This photobook chronicles the hardships and challenges of Niger Delta communities devastated by the 2022 floods caused by climate change. Since 2012, these communities have been ravaged by yearly floods, which have resulted in deaths, displacements, destruction of homes, and disruption of livelihoods. Unfortunately, governments at the national and sub-national levels have been slow to establish…
Ecology-focused Civil Society Organizations have raised an alarm over the presence of licensed miners inside the Cross River State National Park, describing ...
On the 25th- 27th July, 2023 We the People organized a learning and exchange workshop for forest, oil, gas and solid mineral extractive communities in the Niger Delta. Recent research and advocacy engagements by the organization has unraveled similarities in the economic and social patterns of extractives activities in various communities in the Niger Delta, irrespective…
The National Park in Oban, Cross River state is threatened with extinction following the license issued to two mining firms by the Federal Government to operate in the restricted...
On the 1st of September, 2023, We the People hosted a webinar with communities, experts and CSOs to dissect the Petroleum Industry Act; an Act often hailed as a model for driving benefits to oil producing communities. The Nigeria Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) was enacted in August 2021 with the objective of creating a more…
Communique Issued at the End of a Virtual Consultative Meeting with Stakeholders on the Deforestation in Cross River State, with the Theme ‘Framing Strategies for Ending Deforestation and Protecting Wildlife in the Cross River State Forest’ on the 21st of July, 2023. The meeting was organized as a space for civil society actors and other traditional…
Concept Note Cross River state is currently undergoing the highest spate of deforestation in the world. All evidence and reports show unrestrained and uncontrolled logging activities in the state. While paying lip service to climate change mitigation initiatives and promising ecological protection, the last administration in the state operated a policy that permitted and even promoted…
Some concerned stakeholders have faulted the existing systems for administering flood-related humanitarian reliefs by the federal and state governments, insisting that “it is prone to corruption.”
Communities in the Niger Delta have been faced with annual climate change induced floodssince 2012. The floods have led to the loss of lives, displacement of residents, destruction ofhomes, and disruption of livelihoods. Unfortunately, governments at the national and subnational levels have not been responsive in developing effective adaptation and mitigationstrategies to reduce adverse impacts occasioned…
Stakeholders on environment have decried the alarming rate of deforestation in Cross River state through illegal logging, saying the state government and other stakeholders must rise to the occasion.
Environmentalists from the Niger Delta region have called for conscious action from the federal government, multinationals and civil society organisations in addressing challenges to climate change on the region.
Since 2012, flooding has become a frequent and devastating occurrence in Nigeria, resulting in significant damage to communities, infrastructure, lives and properties. 2022 witnessed severe flooding that inflicted immense hardship on numerous Nigerian communities– especially those situated in the Niger Delta. The floods, which is now an annual phenomenon, led to the loss of lives, displacement…
Stakeholders at a one-day conference have called on the Cross River State governor, Prince Bassey Otu, to disband the newly constituted task force on illegal logging in the state. The forum made up of community persons, traditional rulers, civil society organizations, representatives of MDAs, paramilitary agencies, and the academia, met in Calabar, the Cross River State…
A coalition of stakeholders in Cross River state has faulted the immediate past governor of the state, Prof Ben Ayade for failing to control the forests or sustain the status quo that his predecessors had instituted. The stakeholders stated this when they converged in Calabar, the Cross River capital for a multi-stakeholder conference on deforestation...
Stakeholders in forest conservation in Cross River State have faulted the recently constituted committee by the state governor, Senator Bassey Otu. The conference, which was the second in the series, was organised by a civil society organisation, We the People, spearheaded by renowned conservationist, Ken Henshaw, in partnership with...
Environmental experts and community leaders have urged Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State to immediately disband the anti-deforestation taskforce he appointed about a week ago.
In a thought-provoking webinar organized by We the People and held on the 8th of June 2023, renowned experts and activists shed light on the need for accountability in the moves by oil companies in Nigeria to divest their onshore and shallow water assets. At the webinar titled ‘DIRTY EXIT: EXAMINING THE DOWNSIDE OF OIL COMPANY…
In the eight years that Prof Benedict Ayade has governed, Cross River State has lost a minimum of $200million from the United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation programme.
Concerned about the increasing degradation of the Cross River State rain and mangrove forest, a group of environmentalists have urged the governor-elect, Senator Bassey Otu to end the wave of deforestation.
