Sentences with phrase «minister says he campaigned»

The minister said the campaign or programme has five main areas of intervention which are the provision of improved seeds, provision of fertilizer, provision of extension services, marketing and e-agriculture platform.

Not exact matches

Last month, Bennett, who leads the right - wing Jewish Home party and was the economy minister at the time of the campaign, said the report would be an «earthquake» that would reveal the failures of the country's leaders during the conflict.

Gantz is «ready to go to the next campaign with the same intelligence that we had in the last one» Yet the army «did not present the intelligence gaps,» a former cabinet minister said.

Update (6/24/16 10:16 a.m. EST): Britain has voted to leave the E.U. Shortly after results were announced (the «leave» campaign won by 52 percent), Prime Minister David Cameron said he would be stepping down.

Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon, who campaigned hard against Brexit, said Britain remaining in the EU's single market, if not the bloc itself, was now the best realistic option.

Still, Brazilian health minister Ricardo Barros said all 27 states in the country will be targeted in a vaccination campaign aiming to reach 78 million people by 2019, according to the Associated Press.

Responding on Twitter, Prime Minister David Cameron said when it comes to the economy it is important to listen to experts: «It's deeply concerning that the Leave campaign is criticising the independent Bank of England,» he said.

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Najib said he faced a «concerted campaign of political sabotage to topple a democratically elected prime minister.»

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, who is part of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats Union (CDU), said he was open to the idea while speaking on a campaign trail last week.

CSW's Chief Executive, Mervyn Thomas, said: «CSW is urging the US government to raise the issue of widespread hate campaigns by state and non-state actors against religious minorities in talks with Prime Minister Modi, and to insist that justice is done for the victim - survivors of violence against religious minorities.»

So, Italy's vice minister of economic development, Carlo Calenda, says his government will invest $ 45 million in the first year of its «Made in Italy» campaign beginning in October.

Groups such as Clean Up Australia have long campaigned for plastic bags to be banned «forever,» and in March last year hopes were buoyed when federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt said he was prepared to use the «bully pulpit» of government to «get rid of» plastic bags.

Responding to the statement from the Prime Minister's official spokesman, who said that the Government had no plans to revisit UK gun laws which were «amongst the toughest in the world»; David Taylor, Shooting Campaign Manager for the Countryside Alliance, said:

«During the election campaign I extended an invitation to everyone in this country to join the government of Britain,» the prime minister said.

The prime minister also noted that it was «bread and butter issues», such as water rates, that had dominated the election campaign on the doorstep, adding this said much about the «modern face» of Northern Ireland.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold a cabinet meeting on Monday and the UK parliament will reconvene Boris Johnson, who led the Leave campaign and is tipped to replace Mr Cameron, has said the UK will continue to «intensify» co-operation with the EU.

Dr Omane Boamah said these when he joined his colleague minister for employment minister Haruna Iddrisu to launch his campaign over the weekend.

Peace ambassador Irbad Ibrahim says apart from comments made by the local government minister, at the NDC campaign launch in Cape Coast, all other comments were peaceful in nature.

The Australian prime minister has said she hopes Queen Elizabeth II will be the last British head of state of her country, putting some life into the ongoing general election campaign.

The Campaign for Better Transport said the electrification projects would cut carbon and running costs, but said it was disappointed that ministers had committed to permitting ticket prices to increase by retail price index inflation plus a further three per cent.

Svensson said the party was pleased with its campaign and was hoping that leader Jan Björklund would be made deputy prime minister, a role taken by the leader of the second largest governing party.

«Alistair Darling demeans himself and his colleagues in the «No» campaign with these pathetic, puerile remarks for which he should now apologise,» the first minister's spokesman said.

«Over the past few months I've spoken to a lot of LGB and T people and campaign groups, and it quickly became clear that there is a real desire to address the differences between civil marriage and civil partnerships,» equalities minister Lynne Featherstone said.

