Tag: #FENRAD

Aug

17

2025

₦54b Education Fund: FENRAD Charges Gov. Otti On Accountability, Transparency

POLITICS#AbiaStategovernment, #Accountability, #FENRAD, #GovernorAlexOtti, #Transparency, #₦54bAbiaEducationFund

₦54b Education Fund: FENRAD Charges Gov. Otti On Accountability, Transparency Umuahia, Abia State — The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD) An Environmental & Anti corruption organization has again raised alarm over the controversial ₦54.07 billion reportedly expended by the Abia State Government on the retrofitting and rebuilding of public schools in the 2024 fiscal year. FENRAD, in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor and Barr. Femisi Akande Head corporate Accountability and Anti corruption, and made available to famousreporters.com today, Sunday, described the outrageous figure as deeply questionable and lacking transparency. According to…

Aug

16

2025

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Amnesty Int’l: FENRAD Reaffirms Campaign Against Insecurity, Gross H’Rights Abuses in S/E

NEWS#AmnestyInternational, #ArbitraryArrestsInSouthEast, #FENRAD, #InsecurityInSouthEast

Amnesty Int'l: FENRAD Reaffirms Campaign Against Insecurity, Gross H'Rights Abuses in S/E By Charity Uwakwe Enugu,Nigeria-Following the recent Amnesty International report highlighting the alarming rise in insecurity and gross human rights violations in South East Nigeria, the Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD) has reiterated its unwavering commitment towards championing peace, security, and human rights in the region. FENRAD stated this in a release signed by Comrd. Nelson Nnanna Nwafor, the Executive Director and made available to famousreporters.com today, Saturday, August 16, stressing that FENRAD would not relent in her support victims of violence and human rights abuses…

Aug

15

2025

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FENRAD Commends Tinubu over $125m IsDB Facility for Abia Integrated Infrastructure Devt. Pjt

NATIONAL NEWS#AbiaIntegratedInfrastructure, #BolaAhmedTinubu, #FENRAD

FENRAD Commends Tinubu over $125m IsDB Facility for Abia Integrated Infrastructure Devt. Pjt A clarion call has been made for a competitive bidding, civil society inclusion, and proactive disclosure in line with OGP commitments. Aba, Nigeria – August 15, 2025 – The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD) An Environmental & Human Rights Advocacy Organization commends His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the approval of a $125 million financing facility from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) in support of the Abia State Integrated Infrastructure Development Project. This milestone marks a significant commitment to rebuilding and upgrading critical…

Jul

27

2025

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FENRAD Set to Commence “Security, Civic Space, People” Radio Programme in Abia State, S/E Nigeria

NEWS#FENRAD, #FoundationForEnvironmentalRightsAdvocacyAndDevelopment, #NationalSecurity, #SUNFM91.9

FENRAD Set to Commence "Security, Civic Space, People" Radio Programme in Abia State, S/E Nigeria The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD) has, amidst greeat elation, announced the launch of a new public-interest radio programme titled “Security, Civic Space & the People”. According to a release signed by Chika Okoroafor, the Communication Officer, the programme is aimed at deepening civic engagement, promoting accountable governance, and strengthening community-security relations across Southeast Nigeria. The release further states that the groundbreaking programme will air weekly on SUN FM 91.9 the leading lights of the Airwaves, situated at 133, Aba/ Owerri Road,…

Jul

19

2025

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Ensure Budgetary allocations to Oil Host Communities Reflect people’s priorities, FENRAD urges PIA

NEWS#FENRAD, #HCDTFs, #OilHostCommunityDevelopmentTrustFunds, #PetroleumIndustryAct

Ensure Budgetary allocations to Oil Host Communities Reflect people's priorities, FENRAD urges PIA A clarion call has been made to ensure transparency, community needs assessment and implementation in Host Community Development Trust Funds under the umbrella of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021. The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD )an Environmental Rights Advocacy Organization has called for greater transparency, accountability, and community participation in the implementation of the Host Community Development Trust Funds (HCDTFs) as provided for under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), 2021. As the PIA mandates the creation of HCDTFs to ensure oil-bearing communities benefit…

Jul

19

2025

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13 EBONYI INDIGENES:WANEP Condemns gruesome massacre, charges Anambra govt. on security

