Background The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) is currently implementing Tackling human trafficking through advocacy to increase investment on Human Capital Development and Civic Engagement in Edo State with support from Swiss Embassy in Nigeria. The goal of the project is to improve the knowledge of Citizens, media and Policy Makers around the issues of good governance […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. November 2, 2020… The decision of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to focus on Human Capital Development in his second term in Office which begins on 12 November, 2020 has received the backing of a leading Civil Society Organisation in Nigeria, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), which believes that the decision […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. October 26, 2020…. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has called on the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi to provide Nigerians with records of what was received by the 36 State Governors as Covid-19 palliatives from the Federal Government following a presidential directive to that […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. October 24, 2020…. Against the backdrop of the sudden discovery by residents of major cities in Nigeria that palliatives meant for the poor to cushion the impact of covid-19 lockdown between the months of March and May this year were stock-pilled in warehouses without getting to the poor, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) […]
Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. 2. I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well-intended protest of some of our youths in parts of the country, against the excesses of some members of […]
BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA. October 21, 2020…. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has condemned the killing of EndSARS protesters in Lekki tollgate Tuesday night, as well as the killings in Benin and other parts of the country, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to halt the killings. Executive Director of ANEEJ, the Rev David Ugolor […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. October 20, 2020…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has condemned in strong terms the violence and destructions visited on Edo State by hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful protests of EndSARS campaigners. It also condemned the release of prisoners in all the major prisons in the State. Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev David Ugolor in […]
International civil society welcomes the recent Memorandum of Understanding signed between Switzerland and Uzbekistan to return USD 131 million of confiscated assets but counsel caution We welcome recent developments by the Swiss government to repatriate $131 million USD of confiscated assets in criminal proceedings against Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former Uzbek President Islam Karimov. The source of these assets are […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. September 25, 2020… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice and lead organisation implementing the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Return and Management of Assets (‘MANTRA) project has expressed serious concerns over the exclusion of Civil Society Organisation in the process leading up to the Memorandum of Understanding for the return of €5.5 million between […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. September 18, 2020… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to live up to its promise to conduct a free, fair and transparent Governorship Election in Edo State by providing a level playing field for all candidates, just as they urged all security agencies deployed to Edo […]