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 […]
The Economist Magazine of February 17 2018, https://www.magzter.com/GB/The-Economist/The-Economist/Business/266421, carried what readers often regard as a commonplace advert. That advert, on the top right hand corner on page 79, had details of a detached 6-bedroom chalet with ‘stunning views’ over the Meribel valley in France. The Chalet is close to the Rond Point des Pistes, with slopes and amenities. It would […]
It has been over two months since Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari issued Executive Order 6 of 2018. The stated purpose of the Executive Order was the “preservation of suspicious assets connected with corruption and other relevant offences”. In furtherance of this, the Order empowers the Attorney-General, in collaboration with other named law enforcement agencies, to apply all available lawful and […]
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 […]
16th September 2018. Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has perfected plans to engage religious and traditional institutions and leaders to change social norms and behaviour that promote and sustain corruption. In a statement, ANEEJ executive director, the Rev David Ugolor said that the decision to engage key religious and traditional institutions in the anti-corruption […]
September 11, 2018 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has hailed the Edo State government on her expression of interest to participate as a key sub-national Open Government Partnership, OGP, player in Nigeria. Since signing on to the Open Government Partnership in 2016, Nigeria and the OGP have worked assiduously to get subnational governments in […]
Background The approval of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) by the Federal Executive Council on 5th July, 2017, evidences the continuous strides of the present administration to combat corruption in Nigeria. The main objective of the NACS is to identify and close existing gaps in the anti-corruption initiatives currently in place. The strategy is an insight into the government’s fight […]
September 2 2018. Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, and Actionaid will hold a round table meeting in Abuja Nigeria to analyse new approaches to tackling corruption in Nigeria. Traditional approaches in tackling corruption in Nigeria have not yielded the desired results. Instead, emerging issues including ethnic, religious and political threads tend to undermine the […]
Many years before the return of stolen Nigerian monies stashed in foreign countries, ANEEJ had been at the forefront of the campaign. In 2004, ANEEJ coordinated civil society organisations to monitor how the Abacha loot, $500million, returned from Switzerland was spent. That activity culminated in a report, SHADOW REPORT ON THE PEMFAR MONITORING EXERCISE here: https://www.publiceye.ch/fileadmin/files/documents/Potentatengelder/Report_Abacha.pdf, authored by Reverend David […]