The bigger picture Our quarterly newsletters are always full of information about our work – from workshops for financial investigators to legislative assistance on the legal framework for asset declarations and consultations on non-conviction based forfeiture laws. That’s because we want to use this platform to give you a little insight into what we do. But how do all these activities […]
By Rev David Ugolor & Dr. Ayibakuro Matthew At the start of this week, a total of 724 field monitors were deployed across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja for the second phase of the monitoring of the use of the $322.5 million Abacha loot returned from Switzerland in 2018. By the end of the monitoring exercise, they […]
Background: Being Independent Civil Society Field Monitoring Report of the disbursed part of $322.5million for the August/September 2018 payment Round of the National Cash Transfer Programme. Click link to see details of report: https://www.aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Mantra-Field-Report-final-compressed.pdf
ABUJA, NIGERIA. August 19, 2019… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ and the Lead organization implementing the Transparency and Accountability in the recovery and management of recovered assets (MANTRA) project being supported by the British Department for International Development (DFID) under the Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (ACORN) programme will be organizing a side event at the Civil Society Forum at this […]
BY SONIA WARNER I am really excited to join Nigerian civil society organisation, Africa Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) at the 6th Open Government Partnership Summit in Ottawa on 29-31 May 2019. Civil society will provide important continuity and drive demand on this global governance agenda in Nigeria. But ANEEJ is making impressive strides in promoting the accountable […]
https://aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MANTRA-Quarterly-Field-Report-1.pdf https://aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/London-Anti-Corruption-copy-1-1.pdf https://aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ANEEJ-Assessment-of-Behavioral-Change-v4.pdf https://aneej.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Role-of-Citizens-in-the-implementation-of-CCT-ANEEJ.pdf https://mantra-acorn.com/article/breaking-new-grounds-nigerias-assets-recovery-and-management-efforts MANTRA Documentary:
Background The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has been working on issues of assets recovery since 1996 and is the host of the MANTRA project and Nigerian Network on Stolen Asset(NNSA). MANTRA was designed to address issues of corruption within the broader objectives of the Anti-Corruption in Nigeria (ACORN) program of the British Government’s Department for International […]
Abuja, Nigeria. May 22, 2019… Leading Asset Recovery Campaign Organisation, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Proceeds of Crime Bill and the Mutual Legal Assistance Bill into Law. In a statement issued yesterday, shortly after the National Assembly transmitted both Bills to the President for his assent, ANEEJ Executive Director, […]
Session Title: Asset Recovery in OGP: Peer-Learning on Recovery, Return, and Monitoring- Lessons from the Field Session Organizers: Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and MacArthur Foundation Session Format: Fishbowl MODERATOR: Patricia Adams, Executive Director, Probe International, Canada SPEAKERS Fatima Kanji, Research and Policy Manager, International State Crime Initiative (ISCI), UK David Ugolor, Executive Director, Africa Network for Environment and […]
Executive summary Corruption is a problem that hinders the development of Nations. In 2018 the global loss to corruption was estimated at US$ 3.6 trillion annually and $140 billion is reported to be stolen annually from Africa with Nigeria reported to have lost $40 billion in 2001-2010 (Africa Union/ECW Conference (2015). According to World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, corruption […]