The South West Campaign Coordinator and Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, was said to be the proponent of the idea and the production of the caps.

Communications minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah has said the Mahama - campaign will not give undeserving attention to the founder of the Progressive Peoples Party Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom.

Within the past week, one senior Cabinet minister has told me the election campaign was a «horror show», but says that No. 10 is now functioning much better.

The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekow Spio - Garbrah says persuasion and appeal to the national pride, will culminate in achieving the objectives of the made in Ghana campaign.

He said: «It is unbelievable that some of the Cabinet ministers who decided that 2,500 post offices must close are campaigning to save the ones in their own constituencies.»

During the incident, which reaches an ailing Robinson from several sources on the campaign bus, the prime minister called a BBC story about something he allegedly told his deputy Nick Clegg «rubbish» before going on to say «I'm going to close them down after the election!»

Anas Sarwar: «During the election campaign, the Deputy Prime Minister said: «We will resist, vote against, campaign against, any lifting of that cap» on tuition fees.

When the President was heavily criticized for leaving out most of his campaign promises in his maiden State of the Nation Address in late February, Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid and government spokespersons said those pledges would be addressed in the budget statement.

Prime minister David Cameron said the SNP win was «emphatic» but promised to fight the campaign for independence.

It's why the logic of an extended air campaign is mission creep and western boots on the ground — whatever the Prime Minister may say now....

Nigeria's former Minister of Education and one of the leaders of the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) campaign group, Dr Oby Ezekwesili says the failure of President Goodluck Jonathan to rescue the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls, who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in April last year has shown how unfit he is as a leader.

The Prime Minister said the party's disciplinary panel let the former London mayor «off the hook» following accusations of anti-Semitism as she launched a stinging attack on Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in a campaign speech.

Downing Street was accused tonight by a senior minister of mounting a «smear campaign» against Hazel Blears by releasing information to the Daily Telegraph that the minister said could only have come from inside Number 10.

Mr Tilbrook said his party was the only one to campaign to make St George's Day a bank holiday as he debated with Conservative Faith and Communities Minister Baroness Warsi ahead of local elections in many English counties and two mayoral contests on 2 May.

Earlier in the day, former Scottish Labour minister Andy Kerr had said his party needed to apologise for an «atrocious campaign».

Mr Johnson then text Mr Gove, saying the junior minister wanted him to tweet announcing her joining their campaign, but according to Mr Shipman's book he failed to reply.

Nigeria's former Minister of Education and one of the leaders of the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) campaign group, Dr Oby Ezekwesili says the failure of President Goodluck Jonathan...

The former minister said it is «unconscionable» for Governor Oshiomole to embark on a campaign of lies against her because she thwarted his dubious loan request.

Just 29 % of those polled said they felt more positive towards the Prime Minister following the campaign while 24 % said they did not know.

The minister who was speaking at the opening of the 4th session of the Nigeria - Cameroon Trans - Border Security Committee in Abuja, also said, «In the same vein, we call on the international community to sustain their support in our fight against Boko haram, and to see this effort as part of the global campaign to defeat terrorism».

«I think it is appalling that, during election week, senior members of the Labour party chose to walk out of government, criticise the prime minister and generally undermine our campaign,» said Mr Martin.

«I am working closely with the prime minister on foreign policy issues and support the re-election campaign for a Labour government that he is leading,» he said.

Reacting to the plans, Prime Minister David Cameron said: «There are some questions... why are all the debates inside the election campaign rather than spread out over a longer period?

Curiously this supposed campaign, which Peter says is being waged principally via Twitter, includes my congratulating the Tory leader on his performance at Prime Minister's Questions, but we are not to let that detract from his point, apparently.

Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron MP said that the Prime Minister was putting internal party strife over the country's best interests by allowing ministers to campaign for a «leave» vote.

David Cairns, the Scottish office minister running Labour's campaign, says: «It is going to be tight.