- After Buhari had given go ahead
The earlier indication by the Presidency that President Muhammadu Buhari has given the Acting President the go ahead to sign the 2017 Appropriation Act may have paved the way for Professor Yemi Osinbajo to sign the N7.44 trillion 2017 Appropriation Act passed by the National Assembly penultimate week.
National Daily gathered that Acting President Osinbajo at exactly 4:42pm on Monday signed the 2017 Appropriation Act into law.
It was disclosed that assenting to the Appropriation Act at the Acting President’s Conference Room at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, was witnessed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari.
National Daily further gathered that order state actors present included the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, Senator Danjuma Goje, Acting Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters (Senate), Ita Enang, Senator Phillip Aduda, were also said to be present.