In the middle of the C19 crisis, DAC members turn to effectiveness and the private sector as ODA stays scarce

PRESS RELEASE11 November 2020Website: https://www.dac-csoreferencegroup.com/ Post OECD DAC High-Level MeetingIn the middle of the C19 crisis, DAC members turn to effectiveness and the private sector as ODA stays scarce NGOs calling for more aid and safeguards in private sector involvement The High-Level Meeting (HLM) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECDDAC) ended with a renewed […]

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FG Inaugurates 22-member Asset Disposal Committee, gives 6 months’ timeline…. ANEEJ Chief Assures on use of GFAR principles

ABUJA, NIGERIA. November 9, 2020…. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Abubakar Malami (SAN), today, inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the disposal of all assets forfeited to the federal government, just as the Executive Director of the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice and a member of the inter-ministerial committee, Rev David Ugolor, assured […]

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ANEEJ Backs Edo Governor on Human Capital Development, Urges Civic Engagement

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. November 2, 2020… The decision of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to focus on Human Capital Development in his second term in Office which begins on 12 November, 2020 has received the backing of a leading Civil Society Organisation in Nigeria, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), which believes that the decision […]

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Provide Nigerians with records of Palliatives received, disbursed—ANEEJ Urges NGF Chair

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. October 26, 2020…. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has called on the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi to provide Nigerians with records of what was received by the 36 State Governors as Covid-19 palliatives from the Federal Government following a presidential directive to that […]

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#EndSARS: ANEEJ Condemns Hoarding of Covid-19 Palliatives, Calls for Probe

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. October 24, 2020…. Against the backdrop of the sudden discovery by residents of major cities in Nigeria that palliatives meant for the poor to cushion the impact of covid-19 lockdown between the months of March and May this year were stock-pilled in warehouses without getting to the poor, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) […]

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#EndSARS: Stop the Killings, ANEEJ Urges Buhari, UN

BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA. October 21, 2020…. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has condemned the killing of EndSARS protesters in Lekki tollgate Tuesday night, as well as the killings in Benin and other parts of the country, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to halt the killings. Executive Director of ANEEJ, the Rev David Ugolor […]

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#EndSARS Campaign: ANEEJ Condemns Violence by hijackers of peaceful protests

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. October 20, 2020…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has condemned in strong terms the violence and destructions visited on Edo State by hoodlums who hijacked the peaceful protests of EndSARS campaigners. It also condemned the release of prisoners in all the major prisons in the State. Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev David Ugolor in […]

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€5.5 m Abacha Loot: ANEEJ Faults Ireland for exclusion of CSOs in Repatriation Process

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. September 25, 2020… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice and lead organisation implementing the Monitoring Transparency and Accountability in the Return and Management of Assets (‘MANTRA) project has expressed serious concerns over the exclusion of Civil Society Organisation in the process leading up to the Memorandum of Understanding for the return of €5.5 million between […]

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ANEEJ CALLS FOR TRANSPAERENT, CREDIBLE EDO ELECTIONS

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. September 18, 2020… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  to live up to its promise to  conduct a free, fair and transparent Governorship Election in Edo State by providing a level playing field for all candidates, just as they urged all security agencies deployed to Edo […]

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FG LAUNCHES CENTRAL DATABASE FOR ASSET RECOVERY, MANAGEMENT ….Lauds ANEEJ

ABUJA, NIGERIA. September 18, 2020… The fight against corruption in Nigeria received a major boost yesterday as the Federal Government launched a Central database and the Central Criminal Justice Information system of the Assets Recovery and Management Unit (ARMU), an arm of the Federal Ministry of Justice with support from the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) as […]

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