Skip to main content

No date for signing of budget yet – Presidential aide



The Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, has said no date has yet been fixed for the signing of the 2017 budget by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.


Enang, in an electronic mail to newsmen on Wednesday, in Abuja, said consultations were still being held on the budget.

He stated, “Further to several enquiries regarding action on the 2017 Appropriation Bill by the Executive, be please informed that Assent to same is not yet scheduled as consultations and engagements are ongoing.”

Some online media had earlier on Wednesdayreported that Osinbajo would sign the 2017 appropriation bill into law on Thursday.

The reports quoted Enang as officially informing the leadership of the National Assembly on Wednesday of the imminent signing of the Appropriation Bill.'

The budget was passed by the National Assembly on May 11. On May 19, it was delivered to Acting President Osinbajo by Enang.

There was controversy over who would sign the budget, but Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Acting President, Laolu Akande, said his principal would sign the budget.
.
“Just so we are clear: when the time comes, everything is set, & he is satisfied, Ag. President Yemi Osinbajo will assent to the 2017 Budget,”Akande had said.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The Dream Football Show registration now open!

The Dream Football Show registration is open to Talents all across Africa in order to develop the spirit of Pan-Africanism and Sportsmanship while showcasing their talents to the world through this unique platform. The show comprises of three phases. REGISTRATION PHASE: All applicants get to register for the show on the website and make payments via phone, or web transfer. Registration Fee: 3000 Naira  SCREENING PHASE: At this phase, our expert judges will select the best of the talents that are promising and good enough for a tough and modern football game. DREAM CAMP PHASE: This phase involves accommodating the selected talents in our boarding facility for the duration of one month. They undergo series of fitness and training regime that will be filmed for TV purpose. This training process will be aired on Hip TV network for 1 hour each over 13 episodes.  The players are then properly prepared and ushered to our partner clubs for trial. For details vis...

Interesting article about virgin and masturbation

If you call yourself a virgin and you masturbate, you are not one' - Counselor Lutterodt Controversial Ghanaian marriage counselor, George Lutterodt, in a new shocking disclosure has said that virgins who masturbate should not describe themselves as one. He disclosed this in a recent interview with Kasapa FM, while revealing the high rate of masturbating virgins between Christians. According to him: 'We have masturbating virgins and per a research, I conducted last year, Christians are in that range more than anyone else in the sense that, they do not want to have sex with anyone but masturbate to satisfy their sexual desire. These people cannot describe themselves as virgins because they derive the same pleasure like people who have sex.’ Mr. Lutterodt also rain curses on men living in Diaspora who purchase sex toys for their wives in other to prevent them from committing adultery 'If you are a woman married to a man abroad and he has purchased a ...

Photos: Kidnappers kill surveyor in Ondo State, dump his body into river after collecting ransom

Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Ogun State, have arrested six members of a kidnap gang, who allegedly killed a surveyor, Femi Olatunji (pictured) after collecting ransom from his family. It was gathered that the suspects namely, Fademi Henry, the gang leader, Lebile Olatunji, Ehuwa Oririe, Olotu Tosin, Oluwole Ohunayo and Peter Omogbemi Richard, reportedly lured the victim to Igbokoda in Ondo State on May 12 through phone calls.  According to The Nation, Fademi took Olatunji to Holy Trinity African Primary School, Igbokoda, where his accomplices waited. They tied the surveyor’s hands and feet, robbed him of his Pathfinder Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), N20,000, Gionee phone and an ATM card with which they withdrew  N30,000 from his account. A source said the suspects contacted the victim’s family and compelled them to pay ransom into their account. They later killed him and threw his body into a river behind the primary school. He said the fami...