Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the 2022 Appropriation Bill titled “Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability” into law at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the nation’s capital city.
According to reports, the budget, valued at N17.126 trillion, was recently transmitted to the President by the National Assembly, on Friday, December 24.
Buhari also signed the Finance Bill 2021, which he said was for the execution of the 2022 Budget.
The President had reportedly submitted the draft proposed 2022 Budget of N16.391trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday, October 7, 2021, calling on the legislators to give it a speedy consideration.
Newsmen gathered that the 2022 Appropriation Bill was handed over to the President for signing by his Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Babajide Omoworare, while he was aided in the signing process by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.
