2019 Budget: Presidency Reveals reasons why Buhari Is Yet To Sign Budget
According to Naija News report, The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari is still consulting on the N8.92tn 2019 budget and studying the provisions therein.
It also said Buhari, having received the 2019 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly, was within the number of days allowed by the 1999 Constitution to make a decision on whether to sign it or withhold his assent.
The expectation was that the President would sign it almost immediately, considering that the budget had long been delayed.
Findings indicated that the 2018 budget, still being implemented by the Federal Government, would run out its full cycle on June 20.
However, speaking in an interview with The Punch in Abuja on Monday, Buhari’s National Assembly Liaison Officer, Senator Ita Enang, said the President would first consult and study the budget before making a decision.
He said so long as Buhari was acting within the constitutional provision of 30 days, he had not erred by not signing the budget as of Monday.
Enang said, “The constitution provides that when the President receives any bill from the National Assembly, there is a specific number of days that he uses to consult, study, scrutinise and make sure that it accords with a decision.
“So, the budget is still going through standard procedures. A decision will be communicated appropriately whenever it is reached within the stated number of days.”
Under Section 58 of the constitution, the President has up to 30 days to make up his mind on a bill transmitted to him the National Assembly.
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