Background: Before the Open Government Partnership (OGP) was successfully launched by the Edo State Government, ANEEJ had been there working. With her Open Niger Delta Project, OPENED, ANEEJ trained members of the Civil Society on the theory and practice of the OGP on the 27th day of September, 2018. Just two days after that training Civil Society Organizations met, independently of […]
The very first National Anti-Corruption Strategy Roundtable took place at the Barcelona Hotels, Abuja on 30th October, 2018. It had in attendance, the Representative of the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Representative of the Executive Secretary, PACAC, Development Partners such as Trust Africa, Anti-corruption agencies and a broad range of CSOs. The objective of the Roundtable was to review the […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and the Federal Ministry of Justice have called for the fast-tracking of the four anti-corruption bills presently before the National Assembly (NASS). The demand was made on Friday, 19th October, 2018 in Abuja during the inauguration of the Advocacy Working Group on the bills. The event drew officials of the […]
Background ANEEJ organized a two-day MANTRA project mid-term review meeting on October 11 – 12, 2018 at Morzi Hotel, Benin City. ANEEJ staff and her project partners, MANTRA project consultants, ACORN project partners (Actionaid Nigeria) and other CSOs, Ministry of Justice, OGP Secretariat, National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO) and National Social Safety Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO) were all in attendance. […]
Participating MDAs – the National Social Security Safety Net, NASSCO , the National Cash Transfer Office, NCTO and the Ministry of Justice – at the ANEEJ 2-Day MANTRA Mid Term Review meeting taking place in Benin City the Edo State capital have identified the importance of working with frontline NGOs like ANEEJ towards accountability and transparency in the monitoring of […]
During the timeline allocated for Nigerians to get PVCs, venues for the exercises were usually packed out. About 90% of these prospective voters were Nigerians within the 20-30 age-brackets. This perhaps conveyed the idea that the most productive arm of the Nigerian economy, the youth, were ready to execute the will behind the Not-Too-Young-to-Run idea. This supposition had not come […]
Background Dr. Matthew Ayibakuro, ANEEJ director of policy & research has had his article, The Nigerian Foreign Minister’s Vilification of Switzerland and the Diplomacy of Asset Recovery, published on the Global Anti-Corruption Blog, GAB. First published in Nigeria by The Niche Newspaper, http://www.thenicheng.com/opinion-vilification-of-switzerland-and-the-diplomacy-of-asset-recovery/, Dr. Matthew’s article attracted attention because of the issues on asset recovery and the impropriety of the […]
Background/Context. On Tuesday, September 25 2018 international headquarters of the Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ was a beehive of activities. It was the Media Brief on Project Close Out. Her partner, the LITE-Africa, which worked with ANEEJ was there as well. Several media representatives graced this important meeting. In an address, ANEEJ executive director, the Rev David […]
Background: A certain book The End of Power, and by Moises Naim has highlighted the role of stakeholders in dismantling traditionally held beliefs, attitudes and norms arrogated to big armies, big institutions and big corporate institutions. With the coming elections in 2019, and with the power play already taking a certain turn in the form of coalitions and counter-coalitions, aided […]
19 September, 2018. PRESS RELEASE ABUJA—The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has thrown its weight behind the accountable distribution of returned $322.5million returned Abacha loot to the poorest of the poor under the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme of the Federal Government scheduled to begin in October this year, according to the Cash Transfer Office. Executive Director of […]