Sentences with phrase «year under the previous government»

«Since President Buhari took office, schools in Borno State, shut for more than one year under the previous government, have reopened.

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The number of independent contractors in Australia has fallen in recent years — 1.11 million contractors in 2010 to 986,000 by 2013 — which the Abbott government has blamed on a «concerted attack» by the Tax Office and the Fair Work building and construction taskforce under the previous Labor government to push people into more union - friendly arrangements.

There were more unemployed women over the past five years than at any time under the previous Labour Government, and real wages for women have fallen year on year since 2010.

Already Buhari has started giving excuses for the abysmal performance.He attributed the quagmire to drop in the price of oil globally and cleverly laid the blame on the doorsteps of all Nigerian accusing them of relying solely on oil.All renowned rating agencies including fitch continue to downgrade Nigeria ever since Buhari took over and it is projected that Nigeria will not be able to repay its debt obligations.Fitch for instance downgraded Nigeria's longterm foreign currency issuer default rating to B + from BB - and longterm local currency IDR to BB - from BB.The general position expressed by almost all the Briton wood institutions is that Nigeria's fiscal and external vulnerability has worsened under Buhari and it is projected that the government's general fiscal deficit could grow up to 4.2 % by the end of 2016 after averaging 1.5 % under the previous regime.A recent capital importation report by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics confirms that, last year, the country recorded total inflow of capital into the economy stood at $ 9.6 billion which was a 53 % drop from previous year and the lowest recorded total since 2011.

I'd also make the point that this happened some years ago under the previous government with the rules in place with the previous government.

Indeed I wish to emphasise to the House that while we have experienced an extremely busy period in intelligence and diplomacy in the last three years, the arrangements for oversight and the general framework for exchanging information with the United States are the same as under previous Governments.

However they warn that further education for 16 - to 19 - year - olds and early years learning, two areas that were invested in heavily under the previous government, will face a dramatic reduction in their funding.

The additional funding means this government will be investing more than # 3.1 billion compared to # 2.7 bn in the previous 5 years under the last Labour government,» he added.

Having cancelled the Building Schools For The Future funding Todmorden High School and Calder High were to receive under the previous Labour government, the Tories and Lib Dem Coalition now deliver this double blow to the Upper Valley despite years of promises and pledges from our local MP.»

But former education secretary Nicky Morgan said the government had raised the bar to a more «rigorous system» and said she «knew» it was «asking more», adding: «This is the first year we have assessed pupils under the new more rigorous system and it is no surprise that this year's results look different to previous years, but despite that the majority of pupils have achieved above and beyond the new expected standard.»

Under previous rules, when an amount was withdrawn from an RDSP, all the CDSGs and CDSBs (and related investment income) paid into the RDSP in the preceding 10 years had to be repaid to the government (subject to certain exceptions).

In 2015/2016, the government paid out # 1.49 million to servicemen for non-freezing cold injuries under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme — a 20 % rise on the previous year.