Sentences with phrase «which arm of the government»

According to Dogara, it is left to the judiciary to interpret which arm of the government has the powers to alter the budget according to the Constitution.

Not exact matches

Eramet, which is 25.6 per cent controlled by an investment arm of the French government, has apparently been invigorated over the past 18 months by the appointment of a new chief executive, Christel Bores, and by the material recovery of markets for its major products, manganese and nickel.

At this point, it's hard to say which arm of the federal government is more confused — or what it means for consumers.

Azman Mokhtar, the managing director of Khazanah Nasional, the investment arm of the Malaysian government, which has a majority stake in the airline, said future state aid of up to 6 billion ringgit, or $ 1.9 billion, in the airline would come with «strict conditions.»

It's unclear whether the locally developed digital asset will eventually be made available to the public, and whether it will be issued by Post Bank (51 percent of which is owned by the government), by an arm of the government itself, or by some other entity.

Two Court of Appeal judges today granted Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) to appeal against the High Court judgement which allows the UK government to sell arms to Saudi AraArms Trade (CAAT) to appeal against the High Court judgement which allows the UK government to sell arms to Saudi Araarms to Saudi Arabia.

By 1962, he had been instrumental in the founding of Umkhonto we Sizwe (the spear of the nation), the military wing of the ANC, charged with leading an armed struggle against the Apartheid government which had institutionalised South Africa's long history of racial injustice and taken it to new and bloody depths.

The five so - called «World - wide» wire services upon which each nation's mass media (and to some extent government) depend for information about events outside its own border are arms of their respective national systems (American, English, French and Soviet) and mirror the interests of the power structure within their home countries in the selection and presentation of information from the outside world.

They arm and train insurgents, overthrow governments (many of which are democratically elected), assassinate political leaders, install puppet regimes, strip natrual resources, privatize national resources and sell them off to US corporations, etc. ad nauseum.

The Chinese Muslim's Association was founded in 1357 (A.D. 1938) at the start of the Sino - Japanese war when the Central Government ordered a Muslim general in the armed forces to form a nationwide organization which would unify the Muslims of China in support of the government and obtain support from Muslim Government ordered a Muslim general in the armed forces to form a nationwide organization which would unify the Muslims of China in support of the government and obtain support from Muslim government and obtain support from Muslim countries.

The Speech of Opposition leader, Aitzaz Ahsan from Pakistan People's Party on 5th day of the very heated debate on the matter can be watched here (In urdu language) in which he blasted the Government's ambigious stance and the proposal to send Armed forces to a war which Pakistani people did not feel was theirs.

In France, interestingly, it is the government which so far has shied away from asking for the procurement of armed drones and recently took the decision to procure the unarmed «Heron TP».

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

Miner awarded Jewett a no - bid contract through an obscure arm of city government, the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency, which Miner controls without oversight from the city council.

«The President must therefore act like a democratically elected president that he is by respecting the judiciary, which is a separate arm of government before his complain about the role of the judiciary in his fight against corruption can be taking seriously,» the statement read.

«This $ 2 billion loan is part of the N1.84 trillion the Federal Government of Nigeria has proposed to borrow to finance the 2016 budget, which is yet to be signed by the President, Mohammadu Buhari owing to unending controversies between the Executive and Legislative arms of gGovernment of Nigeria has proposed to borrow to finance the 2016 budget, which is yet to be signed by the President, Mohammadu Buhari owing to unending controversies between the Executive and Legislative arms of governmentgovernment.

The debts were never repaid but the UK government is refusing to forgive the debt, which is now the responsibility of UK Export Finance, an arm of the Department for Business.

The controversial Chad - Cameroon Petroleum Pipeline began producing oil in 2003, led by an oil consortium of ExxonMobil, Chevron and Petronas, the World Bank (which withdrew from the project in 2008 after it became clear money from the pipeline was being spent on arms acquisitions in Chad) and the governments of Chad and Cameroon.

The impression a dispassionate observer would have from the failure of security and law enforcement during the Bayelsa election (which was conducted in Nigeria's smallest state with the lowest number of registered voters) would be that the federal government permitted or condoned the strong - arm tactics of the ruling party's candidate in his ultimately vain effort to secure that state's rulership by force.

The government outlined its vision of the armed forces in ten years» time, which is known as «Future Force 2020», as part of the strategic defence and security review.

According to him, «We know that Nigeria is not Banana Republic and operates on basic principles such as rule of law and separation of power, which states that none of the arms of government should gag the other.

The coalition said it noticed with keen interest how the Special Prosecutor bill was passed with urgency in accordance with the wish and preference of the Executive arm of government, and expects that same is done to the RTI bill which has not been passed for nearly ten years after it was first introduced in parliament.

It would recalled that the lower chamber of the National Assembly, mandated a Joint Committee on National Security and Intelligence and Public Procurement to investigate the Jon - Ode led Presidential Arms probe panel which was recently disbanded by the federal government.

«The troops also conducted a clearance operation in Kuduru, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State in which they arrested 5 cattle rustlers, recovered arms and ammunitions and then destroyed the armed bandit's camps.

A situation in which the Assembly has become subservient, and acquiesce to the whim and caprices of other arms of government would embolden their sponsors to violate their rights and powers as lawmakers.»

Built a strong reputation on defence issues - including a forensic analysis of the arms - to - Iraq scandal which rocked the last Conservative government and led to the Scott inquiry.

