Buhari Giving 30 Days To Sign 2017 Budget – Deputy Whip, Reps

Deputy whip of the House of
Representatives, Pally Iriase, says President
Muhammadu Buhari must work within the
30 days ultimatum to sign the 2017
budget that has been submitted to him
into law.



It will be recalled that the 2016 budget
expired on May 2017 and it’s pertinent for
the President to sign into law the 2017
budget that has been presented to the
Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo
in order to avoid any form of delay.



Iriase while addressing journalists stated
that the decision of the house to issue a
30-day ultimatum is within the
Constitution and believed that Buhari
would assent to the bill to become a law.



“You should not be surprised because
budget in a presidential system is always a
controversial
thing to deal with,” he said.


“US is regarded as the bastion of
democracy, isn’t it? But you know that the
US economy has suffered because of
disagreements here and there, but that is
not the situation here… after the passage
of the budget, if you’ve started counting,
I’m not sure we have gone beyond the
prerequisite 30 days.



“The president is still within time… They
are doing their own analysis and they are
making their own consultation.



You can
go wrong in making consultations”, he
added.