President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 27 2019 signed the 2019 appropriations bill into law.
Recall that the two chambers of the National Assembly last month passed the budget at N8.916 trillion, up from N8.826 trillion submitted by President Buhari in December last year.
The National Assembly added N90 billion.
President Buhari, while signing the budget, said changes introduced by the National Assembly will affect its implementation.
The National Assembly had reduced some of the proposals and increased others.
The budget was signed in the presence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and the chairman, Senate committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, arrived at the end of the signing ceremony.
Picture shows President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele and another official of the presidency during the 2019 Budget signing at the Villa on Monday.
