BACKGROUND A scheduled visit from ANEEJ development partners – Bread for the World – took place from the 20th to the 23rd of February, 2017. The Bread for the World team was led by Mr. Reinhard Palm, head Africa unit, Mr. Jan Papiendieck – head of the West African unit and Mr Rainer Lang, head of the public relations and […]
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 […]
17th January, 2017 Abuja, Nigeria…As the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, leads high-level delegations of the Federal Government to the Niger Delta region to interact with leaders and representatives of some oil-producing communities in Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers, as part of effort to address the Niger Delta crisis, the undersigned Civil Society Organisations consider it imperative to use this opportunity […]
A Premium Times report by Joshua Olufemi and Richard Akinwumi, published on November 16, 2015 showed that despite spending an unprecedented N1.488 trillion on armaments between 2011 and 2014, the coefficient of correlation between military spending and death toll caused by violence is +0.54. According to the Nigeria Security Tracker, deaths caused by crime and violence in Nigeria, rose from 29 in […]
Background Open governance is at the heart of transparency and accountability. Without it there is corruption and secrecy in the conduct and attitude of governance. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, recognizes this and seeks to partner with the global outlook and network on open governance systems and structures. In Paris, France, stakeholders, interest groups, and world leaders […]
The Do No Harm (DNH) regional meeting held at ANEEJ secretariat, on Tuesday 22 November, 2016 in Benin City, Edo State. Bayo Olaniyan and Aliu Grace Oluyinka represented FADU while Oral-Ogbuigwe Michael and Owulo Patience from ACCORD attended the workshop. Programme Officer for the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Ogbebor Eghosa coordinated the meeting. The Africa Network for Environment […]
The Bread for the World (BFDW) in collaboration with the Christian Rural and Urban Development Association of Nigeria (CRUDAN) organized a Training of Trainers, TOT, workshop on the Do No Harm/Local Capacity for Peace (DNH/LCP) at the CRUDAN conference centre, 5 Dalyop Nyango Street, Sabon-Barki, Bukuru, Jos, Plateau State, from 28th August to 8th, September, 2016. The overall objective of […]
Theme: Increasing Citizens’ Participation in Niger Delta Development Introduction The 2016 edition of the Niger Delta Civic Engagement Forum (NDCEF 2016) organized by USAID/SACE and PIND was held at Imo Concorde Hotel, Owerri on Tuesday 18th October, 2016. The event attracted representatives of civil society organizations working across the Niger Delta, as well as government functionaries, community leaders, academics and […]
Public Eye (formerly Berne Declaration) Press Release Zurich/Lausanne/Accra, October 4, 2016 Dirty Diesel: Toxic Air from Africa Returns to Switzerland Today, the “Irenes Rainbow” left the Port of Accra and set course for Antwerp. On board is a container labelled “Return to Sender” which Public Eye and its African partner organizations plan to deliver to the door of the trading […]
In most public and private schools in Nigeria, you find more than 50 to 100 pupils in a class, and most are sitting on floors to learn. They have no food, no school uniforms, and the failures of these primary and secondary schools reflect on what is going on in our universities. By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Last week, I attended […]