Sentences with phrase «against corruption during»

Clark said this in Warri, in reaction to a publication in a national daily on Thursday in which he was criticised for failing to speak against corruption during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have written that I never spoke against corruption during the time of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

You have come under attacks for not speaking up against corruption during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan but you are now supporting the anti-corruption fight of President Buhari.

Not exact matches

During the course of the campaign, Jokowi has drawn closer to some of the entrenched interests that he is, in theory, running against — showing that for now, perhaps, there are limits to just how high Indonesia's self - made, corruption - busting leader from the slums can climb on his own.

The CBN correspondent pointed out that Anies, the country's former education minister, also had corruption allegations levied against him during the campaign.

The Minister during his interaction with top editorial staff of the media houses informed them of achievements of the president in security, economic, war against corruption and other key sectors.

I may yet be proved right in the future when no corruption cases in the judges» corruption cases are pending before the courts or when this government decides to investigate my allegations against the John Mahama government in the use of unconstitutional covert agents during his administration.

The charges against Mubarak are gruesome: it is alleged that he ordered tortures and authorised the brutalities of the secret police, that he sent out snipers to shoot and kill innocent and unarmed protestors during the January - February revolution, and that he conducted corruption on a grand scale, taking millions from the state coffers through a dodgy deal to supply gas.

Speaking during the first public hearing of the ad - hoc committee, Mr. Owusu, who was speaking as the first witness revealed that, when he initially raised the matter for discussion, Mr. Ablakwa trivialized the issue, saying the Minority made the allegation to equalize Mr. Agyarko's corruption allegations leveled against former President Mahama during his vetting.

«In this case, the inhumane acts committed against Nigerians take the form of grand corruption, and taking away our commonwealth for her personal benefit, the corrupt acts apparently took place over an extended and critical period during the government of former president Goodluck Jonathan.

New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announces corruption charges against Mount Vernon Mayor Thomas during a press conference in Manhattan March 12, 2018.

He said «as we commemorate 38 years of the June 4th uprising, may we as a nation, solemnly reflect and remind ourselves of the social and economic conditions that prevailed in our country during that era and which culminated in the June 4 incident that sparked a popular revolt against all manner of injustices in our Ghanaian society, including high levels of corruption, thievery, general indiscipline and impunity.»

According to the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Chairman Itse Sagay, during a media conference on asset recovery and asset return in Abuja, said the government wanted an unconditional return of the country's stolen wealth.

While commending the calmness of President Buhari during the news conference with President Trump aired on CNN, Ashafa urged him (President Buhari) to avoid negative influence in the fight against terrorism and corruption.

State legislators need to be vigilant against corruption and avoid the temptation of shielding colleagues caught up in scandal, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said during a visit to Kentucky.

A footnote in the federal corruption complaint against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos states the Republican during the 2012 election cycle directed Glenwood Management — the real estate industry's biggest user of the LLC loophole — to make $ 100,000 in LLC contributions to the Erie County Republicans, an organization Skelos was believed to have «substantial control» over.

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — «Power, greed, corruption» are at the heart of the case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, federal prosecutors said Tuesday during opening arguments in the trial.

Prosecutors» star witness in the corruption case against a former Gov. Cuomo aide — who was jailed mid-trial after admitting to an attempted con — appeared worse for the wear during a brief court appearance Tuesday afternoon.

Imagine that members of the 8th National Assembly had announced during the recent general election campaigns exactly how they were going to tear up section 308 of the 1999 Constitution (which protects the president, vice president, governors and their deputies against civil and criminal proceedings while they are in office) to grant their leaders immunity from prosecution for corruption and money laundering.

Against this backdrop — to say nothing of cost overruns and corruption — that contract budget became a point of contention during last spring's contract talks.

Akufo - Addo's action corroborated a statement he made during the NPP's 25th annual delegates conference in the Central Region last Saturday, when he said, his government will take allegations of corruption against its officials seriously, and expects that persons who make such allegations present evidence to back their claims.

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.

Another major scandal, which many were unhappy with, was the allegations of corruption leveled against Boakye Agyarko, now Energy Minister during his vetting.

Less than two weeks after releasing a white paper on the report of the Justice Silas Oyewole Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Finances of Ekiti State during the administration of the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi as governor of Ekiti State, the State government has filed criminal charges of corruption against Fayemi and his Finance Commissioner, Mr Dapo Kolawole.

During wiretapped phone calls played for the jurors Monday in the corruption trial against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, the younger Skelos told lobbyists he was working with during a Dec. 12, 2014 phone call that Zucker had been personally visiting members of the Republican Senate asking if there would be any «blowback» if the state approved fraDuring wiretapped phone calls played for the jurors Monday in the corruption trial against former Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, the younger Skelos told lobbyists he was working with during a Dec. 12, 2014 phone call that Zucker had been personally visiting members of the Republican Senate asking if there would be any «blowback» if the state approved fraduring a Dec. 12, 2014 phone call that Zucker had been personally visiting members of the Republican Senate asking if there would be any «blowback» if the state approved fracking.

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Following series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, and United States of America respectively against the Federal Government of Nigeria for the rate of corruption and scam activities going on in these country, The united nation deems it necessary to look in to this trend and this was discussed upon during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja Nigeria in which a decision was reached to compensate noted victims of this operation, and we have been working with the (FBI & MPS) over this ugly act since then with U.N delegate there in Nigeria.