Sentences with phrase «said the acting president»

The Presidency says Acting President Yemi Osinbajo consults President Muhammadu Buhari before taking major decisions.

Former aide of ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has said Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo can save the Naira, by adopting a crude - oil - swap arrangement.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday said Acting President Yemi Osinbajo's statement on the confirmation of acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, was a personal opinion.

This is not to say the Acting President was not doing well; we must commend him.

Not exact matches

«We are acting with a renewed sense of energy and purpose to turn our business around,» Steve Easterbrook, the company's newly appointed president and CEO said in a statement on Wednesday.

President Tayyip Erdogan said the state of emergency, which he announced on Wednesday, would enable the authorities to act more efficiently to bring those responsible to justice.

The United States, which in July said would take «strong and swift economic actions» if President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with the Constituent Assembly, could also further sanction senior Venezuelan officials after acting against 13 prominent figures last week.

«This act of evil occurred as the victims and their families were in their place of sacred worship,» President Donald Trump said in a statement.

Obama had used the Antiquities Act more than any other president, his White House said in December, when he designated over 1.6 million acres of land in Utah and Nevada as national monuments, protecting two areas rich in Native American artifacts from mining, oil and gas drilling.

Kohlbacher's comments come after acting South Korean President Hwang Kyo - ahn on Monday said despite Chinese hostility to the move, the deployment of the Thaad system can not be delayed in the face of a growing North Korean nuclear missile threat.

«These fighters will have a positive impact on Taiwan's self - defense and would act as a necessary deterrent to China's aggressive military posture across the Asia - Pacific region,» Senators John Cornyn, the assistant majority leader, and James Inhofe, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump's proposal for additional tariffs against China may escalate tensions that would hurt U.S. companies, said Miriam Sapiro, former deputy and acting U.S. trade rep during the Obama administration.

On Wednesday, Trump is expected to sign an executive order related to the 1906 Antiquities Act, which enables the president to designate federal areas of land and water as national monuments to protect them from drilling, mining and development, the source said.

On Monday, Acting South Korean President Hwang Kyo - ahn on Monday said despite Chinese hostility to the move, the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile defense system can not be delayed in the face of a growing North Korean nuclear missile threat.

But it's unlikely the CFPB will take an active role in regulating lawsuit lenders under acting director Mick Mulvaney, or under a future permanent director appointed by President Donald Trump, said Nora Freeman Engstrom, professor of law at Stanford Law School.

Multiple officials, including Pence, said the president was acting at the behest of Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said on Twitter that the U.S. was «acting swiftly on Intellectual Property theft.

There's bipartisan agreement, the email says, that Comey «needs to answer a simple question about his conversations with President Trump: If you were so concerned, why didn't you act on it or notify Congress?»

The Russian government has denied U.S. intelligence agencies» conclusion that it sought to influence the election in Trump's favor, but Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that some Russian individuals may have acted on their own.

«President - elect Trump must provide early evidence of positive economic growth as well as act to keep positive consumer expectations aligned with performance,» said Curtin.

Turkey's relationship with Moscow deteriorated after a Russian warplane was shot down when it entered into Turkish airspace; there was a failed coup last July to bring down President Erdogan; as well as «an acceleration in the intensity of terror acts» on Turkish soil, Mitov said.

Mallouk, president and CIO of Creative Planning, and Carson, CEO and founder of the Carson Group, both said they would tell Trump not to roll back regulations on the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule, which says if an advisor is working with a client on a retirement plan, they need to act in the client's best interest.

Manning, who served seven years in prison for violating the Espionage Act before her sentence was commuted by President Obama in 2017, says she has a tendency to look forward instead of backward.

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act hours after the White House press secretary released a statement saying the administration supported the law and opposed an amendment that would impose limits on the government's surveillance authority.

The president of the United States needs to be calm and needs to act presidential,» said Burns, who has advised Republican and Democratic presidents and is now a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

The president of the United States needs to be calm and needs to act presidential,» says Burns.

On Monday, President Donald Trump said he believes Congress will act swiftly to provide funding to affected areas.

President Obama said IRS conduct targeting conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny was «inexcusable» and that acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller is out.

But the Brazilian president said Monday it appeared to be an act of industrial espionage and summoned the Canadian ambassador to explain.

Scott N. Paul, the president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, which represents steel companies and workers, said the president made «an encouraging show of support» on Thursday morning but now needed to act.

Gerald Pitts, the Wyoming Corporate Services president, said in an interview on Wednesday that his company acted as the registered agent for 8,000 businesses, including Sophidea, though he did not know what the company did.

Faust said she thinks President - elect Bacow — who will take office in June 2018 — will keep a watchful eye on the PROSPER Act.

Greek yogurt maker Chobani, battling intense competition in the grocery aisle, on Monday said it will name a new chief executive to replace its founder and may appoint its acting president, a turnaround expert from private equity firm TPG which lent the company $ 750 million last year.

«They're running scared,» said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the main backer of Prop 61, also known as «the California Drug Price Relief Act.»

«Sites such as Whitecoat treat healthcare as a commodity, and act as a barrier to encouraging a genuine conversation between health practitioners and patients about treatment needs and the treatment process,» ADA federal president Hugo Sachs said.

«Our goal is to have a space environment that is populated by people acting responsibly,» said Peter Marquez, vice president for global engagement at Planetary Resources.

Nielsen said that the operation will be overseen by the president and expressed the administration's hope that Congress will finally act on loopholes in immigration law.

Kalanick said Callinicos» responsibilities will be taken over by his Strategic Finance right - hand Gautam Gupta, a former vice president at Goldman Sachs, who will serve as acting head of finance while Uber looks for a replacement, possibly one who is well - versed in handling Uber's rumored IPO.

Nancy Smith, executive vice president and corporate secretary at AARP, said on a conference panel with Hauser that AARP will not only continue to advocate for the fiduciary rule but plans to assemble some members to act as «mystery shoppers» to see if advisors are complying.

President Donald Trump signed a $ 1.3 trillion spending measure averting a government shutdown at midnight, acting just hours after saying he was considering a veto.

We should make clear that nuclear enrichment is not acceptable inside of Iran for any purpose and, as President Bush once said, those who harbor terrorists who kill Americans will be treated in the same manner as if they had committed the act of terror themselves.»

«The Congressional Budget Office confirmed the grave doubts we've had about the American Health Care Act,» says Laura MacCleery, vice president of policy and mobilization for Consumer Reports.

Rick Arney, co-author of the proposed California Consumer Privacy Act, said support for the measure widened when federal officials opened an investigation into how a data firm, Cambridge Analytica, accessed the personal information of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge to help elect President Trump.

Following release of the final memorandum on Friday, acting Labor Secretary Ed Hugler, in a statement, said, «The Department of Labor will now consider its legal options to delay the applicability date as we comply with the president's memorandum.»

President Donald Trump's former New York doctor says Trump's lawyer and private head of security «raided» his office and took the medical files relating to Trump, an act described by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders as «standard operating procedure.»

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a $ 1.3 trillion spending measure averting a government shutdown at midnight, acting just hours after saying he was considering a veto.

«Institutional shareholders are much more aware now, and they're much more organized — they're not acting as lone wolves anymore,» said Eleanor Bloxham, president of The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance in Westerville, Ohio.

«The Juno Beach Centre Association supports the education of adults and children of today and future generations about the role of Canada and Canadians during the Second World War,» said Don Cooper, Director and Acting President for the Juno Beach Centre Association.

«I'm pleased that President Obama is focused on putting forth rules to ensure that financial advisers are required to act in the best interest of middle class families, retirees and those saving for retirement,» she said.