President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja formally received the details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Abba Kyari, signed and collected the 1,800-page document on behalf of the President.
The President’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, confirmed this development to State House correspondents after handing over the document to the President’s Chief of Staff.
According to Enang, with the submission of the budget details, the constitutional process will begin thereafter.
He said: “The budget details have been transmitted to His Excellency, Mr. President, today.
“The constitutional process begins thereafter.
“We have transmitted it to the Office of the President and the constitutional process of timing starts.”
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