“Absentee President” Buhari Will Sign 2017 Budget Says Ita Enang

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Mr Ita Enang has said that the President, Muhammadu Buhari will assent to the 2017 budget.

He explained that the President will sign the budget and then transmit it to the acting President for other formalities to take place.

“The President will assent to the budget, the acting President is in office and when the budget is transmitted, it will go through the processes and all those other questions will answer itself.”

He made this known in an interview on Channels Television’s political programme, Politics Today.

This is coming after the House of Representatives on May 11, passed the 2017 Budget of 7.441 trillion Naira.