Sentences with phrase «independent arm of government»

It said further, «We welcome the resignation of controversial Speaker Umar Ahmed Imam after the mayhem and call on the newly - elected Speaker of the House, Hon Matthew Kolawole, to provide a dynamic leadership that would position the Assembly as a truly independent arm of government in Kogi State.

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«It is source of great concern that in a country where an arm of Government is appropriated with less than one percent of the National Budget, it is difficult to refer to our judiciary as being truly independent.

Empire Government Strategies is listed as an «independent arm» of Long Island law firm Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, where Skelos is «of counsel.»

«Today's conviction of Dean Skelos should be a call to arms for Albany and the people who serve in government,» said Sen. Jeff Klein, D - Bronx, the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference.

«ISI is not an arm of the government but an independent, not - for - profit inspectorate,» he said.

To demonstrate the broad applicability of FIPPA, Justice Morgan explored the role and function of administrative tribunals, as an administrative arm and an independent adjudicative body, but noted the lack of distinction in FIPPA of the business functions of government or the adjudicative functions of tribunals.

«We need enforcement taken out of the government's belly and assigned to an independent, arms - length public agency,» said lawyer David Lepofsky, chair of the AODA Alliance, a non-partisan coalition that monitors progress on the province's Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA.)