ANEEJ PRESS STATEMENT ON PROSECUTION OF FUEL SUBSIDY CORRUPTION CASES

Tuesday, 24th February, 2015. For Immediate Release ANEEJ CASE STUDY SEEKS SPEEDY PROSECUTION OF FUEL SUBSIDY CORRUPTION CASES Benin City – A Case Study carried out by the Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, which flagged Walter Wagbatsoma, Adaoha Ogo-Ngadi, Fakuade Babafemi Ebenezer, Ezekiel Olaleye Ejidele and Ontario Oil and Gas Limited, one of the companies currently being […]

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ANEEJ CASE STUDY ON PROSECUTION OF FUEL SUBSIDY CORRUPTION CASES

CASE STUDY 1 FOR J4A INTRODUCTION The management of Petroleum Support Fund (PSF), also known as fuel subsidy is fraught with monumental corruption and many Nigerians have been fingered in the fraud but none of such persons or companies has been successfully prosecuted or sanctioned, given that most are powerfully connected with political leaders. This culture of impunity has encouraged […]

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Presidential candidates tasked on pending oil subsidy cases

By Stella Omona, Snr Correspondent, Abuja Participants at a two-day workshop on monitoring and reporting of oil subsidy fraud/corruption cases in Nigeria have called on political parties and their presidential candidates to mainstream the issues of oil subsidy corruption into the campaign issues. The workshop was organised by Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), with support from Justice […]

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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE END OF A TWO- DAY WORKSHOP ON MONITORING AND REPORTING OF OIL SUBSIDY FRAUD/CORRUPTION CASES IN NIGERIA, HELD AT HOTEL DE HORIZON, WUSE 2, ABUJA, 3- 4 FEBRUARY, 2015.

The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), with support from Justice for All (J4A) a window of funding of DfID, organised a two-day workshop from February 3-4, 2015 at the Hotel De Horizon, Wuse 2, Abuja. The workshop was part of activities of ANEEJ “Advocacy against impunity in oil subsidy regime in Nigeria” project. Twenty Two (22) participants […]

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Civil Societies Take To The Streets Over Rot In The Oil Sector

January 30, 2015 by Yemisi Izuora orientalnewsng Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) led by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) carried out a massive mobilisation of the people in Lagos today demanding accountability and transparency in the oil and gas sector of the economy. The protesters are aggrieved over what they consider lack of accountability and looting in […]

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Nigerian states demand $2bn, end of fuel subsidy

Nov 19 2014 – 10:41am (The News Online) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: states want money from ECA The Chairman, State Finance Commissioners Forum, Timothy Odah, said that the Nigerian states want two billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account to enable them complete ongoing projects, as revenue allocations to them decline for the third month running. At the moment, the account has […]

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Fuel Subsidy Fraud: Court Adjourns Trial of Oil Marketer Till Feb 16

19 Nov 2014 An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of an oil marketer, Rowaye Jubril, charged with N963.7 million fuel subsidy fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Jubril was charged before Justice Lateefat Okunnu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He is being prosecuted alongside his company, Brila Energy Limited, over the […]

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EFCC recovers more than N5bn from fuel subsidy scams

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed on Monday that it had retrieved more than N5 billion taken from oil subsidy, while over 40 suspects are now being charged in court for the offense. The Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, made the disclosure at a workshop organised for Journalists in the South-east zone held in Enugu. Tagged: “Effective […]

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Govt insists on fuel subsidy removal

Tuesday, 28 October 2014 22:51 Written by Roseline Okere • Says downstream sector needs N3.2tr yearly investment • Reps to pass PIB by May 2015 WORRIED about the slow growth of the downstream oil and gas sector due to what it considered as a result of the regulated regime in the industry, the Federal Government yesterday stressed the need to eliminate price […]

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NASS, FG Disagree Over N1.2trn Fuel Subsidy

NASS, FG Disagree Over N1.2trn Fuel Subsidy By Chika Izuora — Oct 29, 2014 | 5 Comments Real trouble is about to break out between the National Assembly and the presidency over the proposed N1.22 trillion budgetary allocation for petroleum subsidy in the 2015 budget appropriation. The figure includes N971.4 billion as subsidy for premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise known […]

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