PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has asked for the extension of the implementation of the 2017 budget of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to March 2018. The FCT Appropriation Act, 2017 he said had only three days of an implementation having been assented to on December 29, 2017. The President in his letter explained that on July 20, 2017, he forwarded FCT’s 2017 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly for consideration. The letter reads: “The Bill as passed was communicated to me on December 22, 2017. “Accordingly, the Act had only three days of operation from December 29th to 31st December 2017.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 18, 2018 16:41 UTC