Implementation of London Anti-Corruption and GFAR Commitments: Nigeria Is on Course—ANEEJ Report

ABUJA, February 12, 2019. Three years after the London Anti-Corruption Summit where Nigeria signed on to the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and committed to Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR), Nigeria has largely implemented its commitment. Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev David Ugolor stated this at the launch of a well-documented  assessment report […]

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RoA launches 2018 report in Paris.

Background The RoA Global Secretariat will have its international launch of Report 2018 on 16th January 2019 during the OECD Private Sector Week in Paris, France. The 2018 Reality of Aid (RoA) Report has the theme “The Changing Faces of Development Aid and Cooperation: Will new directions and forms of aid benefit the poor?” Authors of the different chapters examine in […]

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VACANCY – ANEEJ CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Communications Officer The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a Non-Government and non-profit organization based in Benin City, Edo State with Advocacy Office in Abuja seeks the services of a Communications Officer to strengthen its pool of Programme Staff. The Communications Officer will be based in our head office in Benin City but with possibility of extensive travels. […]

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VACANCY – ANEEJ CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

VACANCY Finance Manager The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a Non-Government and non-profit organization based in Benin City, Edo State with Advocacy Office in Abuja seeks to strengthen our management team under its Transparency and Accountability in the return and Management of looted Assets Project being supported by British Department for International Development (DFID) under the Anti-Corruption […]

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ANEEJ SEEKS INNOVATIVE WAYS TO TACKLE CORRUPTION

 BENIN CITY, December 9, 2018. On the occasion of this year’s World Anti-Corruption Day, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has called on Nigerians to deepen the search for innovative ways to change the norms fuelling corruption in Nigeria. Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev David Ugolor on the occasion of 2018 World Anti-Corruption Day says “Issues of corruption […]

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WORKING AGAIN OR NEXT LEVEL:  PROSPECTS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION IN 2019 (PART 2)  

It has been just over a week since the two leading political parties in Nigeria – the PDP and the APC – launched their respective presidential campaigns.  Beyond the fanfare and contrivances that overly dominate electioneering times, it is critical to our democratic experience that the promises and plans of candidates and parties are not taken for granted.  It is […]

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ANEEJ MANTRA ANCHORS WITH LOGICAL FRAMEWORKS

BACKGROUND Corruption remains a perennial challenge to development in Nigeria.  Despite its wealth of massive crude oil deposits and other resources, the country continues to experience widespread poverty and underdevelopment.  According to the UN and the AU, around $148 billion is stolen from Africa annually by political leaders, multinational corporations, the business elite and civil servants with complicity of banking […]

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UPDATED: WORKING AGAIN OR NEXT LEVEL: PROSPECTS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION IN 2019 (PART 1)  

Over the past week, the two leading political parties in Nigeria – The All Progressives Congress (APC) the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) launched their respective campaigns for the 2019 Presidential elections.  Whilst the APC chose “Next Level” as the theme of its campaign, the PDP decided on “Let’s Get Nigeria working Again”.  The documents released by both parties espousing their […]

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FOR ASSET RECOVERY & ANTI-CORRUPTION – ANEEJ ENGAGES POLITICAL PARTIES

Context/Background The meeting with six leading political parties in Nigeria is in furtherance of the Monitoring of Recovered Assets Through Transparency & Accountability, MANTRA, as part of the DFID Anti-Corruption in Nigeria, ACORN. The meeting sought to set the tone and tenor for a future roundtable on asset recovery, anti-corruption, transparency & accountability in governance, with leading political parties in […]

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ASSET RECOVERY & 2019 ELECTIONS

The year 2018 is on its death knell. That knelling relentlessly brings Nigerians closer to the 2019 General Elections at a pace quicker and faster than we all imagine. Therefore, one question Nigerians are already preoccupied with has to do with the choice of president for the next four years. And of course there is valid reason to be either […]

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