Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has signed the N28.78 trillion 2024 Budget into law at the State House, Abuja.
The president, who arrived his office from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at exactly 2pm after a 12-day visit to Lagos, headed straight for the brief budget signing ceremony, surrounded by senior government officials.
Among those who witnessed the signing ceremony were the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas; Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun; his Budget and Economic Planning counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
Also on ground were the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila; National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, among others.
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