Civil Society Organisations have frowned at what they described as malfunctioning anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria saying their failure would hinder the fight against corruption. According to them, the absence of substantial chairmen for the agencies is limiting their capacity to perform. Specifically, the Executive Director, Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), David Ugolor said the offices of the […]
The Conference of Non-Government Organisations, CONGOS, is an umbrella body for all NGOs and Civil Society organizations in Edo State. It functions under the ‘Akugbe principle’, (in Edo language to mean ‘unity‘) and to connote that when Civil Societies form a network to work together, they are stronger in voice, words and in deed. Therefore, after the election of […]
An engagement meeting with the Ministry of Solid Minerals, Oil and Gas, held on Friday 30th of April 2018 at the Commissioner’s office in Benin. Led by ANEEJ Executive Director, Rev David Ugolor, there were a total number of thirteen persons in attendance: 4 from ANEEJ, 5 from the Ministry and 4 from Media. The Honourable commissioner of the Ministry, Hon. […]
A fundamental question which arose from the breakthrough of the internet was the expediency of giving everybody access. That question came at time in the early 80s after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the break-up of Communist USSR and the fall of the Cold War era, where state official and unofficial secrecy was the lifeblood running right through […]
Background The National Coalition on Affirmative Action (NCAA) organized a Round table event to mark the International Women Day’s at ANEEJ Secretariat April 26, 2018. The year’s theme was Rural and Urban Activists transforming Women’s lives”. Over 180 persons across the state attended. The participants were drawn from the government and private sector. Dignitaries that were present were the wife […]
Background Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth was born in London as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and she was educated privately at home. Her father acceded to the throne on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936, from which time she […]
On a certain day in January this year, I left home for work as usual. The lingering fuel scarcity had not completely abated, and therefore what most residents of the Benin City metropolis did to avoid the cut-throat fares that commercial taxi and bus drivers ask, for long and short distances is a resort to the popular Comrade buses. In […]
BACKGROUND The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has the responsibility of working with national stakeholders towards achieving effective support to anti-corruption coordination, policy formulation and legislation. Their second objective is to strengthen institutional and operational capacity in the main anti-corruption agencies, with an emphasis on cooperation and third, to enhance accountability, transparency and public engagement. The third […]
If the eyes are the windows through which we see the world, the television has been described as the instrument with which the world can speak to the world. It is a box a tube, a container of dreams and wonders. And so, to speak and analyse on an issue of great significance to Nigeria, that is, the Petroleum Industry […]
The Strengthening Advocacy and Civic Engagement project implemented by ANEEJ/LITE-Africa and her Cluster members sought to improve the capacity of CSOs to engage the Niger Delta Institutions (NDDC, Ministry of Niger Delta, Oil and Gas Commissions in Delta, Edo Ondo, Abia & Imo States) to be more effective and as well make them accountable to the people in terms of […]