Sentences with phrase «state government witnessing»
I spent 32 years in State government witnessing all this for four administrations and being privy to some dirty little secrets among management so stop insulting my obviously superior (to you) intelligence.
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Witness the new rules for takeovers by «state - owned enterprises» — companies owned by a foreign government — recently unveiled in the budget omnibus bill.
Jefferson, Washington, Adams, Paine, Mason & Madison all witnessed the violent persecution between Christian sects in their home states around the time the government was being established.
The state under his watch had witnessed series of upheavals in the last two weeks as a result of alleged plan by his government to cede public schools to private investors.
The region is witnessing the construction of a public University as part of efforts by government to ensure that all ten regions get state universities.
Witnesses also have testified that Percoco, while off the state payroll for a time in 2014 and managing the governor's re-election campaign, frequented his former government offices, which are adjacent to the governor's.
«We are sad, to witness, how youths and unarmed people of Bayelsa State, particularly in the Southern Ijaw Local Government, were harassed, abused and assaulted as they went to exercise their fundamental right to vote, as provided for by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
«To me, Governor Aregbesola's interventions have been yielding positive fruits as many of the state's projects have witnessed huge replication by various governments.
He added that the 2015 Lagos International Trade Fair witnessed impressive local and foreign participation from countries such as China, Egypt, Japan, Ghana, India, European Union, Republic of Benin, Ethiopia, Pakistan and from many Nigerian State Governments.
Although state and federal investigations into de Blasio's fundraising practices closed without anyone being charged, allegations have resurfaced again in the last two weeks as Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in an ongoing political corruption trial, testified he was in weekly communication with the mayor and was promised favors in exchange for money.
Evidence introduced in the ongoing corruption and bribery trial of former Yonkers Councilwoman Sandy Annabi has cast the spotlight on another public official: state Senator Tom Libous, who, according to witness testimony, pushed a law firm to hire his son — and inflate his starting salary — in exchange for steering government business toward the firm's practice.
The event, witnessed by Deputy Governor and Chairman of Ondo State Amnesty Committee, Agboola Ajayi, representatives of Delta State government, the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operation Base at Igbokoda, Navy Captain Usman Yahaya, among others, was seen as the solution to restoring peace in the riverine area.
Witnesses have also testified about how Percoco, while off the state payroll and managing the governor's 2014 re-election campaign, frequented his former government offices and also gave advice to other members of Cuomo's staff.
Hakeem says, «After witnessing the slipping of DFL power in the legislature, and a government shutdown, people are ready for a third party at Minnesota's State Capitol.»
Witnesses also have testified about how Percoco, while off the state payroll and managing the governor's 2014 re-election campaign, frequented his former government offices and also gave advice to other members of Cuomo's staff.
«What we have witnessed in the last year is the hope and expectation that state government could become more functional has met the reality of personal politics,» Molinaro said in an interview with The Citizen.
Students spend time witnessing the state legislature in session, touring the Capitol and learning about history and state government.
Bonomo, who was a star government witness against corrupt former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, was largely sidelined as CEO of Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers, the state's second - largest malpractice insurer, according to a January report by the Albany Times Union.
When the federal corruption trial of State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver begins next week, his lawyers are likely to be aggressive in cross-examining government witnesses, or objecting when they believe a prosecutor has gone too far.
The Local government elections scheduled to hold on the 16th of June in Rivers state has continued to witness a lot of horse trading especially on...
Reza Zarrab, the government's star witness in the trial of a Turkish banker accused of violating United States sanctions on Iran, was recorded in a 2016 jailhouse phone call saying that one needed to lie «in America in order to make it out of prison,» according to a summary of the conversation released yesterday.
Today, what we are witnessing as a state, is the operations of deadly groups sympathetic to the ruling government.
He said, «the open display of contempt for free, fair and transparent election by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari as being witnessed in Rivers State presently is capable of setting Nigeria on the path of anarchy.»
«I love him as a brother,» the star government witness in the obstruction - of - justice trial of state Sen. John Sampson said Thursday as he took the stand to bury his friend...
In some instances, the emails provided law enforcement authorities with their most compelling evidence, and backed up what witnesses told investigators about the defendants» alleged schemes to rig bids or buy state government influence.
Terseer Chogah, a witness in the alleged N9.79 billion fraud trial of former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Thursday narrated how N450 million was withdrawn for running of the Benue State Government House.
The documents which were tendered through the second prosecution witness, Mr. Ochoga Peter Esuh, who was a Cashier at the Benue State Government House certified true copies of memo to the executive governor (Suswam), payment receipts, payment vouchers of the N450 million and a letter to the Commissioner of finance, under Suswam's administration, Omadachi Oklobia in respect of the money.
Former lobbyist Todd Howe, a prosecution witness, has testified that Percoco helped run state government when he was a Cuomo campaign manager and helped arrange fundraisers with cloaked donors while he was working for the state.
