Niger Delta – Need for Alternative Strategy By David Ugolor The Niger Delta struggle is a common struggle for all the ethnic groups in the Niger Delta. It should therefore not take an individual ethnic coloration or assume any such toga. All the ethnic groups – Urhobo, Ogoni, Itsekeri, Isoko, Ijaw and others have been playing their roles. A resort […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) is currently implementing the “Civil Society Advocacy to Support Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (CASAN) project with support from UNDP under the EU founded 10th European Development Fund (EDF). The goal of the project is to enhance the capacity of CSOs and journalists to support anti-corruption effort of the government of Nigeria. The […]
17 MARCH, 2017 PRESS RELEASE BENIN CITY….The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rise and assert himself in the fight against corruption as signals emerging from the non-confirmation of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu shows strongly that the anti-corruption crusade is […]
Background: In most institutions of government, officials usually make errors which are often blamed on ignorance of the processes of governance. Some say that Nigeria’s democracy is ‘nascent’ and therefore a learning process wherein a lot of man hour and resources are expended and therefore there is waste. When most roads for instance are constructed, they are done without an […]
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the roundtable was to bring stakeholders together to chart a common road map in the asset recovery process. This was against a backdrop of an earlier meeting on asset recovery and management organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14-16 February 2017 and for which ANEEJ formed […]
February 23, 2017, ANEEJ communication officer, Kelly Ovie Umukoro became a year older and staff were on hand to make his day a special one. He has worked with ANEEJ for the past fifteen years as communications officer and has been playing significant role in the growth and development of ANEEJ. During the celebration, jokes were cracked and every staff took […]
BACKGROUND A scheduled visit from ANEEJ development partners – Bread for the World – took place from the 20th to the 23rd of February, 2017. The Bread for the World team was led by Mr. Reinhard Palm, head Africa unit, Mr. Jan Papiendieck – head of the West African unit and Mr Rainer Lang, head of the public relations and […]
BACKGROUND The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, in collaboration with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC, recently organized an international Expert Meeting on the Management and Disposal of recovered and returned stolen assets. It took place from the 14th – 16th February 2017 at the United Nations Conference Centre Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The purpose of […]
7th February, 2017. Press Release Abuja, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has expressed delight with the recent announcement of a partnership between the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying that it has great potential to help firm up the enthronement of transparency and accountability in the operations of […]
3rd February, 2017 Press Release Abuja, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has strongly condemned the repeal of Section 1504 of the Cardin-Lugar anti-corruption rule of the United States 2010 Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act which requires any oil, gas or mining company to file an annual report which discloses what the oil companies pay to host governments […]