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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja signed the 2019 budget into law, saying that because of changes made to it, the provisions will be difficult to implement.
The president assented to N8.916 trillion budget passed the National Assembly, at the presidential villa, Abuja on Monday.
The amount is N90 billion higher than the N8.826 billion proposal he presented on December 19, 2018.
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The president, who appeared to have assented grudgingly, observed that the lawmakers reduced some of the proposals he presented and increased others adding that they also introduced fresh allocations.
According to him, the adjustment would make the implementation of the budget difficult.
But added that he would engage the leadership of the ninth National Assembly to review the budget.
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