The refusal, on the advice of their attorneys, before the Manhattan trial of Republican state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, would make it unlikely that either official can be used as a government witness because of a Supreme Court ruling, the sources said.
A witness in the ongoing court case over the killing of worshippers in a church in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo local government of Anambra State, Mr Nkwado Onyeka...
The refusal, on the advice of his attorney, would make it unlikely that Mangano could be used as a government witness in the upcoming trial of Republican state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos.
'' My good people of Anambra Central, the outcome of what we witnessed was a conspiracy between some elements in PDP and the State Government who were panicking over what they referred to as my rising profile.
The party called on all electorate in the state to cast their votes for Audu so that they could witness and enjoy rapid socio - economic development in all local government areas of the state.
They brought witnesses — including high - ranking officials still on Cuomo's staff — as well as evidence showing that Percoco kept using his state government office in Manhattan and at the Capitol — and his ability to influence Cuomo staffers — after he shifted over to Cuomo's campaign payroll in the spring of 2014.
During closing arguments in the corruption trial against state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, a lawyer for the younger Skelos told jurors that the government's case against the former majority leader relies on burdening the jury with heaps of emails, phone calls and witness testimony to distract jurors from the lack of a supposed smoking gun.
A member of the House of Representatives from Ondo State, Bamidele Baderinwa, on Friday, insisted that the Secretary to the State Government, Ifedayo Abegunde, had a case to answer in the violence witnessed during the All Progressives Congress» congresses so far held in the sState, Bamidele Baderinwa, on Friday, insisted that the Secretary to the State Government, Ifedayo Abegunde, had a case to answer in the violence witnessed during the All Progressives Congress» congresses so far held in the sState Government, Ifedayo Abegunde, had a case to answer in the violence witnessed during the All Progressives Congress» congresses so far held in the statestate.
Meanwhile, New York republicans are directly targeting Governor Cuomo over his relationship with Perococo, pointing at witnesses who have testified that once Percoco left the government payroll and ran Cuomo's campaigns he still reportedly used his state offices.
Elders» caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has threatened that the state may witness another 1983 crisis if the federal government aState has threatened that the state may witness another 1983 crisis if the federal government astate may witness another 1983 crisis if the federal government and...
Eastern District Assistant United States Attorneys Lara Treinis Gatz and John Durham said in the letter that the strength of the government's case «is overwhelming and consists of dozens of witnesses... fully corroborated by numerous sources of evidence... including telephone call detail records, cell site records, photographs, financial records... and other documentary evidence.»
The witnesses who the government have called to testify so far have all offered expertise in an area of state government or investigations.
After the episode of December 12, 2015 with fewer casualties, the following days witnessed unfathomable confrontations that claimed over 300 lives of men, women and children, based on official estimates by Kaduna State government.
Meanwhile, Cambodia has recently witnessed a geopolitical realignment of sorts, as even though it still maintains decent, if not robust relations with neighboring Vietnam and the United States, Hun Sen has dramatically increased ties with China, not only economically but diplomatically as well.For example, at the 2012 ASEAN summit held in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian government blocked the drafting of a joint communiqué that condemned Chinese actions against Vietnam in disputed areas of the South China Sea.
«These proposed new cuts in state educational support underscore the need for judicial action to ensure that state government meets and does not retreat from its state constitutional responsibilities,» said James J. Finley, principal consultant to CCJEF and an expert witness in the case.
In addition to scholarly work, he has served as expert witness or special master in more than three dozen class action civil rights cases, on school desegregation, housing discrimination and other issues, and as consultant to many school districts, federal, state and local governments, civil rights groups and teachers organizations.
As the century draws to a close, these two camps appear to be in an incipient state of war, as witnessed in such incidents as the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma; terrorist attacks on foreign tourists in Egypt, designed to bring down Mubarak's government; and the assassination of President Yitzak Rabin in Israel.
One person she cites several times is Henry Morgenthau, Sr. (1856 - 1946), who was the United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1913 to 1916, and as such bore witness to actions the Turkish government took against its Armenian citizens and did everything in his power to make sure those in the United States knew exactly what was taking place..
Global Witness's (1) October 2006 report «Heavy Mittal» (2) warned that the agreement is heavily weighted against the Liberian government, ceding important sovereign and economic rights to Mittal - almost creating a state within a state.
Global Witness» 2012 report Grave Secrecy examined suspicious financial transactions allegedly linked to Bakiyev Jr. and others, which the present Kyrgyz government believe relate to the theft of state money as the Bakiyev regime fell (9).
Global Witness, the International Transport Workers» Federation (ITF), and the UN Panel of Experts on Liberia are critical of the murky nature of the new agreement, whose draft terms of reference state that all information, including notes and final assessments, are the sole property of the government of Liberia and can not be shared without direct approval (ii).
Recent UN Security Council resolutions have called on governments to take measures against those sourcing minerals from armed groups in eastern Congo, but so far member states have shied away from placing any companies or individuals under UN sanctions, despite abundant evidence published by the UN Group of Experts and Global Witness.