By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku A couple of days ago, newly-elected governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, went on a visit to the President elect, General Muhammadu Buhari. Before they got there, there were speculations in the media as to what their mission to the president elect would be. That visit threw up two questions for me: one, why were […]
INTRODUCTION Transparency and accountability has remained a major problem besetting successive governments in Nigeria. For nearly four decades, the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, were not audited. But public outcry changed all of that, to the extent that when the accounts were eventually audited by a private firm, PriceWaterHouse Coopers, the audit report exposed widespread irregularities in […]
From Africa Through Monterrey To Vienna: Seeking An International Treaty On Corruption A story of a north-south partnership against corruption. Fighting corruption at all levels is a priority. Corruption is a serious barrier to effective resource mobilization and allocation, and diverts resources away from activities that are vital to poverty eradication and economic and sustainable development” – Monterrey Declaration (2002) “The […]
Lamido Sanusi Lines of investigation suggested by the PwC audit need to be pursued, writes Lamido Sanusi Just over a year ago President Goodluck Jonathan suspended me from my position as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria after I questioned an estimated $20bn shortfall in oil revenues due to the treasury from the state oil company. As I said […]
Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku & Innocent Edemhanria, Communications Manager and Project Officer, respectively of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice(ANEEJ),in this piece, canvass for the setting up of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission by the President-elect,General Muhammadu Buhari to address the endemic issues of corruption in Nigeria… Buhari Buhari Relying on a paper published by Kevin Avruch and Beatriz Vejarano […]
Dear Sir, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on March 16, 2014 inaugurated the National Conference at the National Judiciary Institute in Abuja. The conference had 492 delegates which comprised ethnic nationalities in Nigeria, professional groups, political representatives, civil society groups amongst others. They were expected to deliberate on how to resolve the country’s constitutional challenges. They were also expected to form a […]
Against the backdrop of increasing children hawkers in Nigeria,Sandra Eguagie, a public affairs analyst wants a rethink of the national policy on child labour… As I walk through the streets every day to work and to other social events, I see children hawking in the morning, afternoon, evening and sometimes late in the night. Even in public buses, children are […]
by Sandra Eguagie Daily Independent March 26, 2015 Against the backdrop of recent celebration of Mother’s Day, Sandra Eguagie Programme Assistant Officer on Environment for Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) wants violence against women and girl-child be addressed by the Nigerian government… Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, […]
Abuja, Nigeria, 18 March, 2014…Even though there is a new report by the relevant Swiss authorities that 380 million USD amounting to some N75.2billion funds stolen by former Nigerian dictator, Sanni Abacha, are to be returned soon to Nigeria, ANEEJ is worried that all the conditions and agreements between the Swiss, Nigerian governments and the World Bank are shrouded in […]
Published on March 15, 2015 On March 13, 2015, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) boots on the ground were in Igara on a market day in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State as part of its initiatives to enlighten Nigerians on the correct and wrong ways of voting ahead of the nation’s forth-coming elections on March […]