Lai Mohammed, Nigeria's information minister, said the delay would have little effect on government projects.
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Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari to sign 2018 budget on Tuesday (Premium Times Nigeria )
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2018 Appropriation Act into law on Tuesday, after one month since the Nigerian parliament passed the record N9.1 trillion from N8.612 trillion estimates.
According to Reuters, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, disclosed this in London, On Friday, June 15, 2018.
Exactly a month ago, Nigeria’s parliament passed a record 9.12 trillion naira ($28.95 billion) budget for 2018 but it still needs to be returned to Buhari to be signed into law.
“We will sign it off on Tuesday,” Mohammed told Reuters on the sidelines of a visit to London.
Lai Mohammed said he expected the delay would have little effect on government projects.
“Even once a budget is passed, there are still processes, due diligence to be done ... this takes time.”