Background The ANEEJ pre-GFAR consultative meeting which took place on October 26, 2017 was a watershed in the annals of activities leading to the inaugural Global Forum on Asset Recovery, December 2-4 in Washington DC. It focussed on the asset recovery efforts of four countries – Nigeria, the Ukraine, Tunisia and Sri Lanka. The event fell within the time frame […]
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku The inaugural Global Forum for Asset Recovery which held in the District of Colombia has come and gone. As somebody who participated very actively from the passive shadows, I feel a sense of pride to know that some of the modest efforts we put in bore some fruit. Those first fruits came in form of an […]
18 December, 2017 PRESS RELEASE BENIN CITY: Following the ruling by a British judge, Justice Sara Elizabeth Cockerill on Friday that up to $85 million from the notorious Malabu oil deal should be returned to the Nigerian government, the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ has hailed the judgment and has warned all looters to have a rethink […]
Press Release 13th December, 2017 Benin City, Nigeria…Considering the need to engender transparency, accountability and prudence in the management of resources accruing to the Niger Delta Interventionists Institutions, the Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, is set to launch a monitoring and advocacy tool, the Niger Delta Transparency Index, NDTI on Friday, December 15, 2017. ANEEJ executive director, […]
Background On the 26th October 2017, ANEEJ organized a pre-GFAR Consultative meeting, against the backdrop of the inaugural Global Forum for Asset Recovery, GFAR, to take place in Washington DC, December 4-6 and which was to focus on the asset recovery efforts of four countries – Nigeria, Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Tunisia. In attendance at the pre-GFAR consultative meeting were three […]
7th December, 2017 By Cornelius Essen, The Guardian Nigeria Nine Nigerian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called on United States (U.S.) and United Kingdom (UK) to emulate the determination of Swiss authorities to track, freeze and return all looted Nigeria’s wealth and assets in their countries. The NGOs, which made this known at the 1st Global Forum on Asset Recovery […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, working with a USAID Civil Society project has employed the Citizen Re-port Card tool to engage Niger Delta institutions at National and sub-national levels. Through this tool, ANEEJ has helped to improve transparency while mitigating years of social justice by ensuring that institutions deliver on their mandates. At the Civil […]
ANEEJ and LITE-Africa with their cluster members had a fruitful advocacy visit/engagement meeting with the leadership of OSOPADEC on the 5th of December 2017 at the commission’s office in Akure. The purpose of the meeting was to officially share with the commission the idea of the Niger-Delta Transparency and Accountability Index. It was also an opportunity to share with the […]
Background As the Global Forum on Asset Recovery holds in Washington DC, United States this week, the Executive Director of the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Reverend David Ugolor spoke with Abimbola Akosile on Nigeria’s efforts to recover looted funds, climate change, illicit financial flows, international protocols and agreements, among other development issues. Excerpts: Can you please do a […]
Statement read by David Ugolor, from the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Nigeria on behalf of Civil Society at the Global Forum on Asset Recovery Closing Session, 6th December 2017, Washington DC On behalf of civil society organisations present at this first ever Global Forum on Asset Recovery we are presenting this civil society statement. We thank […]