…. lauds Interception of N32.4m in Lagos BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. February 24, 2023… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice ANEEJ has lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the interception of the sum of N32,400,000 in Lagos, allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in tomorrow’s presidential and National Assembly polls, urging the anti-graft agency […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. February 22, 2023… As Presidential candidates of the various political parties round off their campaigns across the country ahead of Saturday’s general elections, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and all the Presidential candidates planning to take over from him to tell Nigerians their plans to utilize the […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA. February 16, 2023…. The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has welcomed the signing of bilateral agreement between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the United States of America for the repatriation of $954,807.40 assets recovered from the former governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, for the benefit of Bayelsa people. Executive Director of […]
PRESS STATEMENT BY ANEEJ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REV. DAVID UGOLOR TO MARK 2022 INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY, HOLDING AT ANEEJ SECRETARIAT, BENIN CITY, ON DECEMBER 9, 2022 Protocol! Gentlemen of the press, I welcome you all to this press briefing to mark 2022 international anti-corruption day. The 2022 International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) seeks to highlight the crucial link between anti-corruption and peace, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA. December 8, 2022… Against the backdrop of last month’s sentencing of oil giant, Glencore UK Ltd to the tune of £280 million in financial penalties for bribery of Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) officials and similar corporations in five African countries, the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice and a group of African and international civil society […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. December 1, 2022… Against the backdrop of the National Bureau of Statistics revelation that 133 million Nigerians are living in poverty, theAfrica Network for Environment and Economic Justice ANEEJ, a Civil Society Organisation with a vision to eradicate poverty in Nigeria has called on the National Assembly to speedily consider the passage of the Social Investment Programme […]
About 112 heads of States and over 46,000 delegates including ministries, CSOs, scientists, policy makers, oil companies and the private sector as well as other stakeholders gathered at the Red Sea Resort, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 6th to 18th November 2022, for the 27th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP27. The global […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. November 24, 2022… Civil Society Organisations working in the anti-corruption sector have welcomed yesterday’s approval of the revised National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2022-2026 by the Federal Executive Council presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. Leader of the CSOs and Executive Director, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, Rev David Ugolor, hailed Federal Government’s approval of the revised National […]
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA. November 23, 2022… The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has welcomed the nomination of the chairman and members of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), by President Muhammadu Buhari and urged the Senate to expeditiously consider the nominees without delay. Executive Director of ANEEJ, the Rev David Ugolor while welcoming the […]
AN ADDRESS OF WELCOME BY CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, REALITY OF AID AFRICA, MR LEO ATAKPU AT THE MULTISTAKEHOLDER CONFERENCE ON PROMOTION OF LOCALISATION OF DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND BUILDING OF TRUST, 17-18, NOVEMBER, NAIROBI, KENYA. Your excellency Minister of Foreign Affairs Kenya, Dr. Alfred Mutua Government officials here present Dear Colleagues Ladies and gentlemen It is a […]