…..Wants investors to vote against the Directors at tomorrow’s AGM. BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. May 30, 2023… The Peoples AGM, a Pan-Nigeria Civil Society platform campaigning for the enforcement of Paris Climate Agreement has urged Chevron, an oil company operating in Nigeria to cut emissions at source and stop relying on false solutions. Convener of the Peoples AGM, the Rev. David […]
Wants shareholders to reverse trend at 2023 AGM. BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. May 25, 2023…. The peoples AGM platform has criticized Total Energies, Eni, and Equinor for their role in prioritizing oil and gas investments that is fueling the climate crisis despite the urgent need to transit to clean, renewable energy, calling on investors and shareholders at Total Energies AGM scheduled […]
Statement of Continued Support by the Managing DirectorTo our Stakeholders:I am pleased to confirm that the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) reaffirms its support for the United Nations Global Compact and its Ten Principles in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment, and Anti-Corruption. This is our Communication on Engagement with the United Nations Global Compact. And […]
…Urges Tinubu to fund the new Agency. ABUJA, NIGERIA. May 24, 2023… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has lauded the outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari for signing the National Social Investment Programme Agency Bill into law before the end of his administration, describing it as a ‘good parting gift for millions of poor Nigerians.’ Executive Director of […]
Terms of Reference (ToR) Short documentary video on the impact of oil exploration activities on the environment and the people’s health and livelihood in the Niger Delta Context Rising temperatures in Africa have already led to the loss of endemic flora and fauna in fragile ecosystems throughout Nigeria, with attendant impacts on communities. Now Nigeria is likely to be a […]
MAY 17TH AND 18TH, 2023 As the AGMs of oil multinationals such SHELL, Total Energies, Exxon Mobil, and others hold this season, the peoples AGM platform convened by ANEEJ organized an alternative AGM in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss and take resolution on concrete issues affecting the people of Niger Delta and other frontline communities suffering environmental degradation and loss of […]
Want WB, AfDB, and Export Credit Agencies to discontinue financing fossil fuel projects ABUJA, NIGERIA. May 18, 2023… Civil Society Organisations working under the aegis of the People’s Annual General Meeting (PAGM), a shadow Annual meeting to that of oil majors, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Ltd, to as a matter of […]
Dear Mr. Tangen,In January 2012, we and other Nigerian groups, joined by allies from across Africa and around the world, wrote a letter to the chair of the Norwegian Council on Ethics. It welcomed the Council’s plan to investigate oil pollution in the Niger Delta and the impact this may have on theenvironment and human health. We noted that it […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. May 15, 2023… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has welcomed the commitment by the Church of England to vote against Shell’s Chair and Directors and the transition plan update during the company’s 2023 Annual general meeting scheduled for 23rd May, 2023. The Church also re-echoed its earlier announcement that it now needs to […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. May 10, 2023… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, commission a full-scale investigation into the alleged $15 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and a US firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc. for a mega rail project. […]