Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) has been working and partnering with Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) since 2017. The partnership continued with our collaboration with SOAS University of London (UK) since 2019 and production of reports and video on “Artisanal oil refining in the Niger Delta – networked economies (2020)”. You can watch the video…
Backgrounds/Introduction: A commercial bus driver, Mr. Christian popularly known as “Biggie” was on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 killed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital by one Mr. Patrick Igwe, an official of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) attached to the Rivers State Task Force on Street Trading and Illegal Motor Parks in the…
Advocacy Centre Condemns Killing of Bus Driver by Felix Nwadibeyi’s Taskforce, Calls for Prosecution of those involved, Review of Taskforce Operations Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) condemns in the strongest terms, the killing of a bus driver, Mr. Christian popularly known as “Biggy” in cold blood along the Mgboba-NTA Road on Tuesday, June 8.…
TWITTER BAN: A BRAZEN ATTACK ON FREE CIVIC SPACE IN NIGERIA! 5/6/2021 The Action Group on Free Civic Space is both shocked and displeased by the decision of the Nigerian government to suspend the operations of the microblogging and social media platform, Twitter, in Nigeria. This worrisome action not only constitutes gross and reprehensible attack…
ADVOCACY CENTRE PRESS RELEASE ON WED 2021 *Restore Commissioner in Environment Ministry; Appoint 3,000 Sanitation Marshals, Advocacy Centre tells Gov. Wike* *_…. Calls on artisanal refiners, security operatives to stop contributing to environmental pollution, make peace with nature and support ecosystem restoration efforts in Niger Delta_* *Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC)* joins nature enthusiasts…
Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) from June 2-4, 2021 participated and successfully completed yet another training course on “Gender and Social Inclusion” organized by European Union (EU) and British Council under the ACT (Agents for Citizen-Driven Transformation) Program series for Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in Rivers State.In this new training and organizational capacity building…
UPDATE AND PUBLIC NOTICE/MEDIA STATEMENT ON “INVITATION TO MODULAR REFINERY INVESTORS’ WORKSHOP WITH FOREIGN TECHNICAL PARTNERS AND REQUEST FOR COLLABORATION/ SPONSORSHIP” The publication on May 4, 2021 by Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) signed by its Executive Director, Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface inviting interested participants to Modular Refinery Investors’ Workshop and that “From Monday, May…
Two members of staff of Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) today concluded with others, a 3-day capacity strengthening training program for civil society organizations organized by British Council and European Union (EU) in the EU Agents for Citizen-Driven Transformation (EU-ACT) Program in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The training program which was the…
On May 5, 2021, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) visited some sites of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Report on Ogoni 2011 implementation by Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in parts of Ogoniland in company of other local and international team members. The site visit on May 5 started with a meeting and…
NOTE: Our Statement below now published on our website was released to the general public on October 10, 2020 and also published here on our Facebook Page October 10, 2020. It captures one of our many successful advocacies in the Niger Delta. Happy reading RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT HEEDS ADVOCACY CENTRE’S CALL, MOVES MODULAR REFINERY FILE…
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