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Press Release: YEAC-NIGERIA COMMENDS FG FOR TAKING STEPS TO IMPLEMENT ITS PROPOSAL: PRESIDENTIAL ARTISANAL CRUDE OIL REFINING DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (PACORDI) WITH THE SETTING UP OF A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE INITIATIVE

August 18, 2023By 0 comment

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has commended the Federal Government for taking steps to implement its initiative, “Presidential Artisanal Crude Oil Refining Development Initiative (PACORDI)” which proposes the modification, modernization, legalization, and integration of artisanal refineries into the national economy, by setting up a committee on August 16 headed by Amb. Gabriel Aduda,…

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YEAC-NIGERIA CALLS FOR A STOP TO THE USE OF FIGHTER JETS, BOMBINGS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ARTISANAL REFINERIES IN THE NIGER DELTA; DECRIES ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

August 16, 2023By 0 comment

Recent developments in the fight against oil theft, artisanal refineries and illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta is the bombing of vessels, badges, boats and illegal refinery sites allegedly containing stolen crude oil using fighter jets by the Nigerian Airport and partner security operatives. While Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) registered by Corporate Affairs…

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PRESS RELEASE: OKRIKA EXPLOSION: YEAC-NIGERIA CALLS FOR THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, COMPENSATION FOR FAMILIES OF FISHERMEN KILLED

August 13, 2023By 0 comment

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has called for thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion that killed two fishermen among others in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State on August 1. Reports of the incident according to community members who spoke with YEAC-Nigeria’s team had it that a vessel conveying imported…

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PRESS RELEASE: IYD 2023: CREATE GREEN SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CENTRES, TRUST FUND FOR YOUTHS, YEAC-NIGERIA URGES GOVERNMENT

August 12, 2023By 0 comment

As the world marks the 2023 International Youth Day (IYD) today, Saturday, August 12 with the theme “Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World”, the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has called on the government at all levels to create Green Skills Development Centres and Trust Fund for young people for opportunities to…

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YEAC-NIGERIA PARTICIPATES IN NUPRC, RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT ON PIA

August 9, 2023By 0 comment

Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) on Tuesday, August 8 participated in the “Petroleum Community Engagement to understand the 3% Opex, their sustainable development and Participatory Rights as contained in the petroleum industry act (PIA) 2021” organized by Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission in partnership with the Rivers state Government held at the Dr. Obi Wali International…

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Subsidy Removal Palliative Buses: Also Provide Free Boats for Riverine Community People; YEAC-Nigeria Tells Government

August 7, 2023By 0 comment

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) has frowned at the exclusion of riverine community people by governments at all levels in the fuel subsidy removal palliative free transport schemes across the country especially in the Niger Delta and South-South geopolitical zone. The Executive Director of YEAC-Nigeria Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface stated this in a statement…

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NSCDC SYNERGIZES WITH YEAC-NIGERIA ON THE FIGHT AGAINST PIPELINE VANDALISM, OIL THEFT IN RIVERS STATE

August 2, 2023By 0 comment

The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has expressed willingness to synergize and partner with Youths and Environment Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) on the fight against the organized crime of pipeline vandalism, crude oil theft, artisanal refineries and illegal bunkering in Rivers State. The leadership of both organizations made the…

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New Collaborative Research Report: “Learning From Young People In Port Harcourt And Bayelsa Nigeria About Their Experiences Of Depression A Discussion Space”

July 28, 2023By 0 comment

A new collaborative research report between Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) and University Dons from University of Pretoria, South African, Leicester University, United Kingdom and Dalhousie University, Canada has been published by Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, The University of Leicester, United Kingdom. The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) in March 2023 facilitated…

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PRESS RELEASE: CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF YOUR OPERATIONS; YEAC-NIGERIA TELLS NEW JOINT ARMED FORCES OPERATION AGAINST ARTISANAL REFINERIES IN THE NIGER DELTA

July 21, 2023By 0 comment

CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF YOUR OPERATIONS; YEAC-NIGERIA TELLS NEW JOINT ARMED FORCES OPERATION AGAINST ARTISANAL REFINERIES IN THE NIGER DELTA Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria), a frontline nongovernmental organization that campaigns against oil theft, artisanal refineries and pollution in the Niger Delta among others has called on the new joint armed forces operation against…

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EDUCATION: YEAC-NIGERIA PARTNERS PEACE AMBASSADOR, DISTRIBUTES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO STUDENTS

July 11, 2023By 0 comment

As part of measures to support the provision of quality education for students in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4), the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) in partnership with a peace advocate, High Chief Solomon Ndigbara on Monday, July 10 distributed some educational materials to students in secondary schools in Ogoniland. High Chief…

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