Sentences with phrase «aspirant said»

Addressing students at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) on the issue of sugarcane for the Komenda Sugar Factory, the 2012 presidential aspirant said; «They come and tell us that they are putting a sugar factory there.

Commenting on the verbal and media attacks on Tinubu over his endorsement, the governorship aspirant said aspirants attacking Tinubu were ungrateful, pointing out that many of them are beneficiaries of the party leader's influence.

He rejected the path of truth and upheld the primary election that its process was characterized with corruption,» the aspirants said at their joint press conference.

Not exact matches

That said, one thing that does mark Tottenham out from the other top four aspirants is the experience of their manager.

He said the NDC recovering from their defeat in the 2016 elections should be working to put their house in order and not the business of endorsing the candidature of the former President or any other aspirant.

He said he has advised all the party executives not to openly campaign for their preferred aspirants.

Even though about 90 percent of Ghana's natural resources are concentrated in mainly Akan - speaking regions of the country, it is people who come from regions without resources who are governing the country, a voice purported to be that of former flagbearer - aspirant of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Osafo Marfo has been heard as having said.

The party's Chairman Professor Edmund Delle has said he is satisfied with the process that selected the aspirants and believes a credible candidate will emerge to lead the party.

The former First Lady and 2012 presidential aspirant of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Nana Konadu Agyeman - Rawlings has said successive Parliament under Presidents John Evans Attah Mills and John Mahama are responsible for some of the worst crimes the nation has ever witnessed.

Despite an interlocutory injunction suit filed against the process by a disqualified flagbearer - aspirant Onsy Nathan Kwame Nkrumah, Chairman of the party, Prof Edmund Delle has said the presidential primaries will come off as planned.

The Arewa Consultative Youths Movement (ACYM) says it will conduct a mock election for top presidential aspirants from the Northern part of the country.

An Upper East Regional Chairman aspirant of the New Patriotic Party, Filson Awankua, says his leadership will ensure the party increases its parliamentary seats in the region and create job opportunities for the citizenry.

The Director of Election for the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) James Kwabena Bomfeh a.k.a Kabila has said Samia Nkrumah, a Flagbearer aspirant of the party should desist from continuing to accuse her political detractors of being behind her inability to retain the Jomoro Parliamentary seat.

As part of the requirements for the filing of nominations ahead of the 2016 elections, the EC has requested presidential and parliamentary aspirants to declare their assets, but the acting General Secretary of the NPP says there is no law that mandates that request.

Member of Parliament for Odododiodio Constituency Nii Lante Vanderpuye says he will step aside for aspiring New Patriotic Party candidate Nii Lante Bannerman if the NPP aspirant is able to get over 35 % of votes during the 2016 elections.

It was not immediately known what the meeting resolved but sources at the meeting said the meeting was to appeal to all Aspirants to abide by the outcome of a rescheduled Primaries.

We are taking the Weija - Gbawe constituency,» the president said about the ever - smiling MP - aspirant.

The Bauchi guber aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Captain Bala Jibrin has said that Speaker, Dogara's faction will challenge the failed congresses of the party...

Yusuf said the aspirants to be scrutinsed include: President Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state and Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa state, among others.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York's new free college tuition plan is a boon to middle class families, said a college advocate who works directly with college aspirants.

A Governorship Aspirant of All Progressives Congress, Chief Segun Oni, says his re-election bid is a redemption mission and urges every progressive - minded person to be partaker.

Commenting on the matter, the failed National Youth Organiser aspirant of the NPP said reverend Osei Bonsu has been very insensitive in his comments on the matter.

Using the protracted power crisis that has plagued the country for the past three years to buttress his point, the former flagbearer - aspirant of the Convention People's Party (CPP) said the President has failed to show the needed sense of urgency toward solving the problem.

The ballot for positions on the presidential ballot paper has however been suspended until the court cases filed by some disqualified presidential aspirants have been dealt with, Mr Eric Dzakpasu, Head of Communications at the EC has said.

Politics of Tuesday, 15 May 2018 Source: classfmonline.com Freddie Blay The Campaign Team of Mr. Freddie Blay has said the National Chairman aspirant of the governing New Patriotic...

