Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has applauded the patience exercised by Nigerians during the process of preparation to assent and promised that the National Assembly will ensure its proper implementation through diligent oversight.

 Saraki who was present at the signing of the budget into law by President Muhammadu Buhari,yesterday said the responsibility was now that of both the executive and the legislature to ensure that the objectives and goals of the budget were duly realized.

“On our own part as members of the National Assembly, we will closely monitor the implementation of the budget by providing effective oversight. We will also ensure that all necessary laws that will aid the transformation of the contents of the budget into practical policies, projects and programmes that will directly have positive impact on Nigerians will be put in place.

“That is why we have started the amendment of the Public Procurement Act to ensure that a substantial percentage of the money to be spent in the budget are made available to Nigerians through government patronage of Made-in-Nigeria goods and services.”