marking of the bill at the scaled down meeting lobby of the president incorporated the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari, were likewise present.

Others at the occasion were the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed; her associate in the service of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, Information and Culture serve Lai Mohammed, and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen. Danjuma Goje,

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, and his partner for the House of Representatives, Umar El-Yakub, were additionally at the occasion.

Buhari said he marked the bill since he would not like to additionally hinder the pace of recuperation of Nigeria's economy.

The Nigerian chief further said that he would send "a valuable or potentially change spending plan" to the National Assembly to redress the basic issues he raised.