Politics THISDAY: Buhari To Present 2018 Budget To National Assembly Next Week

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President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Tuesday, next week, present the 2018 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly on Tuesday, an authoritative presidency source told THISDAY.

The bill, which is expected to be approved soon by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), according to the source, is heading to the legislature early to give legislators ample time to deliberate on and pass in good time for its implementation to begin on January 1, 2018.

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“Arrangements have been made for President Buhari to lay the budget on Tuesday,” he said, adding: “It is our hope that the National Assembly would expedite action on it and get it ready for presidential assent by December 2017.”
 
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