PRESS STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AFRICA NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE (ANEEJ) REV. DAVID UGOLOR AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE OLOGBO-UGBENU FIRE DISASTER HELD ON 4TH OCTOBER 2023 Gentlemen of the press, ANEEJ Calls on FG to Declare a State of Emergency on East-West Road. We are gathered here today with heavy hearts, burdened by the weight […]
Nairobi, Kenya. September 7, 2023 — The Peoples Annual General Meeting (Peoples AGM), a coalition of over 60 Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria, dedicated to Climate and Environmental Justice, has issued a strong response to the African Leaders’ Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action, following the recent African Summit. The Nairobi Declaration which was aimed at uniting […]
*Wants IFIs to stop financing fossil fuel projects NAIROBI, KENYA. September 5, 2023… Over fifty-seven Civil Society Organisations working under the aegis of the Peoples Annual General Meeting (Peoples AGM) in Nigeria working on Climate and Environmental Justice issues, have called on African Governments to reject the crave for new oil and gas in Africa to meet the gas […]
DAKAR, SENEGAL. August 31, 2023.. Two years after the International Monetary Fund, IMF, announced the special release of SDR 456 billion ($650 billion) approved on August 2021 Civil Society experts will today converge on Dakar, Senegal at a side event to be organized by the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) at the ongoing Third Edition of the […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. August 29, 2023… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has welcomed the verification of the social register by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation but calls for transparency and accountability in the entire process. The Executive Director of ANEEJ, the Rev. David Ugolor, in a reaction to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA. August 27, 2023… Following, Tuesday’s British police charge of former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke with bribery offences, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and anchor of the anti-corruption cluster of the Nigeria Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project has called on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration to show to the […]
August 13, 2023… Group of prominent Anti-Corruption Civil Society Groups have voiced deep concern regarding the suspension and detention of AbdulRasheed Bawa, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The groups, have raised critical issues and call for transparency and fairness in the process. Bawa, who previously led the EFCC’s operations, was apprehended by the Department […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. August 3, 2023… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has welcomed the President of World Bank, Ajay Banga to Nigeria and urged him to prioritize engagement with civil society organisations, while meeting with other stakeholders. A statement by the Bretton Woods Institution indicates that Banga will be in Nigeria for a three-day visit and will […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA… August 2, 2023…. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, a leading anti-corruption watchdog in Nigeria and anchor of the anti-corruption cluster of the Nigeria Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project, has expressed serious concern over the appointment of a Special Investigator to probe the operations of the Nigerian Apex Bank in a move […]
23 July 2023 PRESS STATEMENT Our attention has been drawn to the various reactions that have greeted one of the outcomes of the National Economic Council meeting held on Thursday, 20 July, 2023 which is calling into question the overall integrity of the National Social Register put in place by the Buhari/Osinbajo administration in the last 8 years. However, the […]