Sentences with phrase «former vice minister»

07, co-founder at Envoys and former vice minister at the Colombian Ministry of National Education, «The big changes that have transformed education happened with a small team.»

«Given that the budget situation is very tight with the government trying to reconstruct its finances, [science] is getting a lot of support,» says Hiroyuki Osawa, a former vice minister of the Science and Technology Agency (STA) and a member of the Council for Science and Technology, an advisory body to the prime minister.

Following the talk by Rice in Beijing this fall, GE hosted a panel whose speakers included Joachim von Amsberg, a World Bank veteran who is now a vice president at the new AIIB, and China's former vice minister of foreign affairs, He Yafei.

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The sanctioned officials are Willian Antonio Contreras, the vice minister of internal commerce; Nelson Reinaldo Lepaje Salazar, who is acting as head of the office of the national treasury, according to the U.S.; Americo Alex Mata Garcia, an alternate director on the board of the National Bank of Housing and Habitat; and Carlos Alberto Rotondaro Cova, the former president of the board of directors of the Venezuela Institute of Social Security.

Ma, once a vice minister of state security, is the most senior security official to be investigated since the former domestic security tsar Zhou Yongkang was ensnared in a graft scandal and jailed for life in 2015.

«If Trump really signs the order, that is a declaration of trade war with China,» said Wei Jianguo, former vice commerce minister and now an executive deputy director of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a government - linked think tank.

Wang Shouwen, China's vice minister of commerce, and Pascal Lamy, a former director general of the World Trade Organization, squared off at the Beijing forum over precisely that issue.

Among those who joined us in London: Jane Griffiths, Company Group Chairman, Janssen EMEA; Neelie Kroes, Special Envoy, Startup Delta, The Netherlands; Former European Commissioner for Digital Agenda; Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Tolerance, United Arab Emirates; Emma Marcegaglia, President, BusinessEurope; Chairman, Eni SpA; Vice Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Group; Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President EMEA, Facebook; Nicky Morgan, MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Department for Education, U.K.; Lubna Olayan, Chief Executive Officer, Olayan Financing Company; Mary Portas, Founder, Portas; Author, Shop Girl; and Helle Thorning - Schmidt, Former Prime Minister, Denmark and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International.

A border - adjusted tax would «mean a trade war not only between China and the U.S. but across the whole world,» said Wei Jianguo, a former Chinese vice minister of commerce.

Three articles in recent weeks drew attention, by former Fed Vice Chairman Alan Blinder, Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos and Portugal's Carlos Moedas (secretary of state to the prime minister), each in turn emphasising just how very complex and challenging the European makeover is and will be and choices on offer.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

The likes of immediate past Senior Policy Adviser and Head of Presidential Delivery Unit, Dr Valerie Sawyer; former MP for La Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale; former Chief Executives of NHIA, Sylvester Mensah; COCOBOD's Dr Stephen Opuni; Eco Medical Village's, Dzifa Aku Ativor; former KMA boss, Kojo Bonsu; 1st vice Chairman of NDC, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo; former Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia; MP for Klottey Korle; Dr Zanetor Rawlings; Anlo MP; Clement Kofi Humado and former vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur were also reported to be interested in the post.

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar Saturday said, with the newly inaugurated ministers that constitutes President Muhammadu Buhari's Federal cabinet, «greater confidence is likely to be reposed in our economy by investors both local and foreign.»

All leading members of the NDC, including President John Mahama, and his vice, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah - Arthur, as well as former President Jerry John Rawlings, ministers of state and Members of Parliament, are in attendance.

The charismatic masculine image of Borisov became the nice wrapping of the harsh policies designed by the former World Bank vice president Simeon Djankov, now the Minister of Finance.

