Nigeria: ANEEJ Reacts to World Bank Investigation
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has urged the World Bank to change its workplace policy after an investigation found that staff members of the bank were pressured to alter data on Doing Business report. World Bank leaders, according to independent investigators, placed ‘undue pressure’ on staff members to alter data to […]
Nigeria: ANEEJ’s Ugolor Gets UNCAC Mandate
Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), David Ugolor, has been elected to represent Sub-Saharan Africa on the board of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Coalition. Ugolor’s election was announced by the UNCAC Coalition Managing Director, Mathias Huter, in a congratulatory message to the ANEEJ boss. Development Diaries reports that […]
Nigeria: ANEEJ Launches Social Protection Project
African Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has launched the ‘Enhancing Social Protection Programme in Nigeria’ (ESPPIN) project. The project, with support from Germany-based Bread for the World, will be implemented in Anambra, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, and Ekiti states. Speaking at the inception meeting of the project in Abuja, ANEEJ Executive Director, David Ugolor, […]
Nigeria: ANEEJ Provides Update on Ibori Loot
Deputy Executive Director at African Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Leo Atapku, says £60 million, which was looted from Delta State during the administration of James Ibori, will soon be returned to the Nigerian government. Atapku disclosed this at a two-day workshop organised by ANEEJ for journalists and officials of civil society organisations in Benin, […]
Nigeria: ANEEJ Condemns ‘Palliative Hoarding’
The African Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has called on the Nigerian government to investigate the alleged hoarding of Covid-19 palliatives meant for poor and vulnerable citizens. There have been reports of residents, under the guise of the #EndSARS protest, breaking into warehouses in Lagos, Kaduna, Ondo, Edo, Cross River, Taraba and Plateau […]
Nigeria: ANEEJ to Support Open Governance in Edo
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has announced that it will support civil society organisations (CSOs) and media advocacy for the implementation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) efforts in Edo State, Nigeria. The Deputy Director of ANEEJ, Leo Atakpu, who represented the Executive Director, Rev. David Ugolor, disclosed this at a […]
Nigeria: ANEEJ Monitors Disbursement of Funds
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, the disbursement of funds to the Nigerian poor to ameliorate the impact of Covid-19 has commenced. The African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), as part of its MANTRA project, was present at the kickoff of the […]
Why Nigeria Should Scrap Social Investment Programmes
President Bola Tinubu‘s recent suspension of social investment programmes under the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) agency raises more questions about the efficiency of the intervention. Development Diaries reports that all four programmes administered by the NSIP agency – N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfer, Government Enterprise and Empowerment, and Home Grown School Feeding – have been suspended […]
Nigeria: CSOs Demand Transparency in Rimingado Probe
A coalition of five civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria has demanded unwavering professionalism and integrity from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in the alleged investigation of the Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhyi Rimingado. Development Diaries reports that the EFCC […]
Nigeria: Civil Society Reacts to Tinubu’s Palliative Plans
A coalition of 17 civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria has faulted government’s slow response to the hardship resulting from the removal of fuel subsidy. Development Diaries reports that President Bola Tinubu, in his speech to the nation on 31 July, announced a series of measures aimed at fulfilling his campaign promises and easing the […]