STATEMENT OF NIGERIA AT THE ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE CONFRENCE OF PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME (UNTOC-COP) FROM 17 TO 21 OCTOBER, 2022 IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. Mr. President May I on behalf of my delegation congratulate you on your election as the President of the Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties to the […]
Introduction The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) is an Anchor Civil Society organization implementing the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project being implemented by Palladium with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under SCALE, ANEEJ Cluster is implementing the Enhancing Anti-corruption and Social Inclusive Reform Initiatives in Nigeria project. The goal […]
Benin City, Nigeria. October 1, 2019…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has thrown its weight behind a call from the Edo State Government for a forensic probe of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, owing to shoddy, incomplete, abandoned and substandard projects executed by the NDDC in the past six months. ANEEJ Executive Director, the Rev David […]
Benin City, Nigeria. September 3, 2019…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the Muhammadu Buhari administration to constitute a crack team to apprehend and prosecute perpetrators of crude oil theft and pipeline vandals so as to plug the culture of waste and impunity in the country. ANEEJ Executive Director, Rev David Ugolor who made the call on the […]
Abuja, November 18, 2018. Revenue disbursements by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to the three tiers of government has witnessed a steady increase in three consecutive quarters of this year with N2.28 trillion shared in Q3 of 2018. A breakdown shows that the Federal government received the highest sum of N904.8 billion, followed by states, which received N718.5 billion […]
Background The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) through her “Open Niger Delta” (OPENED) project supported by Bread for the World, seeks to introduce the Niger Delta Governance Index (NDGI). This is to capture the status and quality of governance provided by State government in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The OPENED project is specifically designed to […]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Niger Delta Region with vast oil reserves and source of Nigeria’s wealth accounts for more than 80% of the revenue earnings for the 1country’s annual budget. Yet the effect of the oil exploration in the host communities especially at the creeks had led to serious environmental degradation affecting their primary sources of livelihood which contributes to high […]
Press Release 30th August 2018 Benin City, Nigeria…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has expressed deep dismay and bewilderment at President Buhari’s decision not to sign the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB, into law and has urged him to reconsider his stance in the interest of Nigerians. Presidential assent to the PIGB has been withheld on the […]
Of the over 100 persons attending on behalf of Niger Delta communities, civil society organizations, government agencies, Niger Delta Institutions and media organizations who converged at the Best Western Hotel, Benin City on August 2, 2018, for a Niger Delta Institutions Learning Forum, two of them – the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and Leadership Initiative […]