Sentences with phrase «on political office holders»

He called on political office holders and leaders to put the interest of the country above theirs, so that the nation can remain united.

Professor of Political Economy, Patrick Utomi, and a former governorship aspirant in Lagos State under the Peoples» Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, have both called on political office holders in Nigeria to exhibit more integrity while carrying out their duties.

Not exact matches

On top of their generous political donations, Suncor, Nexen, Cenovus and CNRL have also lobbied provincial office holders.

All around the world, political office holders are judged, celebrated or crucified based on their capacity to drive their own policy.

For us, this is not only an endorsement of the humungous achievements of President Mahama whilst in office, but a clear demonstration of the fact that President Mahama's unique and selfless leadership has set a standard for political office holders on the whole continent.

It does seems that the Monarch will step aside when he or she feels that age is inhibiting her work, but whether that is 85 — as with Charles — or 91 — as with William — depends on the holder of the office and the pressure they are subjected to by the wider political community.

The Inspector - General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, on Monday ordered an immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to some political office holders and very important personalities,...

Announcing his plans to withdraw the policemen on private guard duty, the IGP said, «In view of the current security challenges in the country, it has become expedient for the Nigeria Police Force to streamline the deployment of its personnel attached to political and public office holders, aimed at enhancing effective and efficient policing of the country.

He argues that prebendalism is the most appropriate conceptual notion for explaining Nigeria's politicians intense and persistent struggle to control and exploit the offices of the state and defines prebendalism in terms of «the historical association of the term «prebend» with the offices of certain feudal states which could be obtained through services rendered to a lord or monarch or through outright purchase by supplicants... the adjective «prebendal» will refer to patterns of political behaviour which rest on the justifying principle that such offices should be competed for and then utilised for the personal benefit of office holders as well as their reference or support group.

He called on individuals and political office holders to emulate Dasuki in order to encourage more development in the area and the state at large.

Fayose spoke on Wednesday during a meeting with political office holders at the Government's House in Ado Ekiti.

Asked to comment on the meeting this weekend of South East Governors and Igbo Leaders, Uko said the current developments are beyond political interest and considerations of any individual or office holder, maintaining that only the truth can save the situation and the truth is that Nigeria must be urgently restructured in order to give all sections a sense of belonging thereby enthroning true federalism without delay, any other solution will not work.

Maintaining that the bailout is different from the regular federal allocation that can not be monitored by the allocating authority, it accused Fayose of playing with facts and the law to avoid scrutiny on how he spent the special funds specifically approved to pay backlog of salaries, pensions and other entitlements to former political office holders.

Also, the National President, National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. John Onyebueze, chided the Senate for allegedly throwing away a bill that would have set up the office of the Surgeon General or Chief Medical Officer of the federation, which would assess the health status of any political office holder and give authoritative statements on their health status.

Scores of former political office holders and Peoples Democratic Party chieftains on Friday condemned the burning of the party flags at the secretariat by supporters of Senator Iyiola Omisore and said that the party would win the September 22 governorship election in the state without the former governorship candidate of the party.

«Our office holders must resist the temptation and pressure to abandon governance and plunge head on to political manoeuvring».