As part of measures to restructure the north east region, the Senate recently passed the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) Bill into law. The bill empowers the federal government to set up an independent commission to fast-track the rehabilitation and development of the states in the North-east region devastated by insurgency. The states to benefit are Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, briefed key members of the Nigerian media on the Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement SACE Project which we have carried out from 2014, on Wednesday October 12, 2016 at our Secretariat in Benin City. On hand to conduct the press briefing were: The Rev David Ugolor, executive director Innocent Edemhanria, project […]
The Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) has released the 2016 governance statistics for African countries. A high-point of this year’s survey is the celebration of the 10th year anniversary of the IIAG and the humanitarian contribution of its leader, Dr. Mo Ibrahim in supporting economic growth in Africa. The organization provides tools to support progress in leadership and […]
12th July, 2016 Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the Federal government to give loans to state governments only for the development of critical sectors of the economy rather than offering them handouts which turn out to be counter-productive and hurt the economy. This call was made by the Executive […]
ANEEJ and LITE- Africa Meet with Chairman Delta State house of Assembly Committee on DESOPADEC Hon.Denis Omovie MEMO ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN, DELTA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON DESOPADEC BY: AFRICA NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE (ANEEJ) AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOR TRANSFORMATION AND EMPOWERMENT (LITE-AFRICA) DURING ANEEJ/LITE-AFRICA’S VISIT TO THE CHAIRMAN ON TUESDAY JULY 12, 2016 AT DELTA […]
25th June, 2016. Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for steps taken to improve transparency, accountability and effectiveness of the commission. This followed the recent release of the commission’s first quarter report for 2016 which has also been made available to the public through NDDC […]
Bread for the World BftW, a German-based non-Government Organization paid a two-day working visit to The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice ANEEJ, from the 8th – 9th June, 2016. The BftW team comprising Rev. Jurgen Klein Consultant Religion and Churches in Africa and Magnussen Matthias was led by Jan Papendieck programme officer for BftW. ANEEJ executive director the […]
ANEEJ and LITE-Africa paid an advocacy visit to the Ministry of Niger-delta Affairs Abuja on the June 6th 2016 the purpose of the visit was to share with management and staff of the Ministry the findings from the research and Citizen Report Card on Niger Delta Institutions survey conducted by ANEEJ and LITE-Africa and to suggestions on how to improve […]
THE MINISTER, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF NIGER DELTA AFFAIRS, ABUJA BY: AFRICA NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE (ANEEJ) AND LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOR TRANSFORMATION AND EMPOWERMENT (LITE-AFRICA) DURING ADVOCACY VISIT TO THE MINISTRY ON MONDAY JUNE 6, 2016 AT THE MINISTRY’S HEAD OFFICE, ABUJA The Honourable Minister, Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, Other staff of the Ministry, Ladies and gentlemen […]
2nd June, 2016 Press Release Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has expressed dismay over the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to personally visit Rivers State to flag-off the clean-up of Ogoniland, an area suffering from environmental degradation from oil spills. The expression of frustration was contained in a statement issued in Benin and endorsed […]