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President Jonathan signs N4.425tn 2015 budget
President Goodluck Jonathan has signed the 2015 Appropriation Bill into law, THE PUNCH has authoritatively learnt. It was revealed that Jonathan decided to sign the budget into law a couple of weeks ago. The Senate had passed the 2015 budget on April 28, following the passage of the same bill by the House of Representatives on April 23, with an expenditure budget of N4.493tn, up from the N4.425tn proposed by the Executive. Nigerians were concerned to know if the budget will be signed before the May 29th handover date, now we know it's been done. However, a Presidency source informed Punch, that the President signed the budget about two weeks ago immediately after the document passed by the National Assembly was transmitted to him. The source, however, said he did not know why the President chose to sign the document without making it public. When contacted, the Special Adviser to the Pr...
