President Muhammadu Buhari, has signed the 9.12 trillion 2018 budget passed by the National Assembly, in May.
The President signed the document on Wednesday following the cancellation of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
President Buhari presented N8.6 trillion budget to a joint session of the National Assembly, in November 2017 but the lawmaker upped the figure by N500 billion, which has been a soured point between the executive and legislature.
The President said he signed the budget in the interests of the nation.
The signing ceremony which was done in one of the presidential chambers, was witnessed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, ministers and top presidential aides.
Speaker of the House of representatives Yakubu Dogara, other key principal officers of the National Assembly were absent at the signing ceremony.