Sentences with phrase «after closed door meetings»

Fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, Oshiomhole said the country deserves respect from all, appealing to political elite to assist in promoting and strengthening the bridge of unity.

He made this known while addressing State House correspondents shortly after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Skelos spoke after a closed door meeting between the governor and legislative leaders.

Speaking to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting at the Presidential Villa, El - Rufa» i said he expressed the readiness of the Kaduna state government to give out the machines on mutually acceptable terms to state governments that were yet to conduct local government elections.

Gov. Mohammed Bindow Jibrilla Jibrilla made his position known on Tuesday after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Senate Republicans, after a closed door meeting, agreed to take up Governor Cuomo's bill to make public all teacher evaluations, without names attached.

After a closed door meeting with Cuomo Friday, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos emerged to say that there would be no vote at least until Monday.

But, after a closed door meeting with Bloomberg, Quinn and some council members, suddenly they were all for it.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- After a closed door meeting with Governor Andrew Cuomo Friday, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos emerged to say that there would be no vote at least until Monday.

Addressing journalists on behalf of other Governors shortly after a closed door meeting of the Owner States Governors at the Cocoa House Ibadan, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state stated that the meeting was aimed at restrategising the activities of the company and take some relevant far - reaching decisions to reposition the Investment and as well boost its economic base in line with the global economic trends.

Osinbajo who made this known after a closed door meeting with the president in Abuja, said «I'm back to my regular position as Vice-President.»

Not exact matches

The assertions of voter fraud, which Trump first made shortly after the election, gained traction this week after Trump, as president, repeated them during a closed - door meeting with congressional leaders on Monday.

Zuckerberg visited with senators in closed - door meetings Monday, previewing the public apology he plans to give Congress on Tuesday after revelations that the data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica gathered personal information from 87 million users to try to influence elections.

The criticism continued after the meeting: eight participants broke decorum to describe what happened behind closed doors.

The Capitals held a closed - door meeting after Game 2.

After the game, head coach Romeo Crennel and his players headed into the locker room for a closed - door meeting.

City sources have confirmed that after a high level meeting between the club's hierarchy — which included Guardiola, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chief executive Ferran Soriano and football director Txiki Begiristain — they decided not to up their contract offers, leaving the door open for United and even Chelsea to seal a move — although sources close to Old Trafford are increasingly confident they will land Sanchez.

Several residents from the Heritage Park neighborhood at the meeting expressed their hopes that the restaurant's opening would not bring with it the problems that accompanied Big Kahuna, which closed its doors in 1993 after a bitter legal battle with the village.

«That one I think is pretty much agreed upon,» Heastie said after a hours - long closed - door Democratic meeting on Monday.

After emerging from a closed - door meeting with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos told reporters he believes the trio has reached «the framework of an agreement to resolve all outstanding issues» — with the exception of same - sex marriage.

NYC Council members said they found «common ground» with Cuomo on public housing issues after a lengthy, closed - door meeting at the state Capitol.

After attending a closed - door meeting where Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, of Long Isand, was re-elected as head of the GOP conference, (Felder said he did not cast a vote), the Brooklyn lawmaker suggested he might even wait until the IDC announced which conference it would be aligning with in 2017.

City Council members said they found «common ground» with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on public housing issues after a lengthy, closed - door meeting at the State Capitol Tuesday.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton all but endorsed Hillary Clinton for president after he and several other law enforcement officials met with the Democratic presidential candidate Thursday behind closed doors in Manhattan for nearly two hours.

But the speaker, after a two - hour closed door meeting with his members, says there's a distinction between a pay - for - play type of deal, and mutual agreement on approving measures that all sides agree to.

Trump's account, in a thread of morning Twitter posts, of his lengthy and closely scrutinized closed - door meeting with Putin was an attempt to move beyond the controversy after Moscow characterized the election discussion as a meeting of minds rather than a showdown between the two leaders.

After scheduled meetings were canceled by the governor three separate times, the family members finally got their wish, meeting with the governor behind closed doors for roughly and hour and a half.

A deal is nearing aimed at expanding the state's preference in purchasing of American - made goods, top state lawmakers said after emerging from a closed - door meeting in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Monday late afternoon.

Speaking with reporters after a closed - door leaders meeting, lawmakers said they haven't raised the issue of the 30 - day amendments with the governor, adding that it wasn't even discussed.

It was learnt that after the usual pleasantries, even the closest domestic and security staff in the house were excused from the inner chamber at the time the meeting went into closed door.

FCTA Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, announced the curfew after a closed - door meeting with stakeholders in the Area Council.

After meeting with Cuomo behind closed doors late this morning, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver both emerged — separately, with the senator coming out first — to say that they are moving toward an agreement tomorrow.

The Senate will not vote on a bill that would expand the statute of limitations that would make it easier for sexual abuse victims to file lawsuits, Majority Leader John Flanagan said after a closed - door meeting with legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

After meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo for about an hour, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and his fellow bishops held a brief press conference to review their closed - door chat, while the governor himself remains behind closed doors.

«There's nothing new,» Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, said Wednesday evening after a two - minute, closed - door meeting with his fellow Democrats.

After having a week to digest the governor's budget address and the corresponding bills, Heastie said the Democratic conference would begin discussing several issues, like infrastructure and education, during closed - door meetings this week.

From The Political Ringside by Jim Genia The Democratic Conference of the New York State Assembly met Monday night to discuss the legalization of pro mixed martial arts (MMA) and after 90 minutes of closed - door talks, no decision was made -LSB-...]

Skelos issued the warning during a closed - door meeting with his members this past week after it was revealed that ex-state Sen. Shirley Huntley recorded six state senators, all of them Democrats like herself, for the FBI.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who turned himself in to federal authorities on corruption charges Monday, will remain as the head of the Senate, his republican members announced after a more than three hour closed door meeting Monday night.

After two long days of closed door meetings, as Assembly Democrats reacted to the mounting fallout from Silver's arrest on federal corruption charges, the Democrats now say Silver will leave his post.

Instead, after more than three hours behind closed doors on Tuesday with Duncan - Poitier, trustees resumed the public portion of the meeting without having nominated a candidate.

«We are discussing doing something before the first round of tests, which I think is April 3, so probably within the budget,» Silver told reporters after a two - hour meeting with Cuomo and Senate leaders behind closed doors.

Four days after turning himself in to face federal corruption charges, Sen. Carl Kruger has asked to speak today to his Democratic colleagues at their closed - door pre-session meeting to deliver what has been characterized to Senate staffers as an «apology.»

The Bauchi APC leaders had a closed - door meeting with Oyegun at the national secretariat in Abuja, after which the member representing Bauchi - North at the Senate, Suleiman Nazif, who addressed journalists, said they came to brief the party on the developments in the state.

The governor explained his shifts after an hour long meeting behind closed doors on an odd turf: Skelos» third - floor Capitol office.

On Thursday, NY1 reported that the closed - door meeting was called for 1 PM Friday, after a complaint was lodged against a then - unidentified city council member last week.

«I think it was a useful meeting to have the leadership of the legislature and myself sit down and talk about what are big issues,» Malloy said after emerging from the closed - door meeting.

Ouattara gave the commendation when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed - door meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa.

After controversy arose around a closed - door board meeting held by the Fort Schuyler Management Corp., which plays a role in managing construction of Buffalo Billion projects, the board voted unanimously to open the meetings to the public from now on.

The partnership was announced on Tuesday after the British High Commissioner, Mr. Benjamin, held a closed - door meeting with the Mr. Nyantekyi, his Vice, George Afriyie, and other officials of the Association at the GFA Secretariat in Accra.