Sentences with phrase «tenure as minister»

The legal luminary submitted that the alleged offences were bailable and drew the attention of the court to the fact that his client had earlier been arrested, detained and investigated by the EFCC in connection with the account of his tenure as minister of the FCT, in respect of unsubstantiated allegations of conspiracy, abuse of office and money laundering, and had been in its custody between October 24, 2016 and December 9, 2016.

His tenure as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration witnessed one of the most appalling instances of corruption in recent memory when he sat aloof as prime land belonging to his ministry was carved out and shared among NPP supporters and a host of government and public officials.

Can you tell us about the economic blueprint used during your tenure as the Minister for National Planning?

During his tenure as a minister, local councils» budgets were slashed by 20 %.

During his tenure as Minister of Finance, he erased Canada's deficit which was the worst of the G7, subsequently recording five consecutive budget surpluses while paying down the national debt and setting Canada's debt - to - GDP ratio on a steady downward track.

Not exact matches

But Bernier's 18 - month tenure as industry minister stands in retrospect as a golden age for this government's business policy.

Even the late Margaret Thatcher, who championed the sale of state - owned companies such as British Telecom and British Gas, backed away from privatizing Royal Mail during her tenure as prime minister back in the 1980s.

Sapin, whose tenure as finance minister has been hampered by high unemployment levels and poor economic growth, said that the French economy was now on a «sound footing» for the incoming government.

As the Prime Minister has reminded Canadians ad nauseam over the course of his tenure, that's where the country's economic future lies.

In a conscious decision to reduce the procedural confusion that characterized Paul Martin's tenure as prime minister, Harper cut the number of cabinet committees drastically in 2006.

[That claim itself, of course, is wildly at odds with the statistical record, as confirmed by Unifor's recent report. We compiled historical data on 16 conventional economic indicators going back to 1946, and found that Canada's economy performed worse under Harper's leadership than any other postwar Prime Minister — and lagged most OECD countries during Harper's tenure, as well.

The shakeup in Saudi Arabia «s cabinet this weekend that brought Ali al - Naimi's 20 - year tenure as oil minister to an end is another sign the kingdom is prepared to flex its muscles in the Middle East, Again Capital founding partner John Kilduff said Monday.

Vallarino said that once he learned about Varela's dismissal he spoke with Martinelli to voice his support for Varela.Vallarino, a former banker and businessman, has maintained Panama's economy vigorous during his 26 - month tenure, with three international rating agencies putting the country's credit rating on a positive outlook.Martinelli has repeatedly asked Vallarino to remain as finance minister until he finds a replacement to ensure the healthy development of the Central American country's economy, which is projected to grow 9 percent this year.

During his tenure as Prime Minister, Mr. Martin set in place a ten year, forty - one billion dollar plan to improve health care and reduce wait times; signed agreements with the provinces and territories to establish the first national early learning and child care program and created a new financial deal for Canada's municipalities.

The average tenure of a government minister in the last Labour Government has been calculated as being just 1.3 years.

«We are hopeful that this report will get favorable response from the Federal Government especially given the fact that the Honourable Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) was a passionate advocate of this issue during his tenure as the Governor of Lagos State and is also now a representative of Lagos State in the Federal Cabinet.»

My attention has been drawn to a video which captures the Member of Parliament for Dome / Kwabenya, Deputy Majority Leader and Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Public Procurement, the Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo claiming in the said video that the Community Senior High School constructed and commissioned in her constituency during the tenure of President John Dramani Mahama was as a result of her personal intervention with the World Bank, that the Senior High School was not from the then NDC Government and that with the exception of the Dome / Kwabenya Senior High School project, all the other schools constructed during the previous NDC administration were executed in NDC strongholds.

Although Bo is identified with the elitist bloc for his time in Liaoning and as Minister of Commerce, during his tenure in the interior city of Chongqing, he adopted a number of populist policies more typically associated with the left.

The deputy to substantive minister Elizabeth Ofosu - Agyare also stated that it is during their «tenure that the first and second drafts of the film bill have come into being and although parliament is yet to pass it for the president to append his signature, stakeholders can lobby parliamentarians so the film bill is passed as the ministry continues to push for the passage.»

Mr Morgan claims that the modesty of the cuts is a result of huge government profligacy during Gordon Brown's tenure as chancellor and then prime minister.

The election means both Brexit is up in the air and May's short tenure as prime minister could be over by the end of the day.

Although widely respected for his handling of the economy during his long tenure as Chancellor, Gordon Brown was less successful as Prime Minister.

In 2013, right in the dog days of his tenure as browbeaten, Lib Dem party - destroying deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg told LBC that Kung Fu Panda was «one of the greatest movies made in recent years», adding: «I don't want to belittle this.

Karim Wade the son of Senegals former President, Abdoulaye Wade, is serving a SIX YEAR JAIL SENTENCE for fraud and corruption during his tenure as a Government Minister.

«I looked at Section 138 of the 1999 Constitution and I verily believe that it disqualifies the President from holding executive office, including that of the Minister of Petroleum, during his tenure of office as President.

[6] Blair's decade - long premiership had been a time of economic boom for the United Kingdom, [3] but Brown's tenure as Prime Minister was dominated by the global recession of the latter part of the 2000s.

He said, among other things that the minister was busy introducing austerity measures and gradually immiserating Nigerians while hemorrhaging public finance as 30 trillion naira was missing or mismanaged during her tenure.

Oft - forgotten as one of the final major announcements of Iain Duncan Smith's tenure as party leader, the restoration of the link between the state pension and earnings will happen if David Cameron become Prime Minister.

Her tenure as children's minister was not without controversy: she was criticised for suggesting restrictions on the number of babies and toddlers cared for by one childminder should be relaxed.

AS part of the desire to ensure service delivery at the federal level, the presidency is said to have ordered a review of the performance of his ministers in the first six months of their tenure.

A leading campaigner for the expansion of selection during David Cameron's tenure as prime minister, Brady became a prominent cheerleader for Theresa May's plans to open the first new grammar schools in decades when they were announced last year.

The Galleria Perdana, with a 10 ringgit entry fee, houses thousands of gifts given to Mahathir Mohamad from other world leaders during his tenure as prime minister; the beautiful grounds are a sight in themselves.

Gerald Scarfe captured the Iron Lady in satirical cartoon over a period of 22 years — from her days as a member of the Shadow Cabinet to her leadership of the Conservative Party and her tenure as Prime Minister, as well as her political decline.

During his tenure, Green will have been painfully aware of Theresa May's relentless desire — first as Home Secretary and now as Prime Minister — to shut down the SFO and roll it into the National Crime Agency.

Its adjudicators have short tenures and thus limited independence from government, and the Tribunal is responsible to the same Minister as ICBC,» said Veenstra.

The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has said that another aim of the reforms is to provide «greater economic opportunities (business investment and home ownership) as a result of resolution of land tenure and land administration issues».

A private member's bill attempted to formally introduce the concept to Canadians but failed during Stephen Harper's tenure as prime minister.