Buhari signs bill extending FCT’s 2017 budget

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Federal Capital
Territory Appropriation (Amendment) Act 2018.

According to Ita Solomon Enang, the senior special assistant to
the president on National Assembly Matters (Senate), the Act amends
the Federal Capital Territory Appropriation Act 2017 and extends
the implementation period of the FCT 2017 budget from December 31,
2017 to March 31, 2018 “or until the coming into force of the
Federal Capital Territory Appropriation Act 2018, whichever is
earlier.”

“This assent now extends the life of the F.C.T Appropriation Act
and the Administration can now continue implementing projects and
programmes in accordance with the 2017 Act assented to in December,
2017,” Mr. Enang said in the statement.

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Federal Capital
Territory Appropriation (Amendment) Act 2018.

According to Ita Solomon Enang, the senior special assistant to
the president on National Assembly Matters (Senate), the Act amends
the Federal Capital Territory Appropriation Act 2017 and extends
the implementation period of the FCT 2017 budget from December 31,
2017 to March 31, 2018 “or until the coming into force of the
Federal Capital Territory Appropriation Act 2018, whichever is
earlier.”

“This assent now extends the life of the F.C.T Appropriation Act
and the Administration can now continue implementing projects and
programmes in accordance with the 2017 Act assented to in December,
2017,” Mr. Enang said in the statement.