Tinubu may sign supplementary budget on Friday, says Abbas

Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, says President Bola Tinubu may sign the 2023 supplementary budget into law on Friday.

Abbas spoke on Thursday after the supplementary appropriation bill passed the third reading at both the upper and lower legislative chambers.

On Tuesday, the supplementary budget passed the first and second readings in the senate and house of representatives.

President Bola Tinubu had asked the lawmakers to “speedily” consider and approve the bill.

Prior to the approval of the budget on Thursday, the house had briefly adjourned the plenary before it hurriedly reconvened for the vote and proceedings of the day to be adopted.

Abbas said the development was because the president “may” sign it into law tomorrow (Friday).

“What we earlier did was the normal practice of waiting until the next legislative date to adopt the vote and proceedings to give it legal status,” the lawmaker said.

“However, in view of this emergency development, I’m here calling back the house to reconsider the vote and proceedings of today so that it can be put on record formed alliance with whatever we have discussed.”