As we moved from one part of the World to the other in 2019, to share experience on the MANTRA model, one thing was clear in our minds, to advance the interest of the poor. Our work around improving transparency and accountability mechanisms on the use of recovered asset for National Cash Transfer Programme (NCTP) and the strong partnership that […]
The year 2018 was quite eventful for ANEEJ as it offered the organisation the opportunity to deepened her desire and passion to fulfil its commitments for an African society fee from poverty and injustice, where equity, equality, rule of law, respect for human rights, transparency and accountability reigns supreme. It was also about supporting government to deliver on their responsibilities […]
This book is as a result of the debate on the lack of transparency and accountability in the management of oil revenue on the part of government and multinational oil firms which are the root causes of conflicts, poverty and environmental degradation in the Niger Delta. The book is the result of a study on the management of oil revenue […]
BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA. May 19, 2021… An asset recovery expert and Executive Director, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, Rev David Ugolor asserts that Cumbersome Mutual Legal Asset Process is a major obstacle hindering speedy repatriation of looted assets by requesting poor countries from foreign jurisdictions habouring such assets. ANEEJ Executive Director, Rev David Ugolor while making the assertion as […]
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 […]