President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assented to the N2.17 trillion supplementary appropriation bill on Wednesday.
The Senate passed the Supplementary Appropriation Bill forwarded to it for consideration by President Bola Tinubu last week Thursday amid protests from the public.
As requested by Tinubu in the letter read in the Senate during plenary, the request was given expeditious consideration.
The senate expressly approved the budget after the Chairman, Senate Committee of Appropriations; Solomon Adeola laid the report at the chamber.
Before the bill’s passage, the Senate adopted a harmonised report from the sittings of both chambers on the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill submitted by Senator Adeola.
The bill expeditiously scaled readings in both upper and lower chambers, as lawmakers said it was for the benefit of the country.
Adeola noted that his committee received input from the leadership of relevant sub-committees and heads of the benefiting ministries, departments, and agencies of government in scrutinising the budget details.
After a clause-by-clause consideration of the Appropriation Bill, the Senate adopted the report of its Committee, returning it to the president without any alteration.