Sentences with phrase «society organisations petitioned»
Adoke said in a statement, that some civil society organisations petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the allegations, which he described as, «weighty,» without having facts to substantiate the claims.
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On this basis on 1st August, 2016, Forest Watch Ghana (a civil society coalition of 35 - member organisations and several other NGOs in the natural resource sector) petitioned the then President, John Mahama, to intervene in the issuance of prospecting license to Exton Cubic due to environmental concerns; more than 60 % of this forest reserve is a Globally Significant Biodiversity Area (GSBA), which means that the area is protected for its unique ecology and diversity of species of flora and fauna.
If it happens, a convention of this kind would be an unparalleled victory for the campaigning organisations behind it - principally the Electoral Reform Society and Unlock Democracy, whose chiefs Katie Ghose and Alex Runswick are handing over the petition to Downing Street this lunchtime.
Irked by the development, a group under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Justice and Equity, petitioned the National Assembly, urging it to intervene in order «to save our democracy and insist on rule of law.»
It would be recalled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was petitioned by the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, a coalition of anti-corruption organisations in Nigeria, over an alleged «questionable expenditures» of the administration of Babatunde Fashola.