Sentences with phrase «as a sitting governor of»

The governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu is in fresh trouble as the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered him to vacate his office as a sitting governor of the state immediately over submission of false information during the governorship primary in December 2014.

«Finally, Elliot Spitzer as a sitting governor of New York was tried and convicted for illicit solicitation for sex», he added.

Not exact matches

Jilted by former partner Francesco Aquilini out of a 2004 deal to buy the Vancouver Canucks (and denied satisfaction in the courts), he now sits at the NHL governors» table as an equal.

He also sits on the Board of Directors, and in May 2015 he made a donation of $ 133,000 to the foundation to make up for funding it had lost as a part of the austerity measures put in place by Governor Bruce Rauner to address the state's $ 1.5 billion budget deficit.

In the past, Schmidt sat on the Board of Governors for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, has also served as Director of INHOUSE Attainable Housing Society of Calgary, and Director for Elkhorn Resources Inc..

Usually, this is the biggest event of the year for the governor, who, by the way, was sitting on close to $ 20 million worth of campaign cash as of mid-July.

Clinton became governor again at 34, and Hillary forever stepped into the spotlight as a political wonk in her own right, spearheading efforts on education reform (previously, Hillary's feminist, Midwestern background, lack of accent, and thick - rimmed glasses did not sit well with Southern Democrats).

What's fascinating here is that Teachout, who ran a Bernie Sanders - like insurgency primary campaign against sitting governor Andrew Cuomo, is now cast as the choice of the Democratic establishment.

The lawmakers, who sat under a canopy armed with several placards with different inscriptions such as «we are ready for arrest», «harassing Ekiti lawmakers / government won't give you 2018,» «No matter your media trial and blackmail, on Fayose we stand» and «leave Fayose alone» among others to denounce the federal government's alleged intimidation and harassment of the governor.

Having served on the board of AFC for 9 years, he shared his vision and hopes for the corporation in the next 10 years as he sat on a panel titled The foundation for growth, alongside the former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Former Central Bank governor of Nigeria, Professor Chuwuma Soludo.

This morning, Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the State Assembly, was arrested on corruption charges, hours after the Times broke the story — and barely half a day after Silver sat smiling onstage as Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state govGovernor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state govgovernor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state government.

Capital correspondent Karen Dewitt sat down with former governor David Paterson, the first African - American to serve as governor of New York state, to talk about the event and its impact on his life.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as the substantive Governor of Abia State.

THE battle to determine the standard - bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, on Thursday, shifted to the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, as Governor Timipre Sylva told the five - man panel, headed by Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, that the PDP had invoked its jurisdiction in order to stall hearing of the substantive matter at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

His aides went so far as to charter a plane that sat idling on the tarmac of the Albany airport, waiting to take the governor to New Hampshire to file as a candidate.

The picture of the sitting governor is placed as the centerpiece on the wall right beneath Susan Arbetter's Capitol Pressroom office, surrounded by previous governors.

As a result of the strike, the sitting that was to take place on Thursday was postponed for as long as it will take the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi to pay all outstanding allowanceAs a result of the strike, the sitting that was to take place on Thursday was postponed for as long as it will take the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi to pay all outstanding allowanceas long as it will take the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi to pay all outstanding allowanceas it will take the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi to pay all outstanding allowances.

The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges, political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.

But lately New York's black leaders — including such supposed friends as former state comptroller Carl McCall and Reverend Al Sharpton — have been flirting conspicuously with Cuomo, raising the chances of something unprecedented: that a sitting governor might not receive enough support at this spring's party convention to gain a spot on the fall ballot.

She'll replace Bob Duffy, a former Rochester mayor whose principal duties in the position were to serve as the governor's surrogate at (mostly upstate) events and to sit as the titular chair of 10 regional economic development councils.

He is yet to recover from the shock and he is fretting over the prospect of going down in political history of Nigeria as the first sitting governor to suffer such monumental defeat.

The impeachment proceedings against Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may not be over soon as a Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has retrained the...

As I sat listening to Governor Cuomo's State of the State address, I was struck by the more positive tone he took toward public education.

As Ways and Means Committee chairman, Farrell and his Senate counterpart sit through weeks of lengthy hearings on the various aspects of the governor's budget proposal.

«I can't sit here as a supporter of the governor and let all that go by,» Maloney said.

With Hillary Clinton set to be nominated as Barack Obama's Secretary of State, New York Governor David Paterson has a tough decision to make - which New Yorker will sit in the U.S. Senate in Clinton's place for the next... Read More

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure on Friday nullified the impeachment of Alhaji Ali Olanusi as the deputy governor of Ondo State.

