Sentences with phrase «political challenges facing the nation»

Mark, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Mr. Paul Mumeh, lamented that the late Ibru died at a time when his managerial and administrative skills were needed to navigate through the current economic and socio - political challenges facing the nation.

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According to him, the ruling political party, All Progressives Congress, had identified three major challenges facing the nation as insecurity, poor economy, and corruption, noting that corruption was the most debilitating of all the ills.

The voters of Westchester and Rockland will have a clear choice in this election between a political outsider, who is laser - focused on addressing the considerable economic and fiscal challenges facing our nation, versus someone who continues to kick the can down the road.»

But it will face a political challenge on the issue this evening when Miliband uses his «one nation'tag to package up a renewed pledge to be tougher on the issue.

Despite FLVS's success and national recognition — in December 2008 Florida governor Charlie Crist accepted a plaque from the Center for Digital Education recognizing Florida as the top provider of virtual education in the nation — the school still faces a number of operational and political challenges.

For travellers new to a country, it can be a shattering experience to find that wow, Thailand isn't all just beaches, elephants and exotic locals — it's a military - run nation facing a diverse range of political and social challenges.

Writing in the journal Science, an international team of scientists argue that the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (RED) initiative, launched in 2005 by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is scientifically and technologically sound, and that political and economic challenges facing the plan can be overcome.

Jeff Horowitz: As co-producer of the deforestation segment referred to as «The Last Stand» (airing in episodes # 1 and # 2), my job was to work in partnership with Solly Granatstein, an amazing, Emmy award - winning director / producer to create the narrative arc that took the viewer from the global problem of the pollution caused by burning forests, to the political challenges faced by many rainforest nations as they try to regulate this practice, and back to the U.S. for a look at how consumer buying patterns can impact the way forests are protected.

Oil prices are low, which may well hamper the nation's economy for many years to come, but the populace is smart, ambitious, and apparently unafraid to face up to challenges such as wide - reaching corruption among the business and political elite.