Buhari Signs N9.12 Trillion 2018 Budget, Saraki, Dogara, NASS Principal Officers Absent

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, signed the 9.12 trillion 2018 budget passed by the National Assembly, in May.

President Buhari presented N8.6 trillion budget to a joint session of the National Assembly, in November 2017 but the lawmaker upped the figure by N500 billion, which has been a soured point between the executive and legislature.

The President said he signed the budget in the interests of the nation.

The signing ceremony which was done in one of the presidential chambers, was witnessed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, ministers and top presidential aides.

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Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of representatives Yakubu Dogara, other key principal officers of the National Assembly were absent at the signing ceremony.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to stop glorifying looters of national treasury, and treat them with disdain for bringing hardship to them.

He made the call while regretting that selfishness and greed had overcome the conscience of many such that they no longer showed any restraint in the pursuit of their greed.

The president made the remark in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on the occasion of the Muslim festival, Eid-el-Fitri , which holds Friday.