«We're at a point where we need to restore democracy,» said the soft - spoken yet determined Reform Party candidate who, unlike most of this year's third - party aspirants, is looking neither left or right, but forward in the tradition of John F. Kennedy's presidency — one of the most prosperous periods in American history.

«I will say, you know, the one aspirant that we know of on the Democratic side that really hasn't engaged in any of this — most of this foolishness — is Quinn,» said Bloomberg, speaking during his weekly radio show with WOR's John Gambling.

The organization said the amount will prevent a lot of good aspirants from participating in the elections.

Bejide, a PDP governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, hinted that it was dangerous for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to have lost a politician of Atiku's clout, saying, «his coming to our party will help us to regain power at the centre in 2019».

The governor said; «It will be difficult for me to be going around soliciting support for all the chairmanship aspirants.

The President noted that the ruling party took internal democracy seriously, saying that the success of the Ekiti Primary, with more than 30 aspirants, further validated the «party's democratic credentials.»

Meanwhile, one of the aspirants of the APC in Ondo State, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, has said the alleged error on the delegates» list used for the last Saturday's primary had nothing to do with the victory of the winner of the election, Rotimi Akeredolu.

Analysts close to the APC say there are two major cabals and possibly three operating within the party, with Tinubu on one side, President Muhammadu Buhari on another and former Vice President and presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar on the third.

A source currently at the residence of the late governorship aspirant while speaking to the Nigeria Politics Online through a phone conversation said it was a mere public stunt.

He said the delegates should discard anyone being tried for corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, saying that the anti-corruption agency was also planning to re-arrest some aspirants accused of corruption.

A source quoted by the report said some popular aspirants, who enjoyed the support of the governor, won but some of them, who had been accused of lacking grass roots support, were defeated at the modified primaries conducted to elect APC candidates.

Also asked if the issue of a consensus candidate was deliberated at the meeting Dokpesi said «no, but that did not mean there were no discussion among the aspirants.

Asked if the issue of zoning came up at the meeting of the forum with the aspirants, Dokpesi said the party was explicit enough on the issue of zoning.

Clinton also paid tribute to Warren in Time magazine recently, saying: «She never hesitates to hold powerful people's feet to the fire: bankers, lobbyists, senior government officials and, yes, even presidential aspirants.»

The APC flag bearer, after he was disqualified by the Electoral Commission from participating in the December polls as a presidential aspirant angrily said he had spent $ 6million on his campaign vehicles alone and, therefore, accused the EC of being unfair to him.

Also speaking to newsmen at the end of the meeting, Raymond Dokpesi, one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairmanship aspirants, said that all the eight chairmanship aspirants would sign a peace accord as part of their commitment towards successful convention.

The PPP had accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of being selective in the disqualification of presidential aspirants and said even though the NPP and NDC for instance did not meet the requirements set, they were not disqualified.

The National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the Peoples Democratic, PDP said it has announced the suspension a former Governorship aspirant in the Anambra State, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah over what it described as his vitriolic media attack on the party national leadership.

If any other aspirant wins the primaries because there are many aspirants and the governor says this is the man I want; that is the time we talk of imposition and he can't do that, he has no power to do that.

Abdullahi said the new date was fixed after due consultation between the APC National Working Committee (NWC), aspirants and other stakeholders.

She said the Commission gave the parties ample time to submit the forms, adding that once the aspirants took the decision to contest they should have done their homework well.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said it would not be dragged into «needless» debates with the Progressive People's Party (PPP) over the disqualification of some presidential aspirants.

«We are going to conduct primaries for all our aspirants and I want to say that all the aspirants are credible and qualified, but how well we are able to manage these materials to our advantage depends on how well we put our house in order.

Failed Presidential aspirant of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. George Boateng says the 61,836 persons who voted «No» representing 4.90 % against the second - term candidature of President John Dramani Mahama are his supporters.

The group said that it had commenced advocacy and mobilisation for Secondus» emergence as the PDP chairman, urging the South - West aspirants to drop their ambition and bargain for better positions in government.