He was accompanied by the acting NPP National Chairman, Mr. Freddie Blay; 2nd Deputy Speaker of Parliament and NPP MP for Essikadu Ketan, Hon. Joe Ghartey; Hon. Papa Owusu Ankomah, former NPP Minister and currently MP for Sekondi; NPP National Women's Organiser, Otiko Afisa Djaba; Deputy National Women's Organisers, Hajia Sawudatu and Diana Karikari; NPP Regional 2nd Vice Chairman, Francis Ndede Siah; Hon. Kobby Okyere Darko Mensah, MP for Takoradi; Hon. Joseph Cudjoe, MP for Effia; Hon. Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, MP for Bibiani / Anhwaiso / Bekwai; NPP Parliamentary Candidates for Sekondi, Shama, Ahanta West and Tarkwa Nsuaem, Andrew Mercer, Ato Panford, Kojo Kum and Mireku Duker, respectively; Charles Bissue, NPP Regional Secretary; Abdul Ganiyu, NPP Regional Organiser; Campaign Aides, Mawusi Awity, Na Paga Sulemana Tia, Justice Newton Abeiku Offei; and former NPP regional activists, Kojo Acquah and Agya Sam, amongst others.

They include former vice Chancellor of UPSA, Prof Joshua Alabi; former CEO of NHIA, Sylvester Mensah; 2nd Deputy Speaker, Alban Bagbin; former Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Ekow Spio Gabrah and former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor.

Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture, William Quaitoo has stated that vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is the best person to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for future elections.

Former Deputy Trades Minister in the immediate past administration has responded to the Vice President's criticisms of ex-President Mahama in the controversial...

Political leaders who have attended and taught at the university include Millard Fillmore, who served as the 12th Vice President and 13th President of the United States; Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, the 9th President, 21st Prime Minister, and leader of the Tayo Party of Somalia; and Zhou Ji, the former Mayor of Wuhan and Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China.

The Minister, had during the week stirred up contriversy when she declared that she would support the bid of the former Vice President for the Presidency in 2019 even if Buhari decides to re-contest.

Gottfried and Perkins were joined at the Albany press conference today by Laurie Wen, Executive Director, Physicians for a National Health Program — NY Metro; Dr. Paul Sorum, former Chair of the Capital District chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program; Vito Grasso, Executive Vice President of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians; Lisa Blodgett, New York State Nurses Association; Doug Bullock, First Vice President of the Albany County Central Federation of Labor; Rev. Frances Rosenau, Associate Minister at the Westminster Presbyterian Church; and Mark Dunlea, co-founder of Single Payer New York and Executive Director of the Hunger Action Network of New York State.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the comments by Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Jumai Alhassan, concerning President Muhammadu Buhari, «couldn't have been said any...

Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has said the open support for the political aspiration of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar by the Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, was a disappointment.

Vice President Amissah Arthur, Former Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Ekow Spio Gabrah; former Vice Chancellor of University for Professional Studies, Prof Joshua Alabi; former Ghana High Commissioner to UK, Victor Smith; Former Chief Executive of NHIA, Sylvester Mensah; former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; MP for Nadowli - Kaleo; Alban Bagbin; former MP for La Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale; a Cadre, Goosie Tanoh and MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu have all been named as eyeing the NDC toFormer Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Ekow Spio Gabrah; former Vice Chancellor of University for Professional Studies, Prof Joshua Alabi; former Ghana High Commissioner to UK, Victor Smith; Former Chief Executive of NHIA, Sylvester Mensah; former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; MP for Nadowli - Kaleo; Alban Bagbin; former MP for La Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale; a Cadre, Goosie Tanoh and MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu have all been named as eyeing the NDC toformer Vice Chancellor of University for Professional Studies, Prof Joshua Alabi; former Ghana High Commissioner to UK, Victor Smith; Former Chief Executive of NHIA, Sylvester Mensah; former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; MP for Nadowli - Kaleo; Alban Bagbin; former MP for La Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale; a Cadre, Goosie Tanoh and MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu have all been named as eyeing the NDC toformer Ghana High Commissioner to UK, Victor Smith; Former Chief Executive of NHIA, Sylvester Mensah; former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; MP for Nadowli - Kaleo; Alban Bagbin; former MP for La Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale; a Cadre, Goosie Tanoh and MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu have all been named as eyeing the NDC toFormer Chief Executive of NHIA, Sylvester Mensah; former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; MP for Nadowli - Kaleo; Alban Bagbin; former MP for La Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale; a Cadre, Goosie Tanoh and MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu have all been named as eyeing the NDC toformer Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; MP for Nadowli - Kaleo; Alban Bagbin; former MP for La Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale; a Cadre, Goosie Tanoh and MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu have all been named as eyeing the NDC toformer MP for La Dadekotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale; a Cadre, Goosie Tanoh and MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu have all been named as eyeing the NDC top job.

