The Anti-corruption cluster of the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project being implemented by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) as anchor and her 8 cluster organisations organized a Stakeholder Dialogue on the National Anti-corruption Strategy (NACS II) in Abuja on November 29, 2022. The stakeholder dialogue was used to discuss and present the newly […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. March 10, 2022… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to sign the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Bill 2022 passed by the Senate on Wednesday until amended to allow the creation of a separate agency to manage recovered assets. Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev David Ugolor said […]
Introduction The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) is an Anchor Civil Society organization implementing the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project being implemented by Palladium with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under SCALE, ANEEJ Cluster is implementing the Enhancing Anti-corruption and Social Inclusive Reform Initiatives in Nigeria project. The goal […]
Introduction Poverty has become a major development problem in Nigeria. The World Poverty Clock report released in 2018 shows Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the most extreme poor people in the world. The struggle to lift more citizens out of extreme poverty is an indictment on successive Nigerian governments which have mismanaged the country’s vast oil resources […]
REPORT OF THE AFRICA NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE (ANEEJ) SIDE EVENT AT THE 8th SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION HELD AT CONFERENCE ROOM 1 ABU DHABI NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE (ADNEC), ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATE HELD ON THURDAY, 19TH DECEMBER, 2019. TOPIC: UTILISATION OF RECOVERED ASSETS FOR THE […]
Wednesday, 7th November 2019 – visiting World Bank Expert, Aaron Bornstein who is in Nigeria as a guest of the Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has said that the $322.5million returned Abacha loot returned to Nigeria by the Swiss government actually belongs to the Nigerian people. Mr Bornstein stated this via Skype in an early morning discussion […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. September 2, 2019… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has concluded its inaugural mentorship and training of eleven young anti-corruption activists and champions in the Niger Delta, at the ANEEJ Centre for Corruption Studies. In his closing remarks during their graduation, the ANEEJ Acting Executive Director, Mr. Leo Atakpu said the organisation is glad to […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. August 25, 2019… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ Centre for Corruption Studies is set to undertake the first round of mentorship and training of young anti-corruption activists and champions in the Niger Delta. A statement issued in Benin City yesterday by ANEEJ and signed by its Acting Executive Director, Mr. Leo Atakpu stated that ‘’the anti-corruption […]
BACKGROUND The last couple of decades have witnessed increasing interest amongst policymakers, donor organisations and other stakeholders in the role of social norms and behavioural insights in addressing corruption. Even though social norm-based approaches have long been applied in other areas to understand and modify behaviour, its recent application to corruption provides interesting insights and opportunities to achieve greater impact. […]
Abuja Nigeria. June 12, 2019… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has congratulated the new leadership of the Ninth National Assembly led by Senator Ahmed Lawan and Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila as well as all members of the Ninth National Assembly , calling on them to move quickly to resolve the logjam in the passage of the […]