Osinbajo clears air on 2017 budget approval

Yemi Osinbajo
Acting President of Nigeria.

Laolu Akande, spokesman to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has refuted an earlier claim by Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, that the federal government was unsure of who to sign the budget.

The spokesperson via his twitter handle said Osinbajo would sign the budget into law in due course.

Check below for Akande's tweet:

Just so we are clear: when the time comes, everything is set, & he is satisfied, Ag. President Yemi Osinbajo will assent to the 2017 Budget

— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) May 17, 2017

Meanwhile, Mohammed has also dismissed the statement credited to him.

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