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 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 […]
One of President Trump’s best tools to “drain the swamp” is under threat from his own side. A mere four days after he took office, Republican Congress members began attacking a key piece of anti-corruption legislation. This rule, the Cardin-Lugar provision (also known as Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act), was a bipartisan effort to shield US citizens and shareholders from […]
Background The ANEEJ Civil Society Advocacy to Support Anti-Corruption in Nigeria CASAN was borne out of a well-wrought plan to deepen CSO and media involvement and support for the Federal Government’s Anti-Corruption project. Key questions which assisted with the formulation of the hypothesis behind CASAN include the following: how can CSOs galvanize stakeholders from the demand aisle? How and to […]
20th December, 2016. Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has expressed worry and anxiety over the unstable and diminishing impact of the President Buhari-led Anti-corruption fight, and has advised Mr President to produce a roadmap indicating as clear as possible the direction, scope and focus of his anti-corruption effort. The Rev. David […]
Background Dec 9 2016 was a red letter day in ANEEJ not because it was a commemoration of the International Day against Corruption but that it was a revelation that Nigerians are indeed interested in uniting against corruption. ANEEJ executive director the Rev David Ugolor, in a speech and which was read on his behalf by Comrade Leo Atakpu, said that ‘we are happy […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, had an engagement meeting with Federal Ministry of Justice, International and Comparative Law Department in Abuja on December 2, 2016, at the Ministry’s office, Abuja. The meeting was held in pursuance to the “Civil Society Advocacy to Support Anti-Corruption in Nigeria” (CASAN) project with support from UNDP under the EU […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, had a meeting with the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, on Wednesday November 30, 2016, at the Bureau’s office in Abuja, FCT. The meeting was held in pursuance to 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). […]
A training on Corruption Risk Assessment, CRA, held from 26th to 30th September, 2016 in Keffi Nasarawa State. It was followed with a Computer Based Test, CBT with top of the arc computers similar to the ones people use to play advance games with the use of sites like mycsgoboosting.com/resources/csgo-trading-sites and others. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, […]
Driving inequality and fuelling radicalism, corruption cheats Africa’s governments of $50bn a year. We need sanctions for those who perpetuate it. Corruption is the most neglected human rights violation of our time. It fuels injustice, inequality and depravation, and is a major catalyst for migration and terrorism. In Africa, the social and political consequences of corruption rob nations of resources […]