On Visit of New EITI Chair: ANEEJ urges Mr. President to Approve Constitution of New National Stakeholders Working Group for NEITI.

January 22, 2016 PRESS RELEASE Benin City, Edo State…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, welcomes the election of Fedrik Reinfeldt as the new chairperson of the Global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, EITI, as Clare Short prepares to step down in February 2016. Fedrik Reinfeldt whose election is expected to be ratified in February at the 7th Global […]

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Sack of NDDC Management Board: ANEEJ calls for Comprehensive investigation of abandoned projects, Welcomes Semenitari

Press Release 22nd December, 2015 Benin City, Edo State…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, welcomes the sack of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC management board, and is happy with an interim reconstitution of the team with a recognized personage in Mrs. Ibim Semenitari. In the light of this development, ANEEJ calls for a comprehensive investigation of […]

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Stop this interference in NCC, ANEEJ advises Presidency

Press Release 4th December, 2015. Benin City, Edo State…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has observed that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, slashed a fine of $5.2billion which it imposed on MTN for failure to deactivate 52 million lines on the MTN network to $3.2billion, based on the instruction and involvement of the Presidency, as reported in […]

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World Anti-Corruption Day: ANEEJ Urges Buhari to Break the Corruption Chain in Nigeria

Press Release 9th December, 2015. Benin City- Given the worrisome level of corruption in almost all sectors of the country, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), a non-profit, Non-Governmental Organisation working on corruption and governance issues has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to Break the Corruption Chain in Nigeria by strengthening all regulatory agencies and institutions of […]

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ANEEJ-LITE Joint Press Statement on Assessment of Niger Delta Development Agencies

7th December, 2015. ANEEJ-LITE-Africa Calls for re-focus of Niger Delta Development Agencies for optimum performance Benin City Edo State…Several years after the establishment of Niger Delta Development Agencies such as the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, EDSOGPADEC, DESOPADEC and OSOPADEC, the Africa Network of Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and Leadership Initiative for Transformation and […]

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Nigeria’s Vote Against Human Rights Defenders: ANEEJ Expresses Deep Concern

Press Release 10th December, 2015. Benin City—-The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has expressed deep concern over the recent vote by Nigeria against the UN resolution on the protection of human rights defenders. “We are worried by the decision of the Federal Government to join China and Russia to oppose the resolution as these nations are well […]

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ANEEJ Parleys Journalists & CSOs for REGOND

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Press Release 24 November2015 Benin City, Edo State…The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Benin City, will convene a workshop for journalists in Cross River State. The workshop will focus on “The Role of the Media in Institutionalizing Good Governance in the Niger Delta”, to be held in pursuance of the “Resource Governance Enhancement […]

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ANEEJ Statement on World Toilet Day

19 November PRESS RELEASE BENIN CITY——-The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) joins the rest of the world to observe this year’s World Toilet Day which focuses on toilets and nutrition. The simple act of separating feces (human or animal) from human contact and the environment has a way of improving the nutritional status of man and also […]

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INCREASE ALLOCATION TO NDDC, FMNDA, ANEEJ URGES FG

November 9, 2015 PRESS RELEASE Benin City…..The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently reconstitute the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NNDC, just as it urges the Federal Government to increase budgetary allocation to agencies set up to develop the Niger Delta region. Executive Director of ANEEJ, Rev David […]

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Release Ex-Chairman of Edo Nigerian Medical Association, ANEEJ demands

October, 19th 2015, Benin City…The Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has received the news of the abduction of Dr. Philip Ugbodaga, former chairman of the Edo State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, at a medical outreach in Imo State with shock and disbelief. ANEEJ notes that incidences of abduction and kidnap of prominent and well-meaning […]

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