BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA. May 18, 2021… As the board of the Royal Dutch Oil Company, SHELL, holds its Annual General Meeting today, Tuesday 18 May 2021, 41 Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria have renewed their call on the Church of England to vote against resolution 20 of the Church of England Pensions Board which seeks to have the oil company end […]
BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA. May 13, 2021… A recent decision by the Church of England Pensions Board to vote for Shell’s Climate and energy plan at its 2021 Annual meeting has drawn the anger of over 41 Civil Society Organisations drawn from the six geo-political zones of Nigeria who are calling on the Archbishop of Canterbury to encourage the church of England […]
We welcome the leadership that you are providing in this vital year for our climate, such as your work convening global faith leaders ahead of the Glasgow summit. We fully agree with your statement that: “We all have both a moral and financial responsibility to address the climate emergency and to use those tools available to us to support the […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. April 29, 2021… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has called on the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to present the draft Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill recently prepared by Stakeholders as an executive Bill to the Edo State House of Assembly for consideration and passage. Executive Director of ANEEJ, the Rev David […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. April 19, 2021… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has flayed the arrest and detention of the Chairman of the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), Mr. Olanrewaju Suraj by the Nigeria Police over his alleged role in ensuring that perpetrators of Malabu oil deal which fleeced the nation of over $1.1bn were made […]
BACKGROUND Efforts to address corruption has been a central theme of successive governments in Nigeria, especially since the country’s return to democratic rule in 1999. At the presidential poll in 2015, the fight against corruption became the one of the two key campaign messages on which President Muhammadu Buhari was elected to office. Since then, several measures have been taken […]
… Launches ANEEJ’s Social Protection Project ABUJA, NIGERIA. March 23, 2021… The Honourable Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba has assured that the ongoing review of the expired Social Protection Policy (2021-2025) would be ready in June 2021. The minister gave the assurance while declaring open, the inception meeting of the Enhancing Social Protection Programme in […]
……Calls for disclosure of seized, returned amount BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. March 9, 2021… Asset Recovery and Management Watchdog, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has called on the United Kingdom and Nigerian Governments to review the recently signed annex to the 2016 MoU on £4.2million Chief James Onanefe Ibori assets for its return to Delta State, just […]
BY SANDRA EGUAGIE International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on March 8, it is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity, raise awareness about women’s equality, lobby for accelerated gender parity and fundraise for female focused charities. The IWD 2021 […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. March 3, 2021… Seventy-nine (79) Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government (MDAs) have failed to comply with SGF’s directive on the Use of Nigeria Open Contracting Portal (NOCOPO) as directed by the Secretary-General of the Federation’s (SGF’S) circulars Ref. No PROC/BPP/045/I/89 and Ref.No.59780/S.5/C.2/11/6 issued in 2018, scoring between 0 – 7.99 points, the Africa Network […]