Buhari to sign 2020 budget Tuesday

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Barring any last-minute change of plans, President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the 2020 budget on Tuesday.

A top source at the State House, who asked not to be named, disclosed this  on Monday.The budget when signed into law is expected to run from January to December 2020.

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The signing of the 2020 budget comes just over two months after Mr Buhari presented it to the National Assembly for consideration and passage and two weeks after the Senate increased and passed the budget.

The president presented the bill to a joint session of the National Assembly on October 8. He proposed N10.33 trillion for national spending for the year 2020.

The budget was, thereafter, referred to the Senate Committee on Appropriation which spread the budget across the committees who held budget defence sessions with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to defend their budget

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