Many bigwigs of the NDC such as former Trade Minister Ekow Spio - Garbrah, former CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Sylvester Mensah, former Vice President Kwesi Amissah - Arthur, Goosie Tanoh, Majority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, former Vice Chancellor of UPSA Prof Joshua Alabi, and Second Deputy Speaker Alban Bagbin have emerged or shown interest in contesting to become the flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 polls.

Adeyeye, a former Minister of State for Works, claimed that the PDP defeated Boko Haram before it handed over power in 2015, adding that it also reduced kidnapping and other anti-social vices in the country and there was peace in Nigeria as of May 2015.

«So, in this zone where we have a sitting chairman and he is not invited to a meeting, you have six ministers, you have former governors, you have very senior citizens of this zone and they were shut out of the meeting only for the national vice chairman to ambush everybody, ignore every motion that was moved, even when somebody moved a motion that he should disqualify himself having shown bias from the beginning in this meeting, he still sat there and he is saying to the public that there was a resolution.

Former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani - Kayode has explained why Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is gradually becoming one of the most hated Christians in Nigeria.

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has debunked speculations in some quarters that he is not happy with the list of ministerial nominees, stressing that he is happy with the proposed ministers as they provide him with the hope and belief that the country is on the right path.

Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke Bello has accused former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and family members of the lFormer Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke Bello has accused former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and family members of the lformer Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and family members of the late...

The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, says she is not perturbed by condemnation that trailed her public display of support for former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

Maldivian government took several steps to bolster Mr. Yameen's authority such as removal of Chief Justice, police chiefs and arrest of Vice President and former Defence Minister.

By his outlandish claims and ill - chosen diction, I doubt if anyone was taken aback few days ago when the former Aviation Minister released his diatribe against President Muhammad Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Rauf Aregbesola all in his struggle to castigate the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbdulRashid Adewale Akanbi.

A former Deputy Minister for Communication, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, has likened Vice President Bawumia's recent utterances on Ghana's Digital Property Addressing System to political serial callers who call into FM stations to rant over issues.

When challenged to provide proof, the Vice President went on to identify those three individuals as Messrs Jide Omokore, Kola Aluko and the former Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison - Madueke.

Again, the Vice President tried to set the former coordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, Dr.. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, against former President Jonathan, by alleging that she had accused the Jonathan administration of corruption.

Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, has declared that the achievements recorded by President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in the last two and half years have surpassed the achievements of former ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in sixteen years.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the comments by Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Jumai Alhassan, concerning President Muhammadu Buhari, «couldn't have been said any better».

May be because visitors interrupted our viewership, I didn't see former President Goodluck Jonathan, the immediate past national leader of the party, former Vice President, Namadi Sambo and founding fathers of the party such as former President Ibrahim Babangida, former Vice President Alex Ekweume, former Senate Presidents, Ken Nnamani, David Mark, former chairman of the PDP, Ahmadu Ali, former minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, Dr Samuel Ogbemudia among others, some of whom had been advertised as confirmed participants at the conference.

