Breaking new grounds in Nigeria’s Assets Recovery and Management Efforts

BY SONIA WARNER I am really excited to join Nigerian civil society organisation, Africa Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) at the 6th Open Government Partnership Summit in Ottawa on 29-31 May 2019.  Civil society will provide important continuity and drive demand on this global governance agenda in Nigeria.  But ANEEJ is making impressive strides in promoting the accountable […]

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Links to MANTRA Resources

https://aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MANTRA-Quarterly-Field-Report-1.pdf https://aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/London-Anti-Corruption-copy-1-1.pdf https://aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ANEEJ-Assessment-of-Behavioral-Change-v4.pdf https://aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Role-of-Citizens-in-the-implementation-of-CCT-ANEEJ.pdf https://mantra-acorn.com/article/breaking-new-grounds-nigerias-assets-recovery-and-management-efforts MANTRA Documentary:

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MANTRA MODEL: documentary on Field monitoring exercise and Use of MANTRA website.

Background The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has been working on issues of assets recovery since 1996 and is the host of the MANTRA project and Nigerian Network on Stolen Asset(NNSA). MANTRA was designed to address issues of corruption within the broader objectives of the Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (ACORN) program of the British Government’s Department for International […]

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SIGN POCA, MLA BILLS INTO LAW, …ANEEJ, MANTRA Partners Urge President Buhari

Abuja, Nigeria. May 22, 2019… Leading Asset Recovery Campaign Organisation, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Proceeds of Crime Bill and the Mutual Legal Assistance Bill into Law. In a statement issued yesterday, shortly after the National Assembly transmitted both  Bills to the President for his assent, ANEEJ Executive Director, […]

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Countdown: ANEEJ takes MANTRA to OGP Global Summit, Ottawa, Canada on May 31.

Session Title: Asset Recovery in OGP: Peer-Learning on Recovery, Return, and Monitoring- Lessons from the Field Session Organizers: Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and MacArthur Foundation Session Format: Fishbowl MODERATOR: Patricia Adams, Executive Director, Probe International, Canada SPEAKERS Fatima Kanji, Research and Policy Manager, International State Crime Initiative (ISCI), UK David Ugolor, Executive Director, Africa Network for Environment and […]

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MONITORING REPORT OF THE UTILIZATION OF THE RECOVERED ABACHA FUNDS IN THE AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2018 PAYMENT

Executive summary Corruption is a problem that hinders the development of Nations. In 2018 the global loss to corruption was estimated at US$ 3.6 trillion annually and $140 billion is reported to be stolen annually from Africa with Nigeria reported to have lost $40 billion in 2001-2010 (Africa Union/ECW Conference (2015). According to World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, corruption […]

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ANEEJ PRE – OGP GLOBAL SUMMIT NATIONAL DIALOGUE REPORT

Background The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ organised a pre-OGP Global Summit National Dialogue on Tuesday May 14, 2019 at Rockview Hotel, Abuja. The event offered opportunity for stakeholders in Nigeria to review the implementation of the first OGP National Action Plan (NAP), discuss critical areas of interest during the summit and the implementation of the Conditional […]

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$322.5million Abacha Loot Going to Poor Nigerians—CSOs Report

Abuja, Nigeria. May 14, 2019….  Early findings from Independent Civil Society Organisations Monitoring the use of returned $322.5million Abacha Loot on Conditional Cash Transfer to Poorest of Poor Nigerians show that the money is largely going to poor Nigerians. Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor at a Press Conference to present the findings of Civil Society […]

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Countdown to Ottawa, Canada: ANEEJ Holds Pre-OGP Summit National Dialogue, May 14.

ABUJA, NIGERIA. May 8, 2019… Ahead of the 6th Open Government Partnership Global Summit scheduled for Ottawa, Canada from May 29-31, 2019 the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice and Lead Civil Society Organisation implementing the Mantra Project will on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 organise a Pre-OGP Summit National Dialogue in Abuja. The one -day dialogue with the theme […]

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Asset Recovery: ANEEJ Takes MANTRA to Addis Ababa UN Expert Meeting.

ABUJA-NIGERIA. May 7, 2019… Given the success of the implementation of Transparency and Accountability in the Recovery and Management of looted Assets (MANTRA) Phase 1 project, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has again been invited by the United Nations to the international expert meeting on the return of stolen assets, organized by the United Nations Office […]

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