ACTING President Yemi Osinbajo said last night that he would assent to the 2017 budget.
Information Minister Lai Mohammed had earlier said that “they don’t know who will sign the 2017 Budget”. The Minister told State House reporters, after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by Osinbajo that the decision on who to sign the budget would be taken when the document is transmitted to the Presidency.
But Osinbajo, via a Twitter statement by his spokesman Laolu Akande, said the question on who would sign the budget was clear.
According to the statement, when the time comes, everything is set and he is satisfied, the acting president will sign the budget.
“Just so we are clear: when the time comes, everything is set and he is satisfied, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will assent to the 2017 budget,” the statement read.
