Adeola Olamilekan, Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation has assured that President Bola Tinubu will signal the 2024 budget on Sunday December 31, the New Yr’s Eve.
He gave the reassurance whereas briefing journalists on Saturday on the 2024 price range which has simply been handed by the Senate.
The Senate handed the 2024 Appropriation Invoice totalling N28.77 trillion after contemplating the harmonised report of the Committee on Appropriation.
Olamilaekan burdened that the Nationwide Meeting is decided to keep up the January-December price range cycle, therefore the price range shall be signed earlier than January 1, 2024.
Olamilaekan argued that there isn’t a legislation that stops the the president from signing the price range on a Sunday or from any a part of the nation.
Additional stressing his assurance that the price range shall be signed, He mentioned the chief was concerned with Nationwide Meeting to take a ultimate choice on the price range.
“So for that form of harmonious working relationship that we had , earlier than finally bringing the invoice to the Nationwide meeting for passage, a number of work has gone into the doc. We had no selection, we needed to preserve the January-December price range cycle, each physique was accessible.
“So I wish to guarantee you that the president will signal the price range on Sunday”, he mentioned.