Sentences with phrase «state of the nation address further»

The President while speaking in Parliament during his first State of the Nation Address further noted that, he inherited a $ 2.4 billion indebted power sector from the previous government.

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Further, it is important that things be done «decently and in order,» that one gets involved in programs of social welfare: finding food for the poor, finding shelter for the homeless, addressing unmet needs of children and senior citizens, and that one seeks to promote responsible social action in the affairs of state and nation.

President Akufo - Addo, as far back as his first State of the Nation address, has stressed that his administration did not inherit a stable economy from the erstwhile Mahama - led government, which missed all the targets set for the country under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme due to fiscal indiscipline in the management of public funds.

How far did issues about the bloated register and recently the «True State of the Nation Address take us?

The President while speaking in Parliament during his first State of the Nation Address on Tuesday, further noted that, he inherited a $ 2.4 billion highly indebted power sector from the previous government.

That includes developing 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind, he said in his State of the State address this month, by far the nation's highest target, equaling the capacity of the Niagara Falls generating station.

In the build up to President Akufo Addo's State of the Nation Address on Thursday, February 8, 2018, Citi Business News takes a look at how far government has come in...

How the United States will address the retirement of more than half the nation's teaching force in the next decade and attract new talent to a field that pays far below the private sector.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.