NEWS#CharlesChukwumuSoludo, #FENRAD, #Killingof13EbonyiindigenesinAnambra, #WANEP, #WestAfricanNetworkforPeacebuilding

13 EBONYI INDIGENES:WANEP Condemns gruesome massacre, charges Anambra govt. on security The West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Southeast Nigeriahas expressed grief over the unwarranted, gruesome massacring of 13 innocent Ebonyi indigenes in Ogboji community, Orumba, South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The group expressed utter dismay in a statement jointly signed by Comrade Nelson Nnanna NwaforSoutheast Zonal Coordinator, WANEP, and the state coordinators across the Southeast region which was made available to Famousreporters.com today, July 19, 2025, lamenting that thirteen lives were "lost under circumstances that defy comprehension and humanity". The group, amidst devastation, called for efficient collaboration…

Jul

07

2025

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How 13 Ebonyi youths got murdered in Anambra, FENRAD demands investigation, justice

CRIME, METRO#13EbonyiyouthskilledinAnambra, #FENRAD, #Humanity, #Investigation, #NnannaNwafor

How 13 Ebonyi youths got murdered in Anambra, FENRAD demands investigation, justice By Charity Uwakwe A clarion call has been made to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the Director of State Security Services, and other relevant law enforcement agencies, to conduct a transparent, and independent investigation into the killings recent gruesome killing of 13 Ebonyi youths in Anambra state. The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), a leading human rights and environmental justice organization in a press statement made available to Famousreporters.com, Sunday, July 6, insisting that the perpetrators of the dastardly act be brought…

Jul

06

2025

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Shocking story how Oto Obong Uwem, Inner Galaxy Steel Staff Died … FENRAD Petitions Company

METRO#FENRAD, #InnerSteelGalaxy, #OtoObongUwem, #SafetyStandards, #UkwaWestLocalGovernmentAreaOfAbiaState, #Welding

Shocking story how Oto Obong Uwem, Inner Galaxy Steel Staff Died … FENRAD Petitions Company By Charity Uwakwe Foundation For Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD) a non-profit and Human Rights Organization, has condemned in totality, what it described as the "negligence and lack of safety standards of Inner Galaxy Steel, a company in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, resulting in the tragic death of one Mr. Oto Obong Uwem. Late Oto Obong, a Welder and an employee of the electrical department of Inner Galaxy Steel. In a petition jointly signed by Comrd. Nelson Nnanna Nwafor and…

Jun

03

2022

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Kidnapped Methodist Prelate: Treat, Priest’s, CSP Johnbull’s Confessions Against Military With Priority, FENRAD Cries Out

CRIME#FENRAD, #FoundationForEnvironmentalRightsAdvocacyAndDevelopment, #KidnappedMethodistPrelate, #MethodistNigeria

Kidnapped Methodist Prelate: Treat, Priest's, CSP Johnbull's Confessions Against Military With Priority, FENRAD Cries Out Press Release... "Are the Revelations by made by Methodist Church Prelate, CSP John bull Obiorugo pointer to something we dont Know? FENRAD Queries" Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD a pro-democracy and environmental rights advocacy group, having obtained, reviewed and analysed two explicit video materials where the Prelate of the Methodist Church and certain CSP Johnbull Obiorugo made revelations that suggest the Nigeria Army is complicit in the spate of kidnap-for-ransom common in the Southeast region now wishes to remind the military that…

Jun

01

2022

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NDDC PROJECTS: Abia NDDC Advocacy Groups Commend FG Over Project Cancellation, *Demands Sanctions

NEWS#FENRAD, #Foundation For Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, #NigerDelta, #projects, Advocacy, NDDC

NDDC PROJECTS: Abia State NDDC Advocacy Groups Commends FG for Project Cancellation, Demands further Sanctions Abia state NDDC Advocacy Groups & Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD), have unanimously applauded the Federal Government of Nigeria for ordering the cancellation of all contracts awarded by Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2000 to December 31, 2019. The group, while lauding the federal government, lamented that the beneficiary contractors were yet to mobile to the sites. The group, in a statement issued to Famousreporters.com described the feat as commendable, recounting that Niger Deltans had over the years, yearned for…