Former Award Winners Past outstanding recipients of the African Leadership magazine Awards include, H.E Hifikepunye Pohamba, former President of Namibia; H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, former President of Tanzania; H.E Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone; H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia; H. E John Kufuor, former President of Ghana; Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Founder Ibrahim Prize for Leadership; Hon. Xavier Luc - Duval, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Republic of Mauritius and Mr. Mohammed Dewji, CEO METL Group, Tanzania, among oFormer Award Winners Past outstanding recipients of the African Leadership magazine Awards include, H.E Hifikepunye Pohamba, former President of Namibia; H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, former President of Tanzania; H.E Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone; H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia; H. E John Kufuor, former President of Ghana; Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Founder Ibrahim Prize for Leadership; Hon. Xavier Luc - Duval, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Republic of Mauritius and Mr. Mohammed Dewji, CEO METL Group, Tanzania, among oformer President of Namibia; H.E. Jakaya Kikwete, former President of Tanzania; H.E Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone; H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia; H. E John Kufuor, former President of Ghana; Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Founder Ibrahim Prize for Leadership; Hon. Xavier Luc - Duval, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Republic of Mauritius and Mr. Mohammed Dewji, CEO METL Group, Tanzania, among oformer President of Tanzania; H.E Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone; H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia; H. E John Kufuor, former President of Ghana; Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Founder Ibrahim Prize for Leadership; Hon. Xavier Luc - Duval, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Republic of Mauritius and Mr. Mohammed Dewji, CEO METL Group, Tanzania, among oformer President of Ghana; Dr. Mo Ibrahim, Founder Ibrahim Prize for Leadership; Hon. Xavier Luc - Duval, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Republic of Mauritius and Mr. Mohammed Dewji, CEO METL Group, Tanzania, among others.

Present at the rally were the NPP vice presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia; former Trade Minister, Alan Kyeremanteng; aide to Nana Akufo - Addo, Mustapha Hamid; the National Organiser and acting General Secretary, John Boadu; and the National Women Organiser, Afisa Otiko Djaba.

Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, aka Mama Taraba, has reacted to speculations that she was «planning» to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following the exit of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

Vice President Amissah - Arthur is being accompanied on the campaign tour by Eric Opoku, the Brong - Ahafo Regional Minister, Barbara Serwah Asamoah, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National Vice Chairman of the NDC, Mr Yaw Boateng Gyan, a former National Organiser of the NDC, among others.

Other members of the panel included Wilfred Madius Tangau, Malaysia's minister of Science, Technology and Innovation; Nick Campbell, executive editor and executive vice-president, Global Institutional Partnerships, Nature; Jean - Pierre Bourguignon, president of the European Research Council; Hongbo Chen, vice dean of Tsinghua University's Tuspark Research Institute for Innovation, and Andrei Fursenko, former minister of Education and Science for Russia and current aide to the president.

Former Vice President Al Gore and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair also were invFormer Vice President Al Gore and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair also were invformer British Prime Minister Tony Blair also were involved.

Meanwhile, climate denying prime minister Tony Abbott has been criticised by Nobel laureate and former US vice president Al Gore over Mr Abbott's claims that the bushfires weren't worsened by climate change.

Star alumni: Founding partner John Black Aird, who was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada, a senator, and Ontario's 23rd lieutenant governor; David Miller, former Toronto mayor and president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund Canada; former Canadian minister of External Affairs Barbara McDougall; Tim Hortons Inc. vice president and assistant general counsel Meredith Michetti, and Gilbert S. Bennett, CEO, director, and / or chairman of many Canadian public and private companies, including Canadair Ltd., Canadian Tire, de Havilland Inc., Air Nova Inc., Algoma Steel Inc., Eldorado Nuclear Ltd., and Enbridge Inc..

Star alumni: Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench acting Associate Chief Justice Marianne Rivoalen; Israel Asper, late chairman of the board of the former Global Media Network and visionary of the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights; Gerald Schwartz, chairman of the board and president and CEO of Onex Corp.; Richard Leipsic, former general counsel and senior vice president of Canwest Global Communications Corp.; Beth Beaupre, assistant deputy minister, Manitoba Health.