Sentences with phrase «fight against public corruption»

State officials have taken a big step in the fight against public corruption, as the Legislature has approved a proposal to enact a constitutional amendment that would strip taxpayer - funded pensions from state and local leaders who commit felonies in connection with their office.

In announcing the charges against Silver on Thursday, Bharara said his office's «unfinished fight against public corruption continues,» adding New Yorkers should «stay tuned.»

«And so our unfinished fight against public corruption continues.

«Our unfinished fight against public corruption continues.

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It will enable Parliament to help in the fight against corruption and thereby protect the public purse.

The roundtable will assess the on - going fight against corruption, and is expected to come up with key programme agenda for among others mobilising Nigerians to get involved in the fight against corruption, and agenda for increasing the tempo of the anti-corruption fight including by revisiting outstanding cases of high - level official corruption and prosecuting high - ranking public officials.

Sean will work effectively to prosecute public corruption and fight against intolerance by defending minority communities throughout the state.

Weitz & Luxenberg joined other law firms that employ lawmakers in fighting against subpoenas from the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption that sought records of what legislators — including the speaker — were doing for their outside earnings.

In a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said; «As it still appears, the statement made by the Federal Government on the Halliburton and Siemens corruption scandals may not be more than another decoy to shift the attention of Nigerians from the selective nature of President Buhari's fight against corruption.»

The remarks followed claims by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawyers that he had made «improper statements» that will bias the public against Mr. Silver in his fight against corruption charges, and a Slate piece by Pace University Professor Bennett Gershman that Mr. Bharara's critiques of New York's state government are inappropriate for his role.

Such bold initiative would also improve public confidence in the fight against corruption.»

Adeosun explained that the policy was expected to «Increase exposure of financial or financial related crimes; support the fight against financial crimes and corruption; improved level of public confidence in public entities; enhance transparency and accountability in the management of public funds; improve Nigeria's Open Government Ranking and Ease of Doing Business Indicators; and recover public funds that can be deployed to finance Nigeria's infrastructure deficit.»

He said further, «I need not mention the serious effort we have engaged in since the inception of this administration on the fight against corruption in our public life.

Perhaps, the most far - reaching measure Nana Addo plans to institute in his fight against corruption is his vow to create a special, independent Public Prosecutor's Office to deal with issues of corruption when they come up.

We would like to ask the CID and other institutions involved in resolving this issue to expedite action on the matter in order to show that we can win the fight against corruption and to restore public confidence in the institutions of state.

Buhari noted that throughout his journey in national service and since 2015, he had made a very conscious decision to pursue a vigorous fight against corruption in public life.

Many hailed Mr. Amidu's appointment as the solution to Ghana's fight against corruption as many consider him as one of Ghana's cleanest and uncompromising public servants.

In my earlier critique of the move to create a Special Prosecutor rather than an Independent Public Prosecutor, I proposed the appointment of a person in the character and stature of Martin Amidu (or Anas) as someone who could do well to surmount the fundamental problem and make some strides in the fight against corruption in spite of the challenges of independence.

Shoda commended President Muhammadu Buhari's consistency in the fight against corruption, saying that it had raised the benchmark in public service.

Stec congratulated Stefanik and said he would work hard on behalf of both election reform and continue to fight against corruption in Albany, specifically seeking to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot by next year that would call for stripping elected officials convicted of crimes of their public pensions.

While appealing to members of the public for cooperation, the anti-graft agency said the fight against corruption and financial crimes needed consistent information on the activities of fraudsters.

«Apart from bringing corrupt public officers to justice, we are determined, in line with the stance of the current administration, to send an unmistakable message to everyone, that no Nigerian shall be regarded as being above the law or treated as a sacred cow as far as the fight against corruption is concerned.

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The primary purpose of the Policy is to support the fight against financial crimes and corruption, promote accountability and enhance transparency in the management of public finances.

«The public is encouraged to keep faith and trust in the present administration's fight against corruption and be assured that the CJN is doing his best to reform the Judiciary accordingly.»