CASE STUDY 1 FOR J4A INTRODUCTION The management of Petroleum Support Fund (PSF), also known as fuel subsidy is fraught with monumental corruption and many Nigerians have been fingered in the fraud but none of such persons or companies has been successfully prosecuted or sanctioned, given that most are powerfully connected with political leaders. This culture of impunity has encouraged […]
After an inter-agency consultative Committee of Election Security meeting held on Monday the 23rd of February with a team from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), the military and para-military organisations on the level of their preparedness for the General Elections, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has once again reiterated the inability of […]
February 2, 2015 by By CHARLES IYARE. The survival and effectiveness of a state is paramount to self serving interests of certain individuals, no matter how highly placed they may be in the society. It is important that the general well being of Nigerians is not sacrificed on the altar of possessive minded leaders. This therefore raises an important question […]
By Stella Omona, Snr Correspondent, Abuja Participants at a two-day workshop on monitoring and reporting of oil subsidy fraud/corruption cases in Nigeria have called on political parties and their presidential candidates to mainstream the issues of oil subsidy corruption into the campaign issues. The workshop was organised by Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), with support from Justice […]
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku On March 28th 2015, it is expected that Nigerians would troop out to elect a new president or continue to be managed according to the blueprint of the present administration of the PDP. Whatever reason was given for the shift of the presidential elections from February to March 2015 and the conspiracy theories that trailed the […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), with support from Justice for All (J4A) a window of funding of DfID, organised a two-day workshop from February 3-4, 2015 at the Hotel De Horizon, Wuse 2, Abuja. The workshop was part of activities of ANEEJ “Advocacy against impunity in oil subsidy regime in Nigeria” project. Twenty Two (22) participants […]
January 30, 2015 by Yemisi Izuora orientalnewsng Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) led by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) carried out a massive mobilisation of the people in Lagos today demanding accountability and transparency in the oil and gas sector of the economy. The protesters are aggrieved over what they consider lack of accountability and looting in […]
23rd January, 2015. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has condemned the Call made by the National Security Adviser to the president, Col. Sambo Dasuki at the Chatam House in Londonfor the postponement by three months of the February General Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the General elections. “We applaud INEC for insisting […]
January 7, 2015 by Innocent Edemhanria The need to develop effective and efficient tools to hold government accountable to the people on issues of transparency and accountability in resource management has become increasingly important especially as we hit 2015, being the target set by United Nations to achieve millennium development goals (MDGs). Before now, in Edo State, the regulation of […]
Members of the New ROAA Board