As a sit - in was held outside his offices, the governor proposed a bill banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores, beginning in 2019.

BUA added, «Whilst the governor based the legitimacy of his actions on a purported stop - work order from the Ministry of Mines, BUA wishes to reiterate that there is a pronouncement of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin on December 5, 2017 that declared the stop - work order issued by the ministry as a contravention of the court's directives to maintain the status quo and thus deemed it illegal.

Asked what kind of restructuring the PDP governors recommended, Fayose said if the Federal Government would not implement the 2014 confab report because of its «hatred for Jonathan,» it could as well organise another national conference where «Nigerians will sit together and agree on conditions for national integration, mutual understanding, cohesion, governance structure, peaceful coexistence and respect for one another.»

«I am here in Zenith bank, Ado Ekiti, I got a wind that the EFCC blocked my account and the accounts of some of my associates and I see this as very illegal, if you want to fight corruption, you fight corruption based on the rule of law, I am a sitting governor and under section 308 of the Nigerian constitution, I enjoy immunity.»

As much fun as it may be to tweak the nose of a sitting governor, Democrats need an agenda that goes beyond the machinations of the political class, even in New YorAs much fun as it may be to tweak the nose of a sitting governor, Democrats need an agenda that goes beyond the machinations of the political class, even in New Yoras it may be to tweak the nose of a sitting governor, Democrats need an agenda that goes beyond the machinations of the political class, even in New York.

Even as many Democratic leaders have butted heads with Mr. Cuomo of late, he and Mr. Díaz, who sat on the governor's 2010 transition team and co-chaired his 2014 re-election campaign, remain close.

Cuomo says governors of competing states acted as though they were «the head of the chambers of commerce», while New York politicians sat back and waited for businesses to come.

But he also sat next to the governor at a joint press conference as the two men emphasized their common goal, and said they had time to reach an agreement on the best method of realizing it.

«Nowhere was it stated that some drunkards can gather after a binge night out and ask for the removal of a sitting and performing governor with executive powers as conferred by Section 176 (2) of the constitution.»

But at the start of this election year, Molinaro said he would not run for governor as he viewed an incumbent sitting on 30 million campaign dollars and sweet polling numbers.

The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abakaliki also yesterday upheld the election of the Governorship candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the April 26 governorship elections, Chief Martin Elechi as the governor of Ebonyi State.

She is also a Governor of a High School and sits on several charities as a Trustee.

As Mr. Cuomo spoke, his wife, Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, sitting in a seat across from him, nodded in agreement, arguing that Mr. Pataki's response was emblematic of his performance as governoAs Mr. Cuomo spoke, his wife, Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, sitting in a seat across from him, nodded in agreement, arguing that Mr. Pataki's response was emblematic of his performance as governoas governor.

Due to political correctness, a sitting governor would never be so blunt as to tell the media... «That's none of your business and I have no intention of discussing that topic now»... but he / she should do so more frequently.

The governor entered the Court of Appeals through the same door as its judges, sitting beside the robed jurists as he gazed down upon the state's attorney general, comptroller and prosecutors in the pews below.

As a sit - in was held outside his offices, the governor proposed a bill banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores, beginning in 2019.

One in four sitting governors started as members of the National Lieutenant Governors Associatiogovernors started as members of the National Lieutenant Governors AssociatioGovernors Association (NLGA).

Cuomo questioned the idea of permanently extending mayoral control, saying a temporary renewal is sufficient, as he sat beside de Blasio's former political rival, Christine Quinn, who now serves as a «special advisor» to the governor after losing the Democratic mayoral primary to de Blasio in 2013.

He currently sits on the Board of Governors as the governor of the American College of Physicians Maryland Chapter.

Using this document as part of the induction and ongoing training for governors, particularly those who sit on the finance committee, has proved useful in ensuring that the strategic role of the governing body remains clear, as well and giving them the confidence to ask those challenging questions which are both appropriate and timely.

As Governor Malloy sits on top of one of the largest unfunded state and teacher pension systems in the country, an unfunded liability that will cost Connecticut taxpayers more than $ 20 billion to resolve over the next two decades, leave it to back room politics of the Malloy administration to wheel and deal a way for Steven Adamowski to boost his pension at taxpayer expense.

Tillman's proposal would strip away the governor's ability to appoint the advisory board's chair and discontinue the ability of a sitting State Board of Education member to serve as a voting member of the board.

As chairman of governors at a rural primary school in Devon, I am pleased that our head teacher and her staff will be supervising this year's Sats tests.