«For the avoidance of doubt, the ROE and Code of Conduct set out the circumstances and limitations, under which armed force may be applied to achieve military objectives in furtherance of government policy within Operation MESA and other IS Operations.»

Your government is introducing innovative ways of payment methods using Information technology tools and policies to drive the strategy as seen in the Tax Amnesty Bill which has just been passed by the Legislature arm of government.

Now in government, and indeed, in charge of Bis which houses, separately, both the arms export promotion and licensing units, Cable is hiding behind the proposed international arms trade treaty to still any moral qualms.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

«We demand our government stops selling arms to Israel, a country which is horrifically killing and injuring thousands of men, women and children in Gaza,» a London Palestine Action activist said.

«In summary, the constitutional procedure for preparing the appropriation bill is that each arm of government (the executive, legislature and the judiciary) lays before the national assembly its estimates of revenue and expenditure for each financial year after which it is appropriated, harmonized as a bill and presented to the president for his assent.»

The budget proposal which has been sent to the committee for more deliberation according to the speaker was done to allow the executive arm of government implement various projects aimed at improving the standard of living in the state.

«Constitution requests each arm of government (the executive, legislature and the judiciary) to lay before the national assembly its estimates of revenue and expenditure for each financial year after which it is appropriated, harmonised as a bill and presented to the president for his assent,» the letter read.

He said the constitution requires each arm of government to lay before the national assembly its estimates of revenue and expenditure for each financial year after which it is harmonised as a bill and presented to the president for assent.

Adeyeye said the government was merely using the arms which he said were bought by the regime of the late Umaru Yar» Adua and Jonathan for the counter-insurgency operations.

The 1999 Constitution in section 162 (1) establishes a pool of revenue belonging to all three levels of government, federal, state and local government, called the Federation Account, «into which shall be paid ALL revenues collected by the Government of the Federation, except the proceeds from the personal income tax of the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force, the Ministry or department of government charged with responsibility for Foreign Affairs and the residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abugovernment, federal, state and local government, called the Federation Account, «into which shall be paid ALL revenues collected by the Government of the Federation, except the proceeds from the personal income tax of the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force, the Ministry or department of government charged with responsibility for Foreign Affairs and the residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abugovernment, called the Federation Account, «into which shall be paid ALL revenues collected by the Government of the Federation, except the proceeds from the personal income tax of the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force, the Ministry or department of government charged with responsibility for Foreign Affairs and the residents of the Federal Capital Territory, AbuGovernment of the Federation, except the proceeds from the personal income tax of the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force, the Ministry or department of government charged with responsibility for Foreign Affairs and the residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abugovernment charged with responsibility for Foreign Affairs and the residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja».

The sponsor believes that if the amendment is passed, there will be sanity, transparency and accountability in the Executive Arm of government, especially «Treatment of our state resources which most of them currently treat as slush funds».

Describing the engagement of the two countries as very cordial, Colonel Brillisauer stated that the German government is ever ready and willing to improve on the existing relationship by wading into the current needs of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the ongoing war on terrorism which is different from other form of previous bilateral relation.

Instead, it has encouraged the President to fall back on military tactics, which are antithetical to democracy and the result is resistance from the other arms of government and critical stakeholders.

The EFCC had commenced investigating Azibaola last year sequel to a list sent to the commission by a committee set up by the Federal Government to probe contracts awarded by the ONSA from 2011 to 2015 which indicted more than 300 companies and prominent citizens, including serving and retired officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Ajimobi, who pledged the full support of the executive arm of government to the new Speaker, urged him to sustain the legacy of peace, cooperation and bridge - building which existed between the assembly and executive arm.

«Your Excellency Sir, we are beginning to wonder which type of stuff the Nigerian Law School and the Council for Legal Education really impart on the people who man the third arm of our government, the judiciary.

A coalition of good - government groups said the use of the SUNY Polytechnic and its Fort Schuyler nonprofit arm blurs the lines of responsibility and accountability in deciding which companies get big contracts.

This constitution brought together leaders from each occupation and institution like the lawyers, doctors, the different religious bodies, drives, teachers, amongst others to help gathered and write laws which could govern every aspect the country, forming the legislature to the executive down to the judiciary arm of government.

«I also hereby launch the Partnership Scheme for the Armed Forces in which all Nigerians, corporate organisations and government agencies should support and partner with the Nigerian Armed Forces in appreciation of the sacrifices of these honourable men and women.

While also noting the recent massive security equipment and vehicles donated by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode - led administration to security agencies to beef up security in the state which has considerably curbed armed robbery cases, Bello said the State Government in consonance with the Police and other security agencies in the State will continue to do all within its means to halt the trend of kidnapping in the State and bring perpetrators to justice.

That came to pass on 11 October, when the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an arm of Congress, concluded in a report that those activities violated legislation banning scientific cooperation with China by NASA and by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), which Holdren directs.

The $ 23.7 million solar project — built on a 50 - acre site leased from the Agahozo - Shalom Youth Village, established to care for children who lost parents to Rwanda's 1990s genocide — was developed by the Dutch - American firm Gigawatt Global with support from the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), a Power Africa partner; Scatec Solar ASA of Norway, which engineered and built the solar plant; and government investment arms and development finance institutions from the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Austria and the United Kingdom.

This solicitation also will include a membership call for an ARM Investigation Team, which will be a multidisciplinary group of U.S. industry, academia, government, and international members.