June 13, 2018 Benin City, Nigeria…Against the backdrop of the conviction of another former governor in the country by the court for corruption, this time, former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has hailed the 14-year jail sentence slapped on the former governor for diverting N1.162 billion state ecological funds […]
7th June, 2018 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has said that the plan to exclude the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, from being subject to the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility and the Procurement Acts is unacceptable as it will defeat the primary purpose for a call on reforms in the oil and gas […]
Background: At the Global Forum for Asset Recovery, GFAR, event in Washington, DC, December 2-4 2017, there were strong suggestions that for the asset recovery campaign to garner interest and momentum, creating a global platform for CSO work on asset recovery and kleptocracy would be useful, and that holding some form of event for CSOs on Asset Recovery during 2018 […]
31st May, 2018. Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has hailed the decision of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to send a former governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame to a jail term of 14 years for stealing public monies to the tune of N1.64 billion. Commending the court decision […]
BACKGROUND TO MANTRA PROJECT Corruption is a major problem in Nigeria and is largely responsible for widespread poverty and underdevelopment. According to the UN and the AU, around $148 billion is stolen from Africa annually by politically exposed persons, multinational corporations, the business elite and civil servants with complicity of banking and property industries in Europe, North America and elsewhere. […]
Background The National Cash Transfer Programme is one of the four programme areas under the Social Investment Programme that provides monthly stipends of N5000 to the poor and vulnerable. On Monday 28th May 2018, officials of the programme invited key CSOs, including the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, to an interactive breakfast session with the National Cash […]
Background Building upon the outcomes of the inaugural Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR), this side event will focus on how countries are promoting transparency and accountability in asset recovery processes through successful implementation of the GFAR Principles for Disposition and Transfer of Confiscated Stolen Assets in Corruption Cases. A panel of experts will focus on several of the GFAR […]
19th May, 2018. Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has expressed delight at Nigeria’s appointment as chairman of Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in the Commonwealth, saying that it is a vote of confidence by the Commonwealth and the rest of the world on the efforts by the Nigerian government, CSOs and stakeholders. In a […]
Background A one-day validation workshop with NDDC officials on the draft Independent CSOs project monitoring report was facilitated by ANEEJ/LITE-Africa at the Dannic Hotel in Port Harcourt, May 15, 2018. Present at the workshop were the CSOs Coalition members, NDDC officials, SACE, CSOs and Media, making a total of 30 participants. The NDDC officials present at the meeting were Okarevu […]
15th May, 2018 Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has applauded the plan by the Buhari administration to expend the $322.5million loot returned from Switzerland to Nigeria on the poorest of the poor through a conditional Cash Transfer Programme. In a statement released to the media after 8th Commonwealth Conference on Anti-Corruption, organized […]