Sentences with phrase «one's past leaders»

The statement read, «It appears we have not started taking on past leaders in the government's fight against corruption.

The Peoples Democratic Party, the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights and the Campaign for Democracy on Sunday knocked President Muhammadu Buhari for saying he had not done badly, as well as blaming past leaders for the poor state of the economy.

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, and the Campaign for Democracy, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop blaming past leaders for...

It's ridiculous for you to rant about past leaders of totalitarian regimes as any kind of indicator to defend Christianity.

If past leaders had fought corruption genuinely maybe what the President will be doing now is to improve on what they had done.

«That is why our great party has now, more than ever before, become a center of the new patriotic and broad - based engagements by well - meaning Nigerians and coalitions across board, including past leaders, in rekindling our democratic process that places priority on returning power to the people.

«Past leaders chose deregulated globalization.

Given a golden opportunity with only two laps to go, Bobby Rahal spurted past the leader, Kevin Cogan, and triumphed at a record 170.722 mph

The No2EU — Yes to Democracy list at the 2009 European Elections, in London included Peter Shore's erstwhile agent, and in the North West included the immediate past Leader of the Liberal Party.

While acknowledging the sensitive and volatile nature of the Nigerian National Question and the rigorous, expensive and delicate process to be undertaken for a legitimate restructuring, Okunniyi noted that the difference between President Buhari and other past leaders is his profound believe in the masses and principle of popular collective change

Reacting, SERAP in a statement by its Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, said the trial of the country's corrupt past leaders was long overdue.

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on Nigerians to continue to live together in peace, adding that the sacrifices of past leaders aiming at keeping the country together must not be in vain.

According to them, many Nigerian past leaders came into power while they were even younger than Onjeh.

Reacting, CACOL Director, Debo Adeniran, while speaking with Punch, called on the federal government to summon past leaders and have them tried by the anti-graft agency.

As Labour leader sees worst ratings yet, Peter Kellner compares him to past leader ratings (Comments: 0)

Also, the CD President, Usman Abdul, said, «The President should be mindful of what he says about past leaders because he was also a former leader of the country.

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Nevertheless, Stern doesn't cut past leaders any slack.

«Why didn't you object when I was being endorsed for re-election last year by prominent black ministers and current and past leaders of the NAACP?»

Also, the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, supported by a former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, lambasted Buhari for always blaming past leaders.

«That is why our great party has now, more than ever before, become a centre of the new patriotic and broad - based engagements by well - meaning Nigerians and coalitions across the board, including past leaders, in rekindling our democratic process that places priority on returning power to the people.

While running leadership training sessions, I often ask participants to identify behavior they have disliked in past leaders.

«Our investment in Indiana is possible because of the positive business climate created by current and past leaders, access to amazing talent created by our leading universities, and a vibrant, innovative culture,» McCorkle said.

These guys are tame compared to some of our past leaders of the good old days.

The Jews respectfully referred to their great teachers and past leaders as fathers.

If our past leaders were been able to achieve so much in an era of typewriters and fax machines, then we have no excuse not to do much much more for generations yet unborn.

«For the time being any past leader and even those who held office at the highest level have to be circumspect - including me - about our pronouncements and interventions which might have the exact opposite effect as was intended,» he accepts, before adding: «It doesn't mean that any of us simply should be told to get back in the box and go away, and fail to express a lifetime's experience or commitment to the party, but it does mean we need to be very careful.»

He thus cautioned the President to be extra vigilant, adding that some past leaders have failed because of people around them.

«The snag that has previously hindered a valid national restructuring in Nigeria is the genuine fear of every past leader of the country not to preside over an unintended consequence of such initiative like the break up of the country among others»

Those past leaders who claimed to be fighting corruption were only accumulating wealth.

«I call on the government to restore a process whereby the KPMG, PWC, Deloitte and others be given opportunity to audit all our past leaders.

Albany has been the subject of many headlines in recent weeks, with its past leaders in the midst of high - profile corruption trials.

The Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project has supported the call for the trial of Nigeria's past leaders by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He said, «Some past leaders and elders of the party went to the NWC and told them that if we want to rebrand the PDP and ensure the party bounces back, we must follow the constitution and properly organise and constitute the organs of our party, especially the NWC and the BoT, where two vacancies exist because both chairmen resigned.

He paid dearly for the sins of past leaders and yet, he never gave up.

President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday, July 24, 2016 described Late President John Atta Mills as «my comrade, my mentor, my friend» in a tweet to remember the past leader.

But Fayose said on Friday in Ado Ekiti, the state capital that «If Tinubu is allowed to be embarrassed and disgraced just the way our past leaders were humiliated by these same elements, the Yoruba nation would have been made to suffer for uprightness.»

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo,» he enthused, «is the most detribalised of all Nigeria's past leaders.»

In the position made known through his media aide, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said, «Most importantly, it is my position that irrespective of political affiliation, no leader of the Yoruba nation must be vilified unduly, especially by the same people who humiliated our past leaders such as Obafemi Awolowo, Adekunle Ajasin, Bola Ige, Bisi Onabanjo, Lateef Jakande, and others.

Soyinka was quoted saying «Until we make some of our past leaders walk through those doors of the EFCC new office the fight against corruption would not have the needed traction.»

He said «All past leaders are supposed to have been on trial for various corruption and human rights violation.

«A lot of Nigerians know that these past leaders are pathetically corrupt and the present administration should summon the courage to bring them to justice.»

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, and Campaign for Democracy, CD, have reacted to Nobel laurette, Wole Soyinka's call for trial of Nigeria's past leaders.

«I agree with Prof. Soyinka that the government must prosecute these past leaders alleged to be corrupt.

Likewise, the CD President, Usman Abdul, said the fight against corruption will be a mere «witch hunt» until the past leaders were being tried by EFCC.

While acknowledging the sensitive and volatile nature of the Nigerian National Question and the rigorous, expensive and delicate process to be undertaken for a legitimate restructuring, Okunniyi noted «The snag that has previously hindered a valid national restructuring in Nigeria is the genuine fear of every past leader of the country not to preside over an unintended consequence of such initiative like the break up of the country among others»