A coalition of environment and ecology-focused civil society organizations under the aegis of ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ in Cross River State have called on the state’s incoming governor, Senator Bassey Edet Otu, to read the riot act to those destroying forests in the state.
Open Letter to the Governor-Elect of Cross River State His Excellency, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu on Strategies for Protecting the Cross River Forests and Reversing the Negative Trends...
Concerned about the increasing degradation of the Cross River State rain and mangrove forest, a group of environmentalists have urged the governor-elect, Senator Bassey Otu to end the wave of deforestation.
A collective of environment and ecology- focused Civil Society Organizations in Cross River State have written an open letter to the incoming Governor of Cross River, Sen. Bassey Otu to go after illegal loggers and destroyers of the State’s forest.
A group of environmentalists operating under the aegis of “WE THE PEOPLE” has charged the Cross River State governor-elect Senator Bassey Edet Otu not to hesitate to fix the escalating threat of deforestation once Inaugurated into office as state chief executive.
In almost a decade, the Cross River state government’s policy with respect to forest management has largely failed. As a result, the state has witnessed unprecedented forest loss which has now extended into the state forest reserves and the national park. The Roundtable will leverage on the emergence of a new administration in Cross River State…
On the 13 th of May, 2023, oil impacted communities across Africa and thousands of climate justice activists joined the People’s Heath Tribunal to hear testimonies from frontline communities on the negative impacts of extractivism on their health, environment and livelihoods. The event which was organized by a coalition of organizations including We the People, People’s…
Loss and Damage is a climate change response framework adopted during COP27 in Egypt, which recognizes people and communities that have suffered the effect of climate change such as desertification, flooding, loss of livelihoods, heatwave, wildfires, amongst others, due to no fault of theirs.
At a conference on Loss and Damage held on May 9, 2023 and organized by We the People, renowned experts, activists and members of frontline communities discuss critical perspectives on Loss and Damage. The conference shed light on the origins of the Loss and Damage conversation, the ongoing international debate around it, and the urgent need…
De This new report by We the People examines the true motive behind the divestment of International Oil Companies from Nigeria's Niger Delta region, where they have operated for over six decades. It contends that permitting IOCs that have damaged the environment, destroyed livelihoods, and poisoned indigenous people to simply walk away without first cleaning up…
A non-government al organisation, We the People, made the allegation at a press conference in Uyo, Akwa Ibom. Its Executive Director, Mr Ken Henshaw, claimed a recent international court judgement which ordered Shell Petroleum...
Concerned by the state of the Niger Delta region and the several issues that plague it, frontline civil society organizations- Health of Mother Earth Foundation, We the People and OilWatch Africa have held the Niger Delta Alternatives Convergence, a gathering of civil society organisations, socio-cultural and political groups, academics, traditional rulers, and individuals from the…
The oil and gas production in Nigeria is being severely impacted by the Western ESG strategies that are forcing IOCs to reconsider their upstream and downstream operations worldwide, resulting in major reshuffling and divestments of assets. Nigeria, one of OPEC's leading oil producers, has...
A Civil Society Organisation, ‘We the people’, has demanded that the Federal government of Nigeria to put in place a framework and a guide on how multi-national oil companies would disengage from areas where they have operated in the...
Oil companies touting divestment have been accused of abdicating their responsibilities in the Niger Delta after several years of poisoning the people and the environment through oil spills and gas...
A Non-Governmental Organisation under the aegis of We the People has faulted the rush by oil companies to divest their onshore oil and gas assets, describing it as a ‘criminal flight’ to abdicate responsibility for several years of poisoning the environment and the...
A Non-Governmental Organisation that works for ecological justice in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, We the People, has offered explanation into the motive behind the recent wave of divestment by international oil companies...
A Non-Governmental Organisation that focuses on ecological justice in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, We the People, has called on the Federal Government to come up with a framework that would guide multinational oil companies that want to disengage from their areas of operation in the...
Oil Companies are not Divesting in Nigeria, they are Fleeing Accountability and Justice Being text of a media briefing by We the People during the presentation of its new report ‘Dirty Exit’ in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. 15th April, 2023. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen of the media, we welcome you to this media briefing specifically organized…
Concerned with the deteriorating human and ecological rights situation in Nigeria, We the People has launched a Rights Academy in the Niger Delta city of Calabar to strengthen the capacity of a range of actors to respond to rights abuses. The Academy brings together 17 passionate young people who will be trained for 12 weeks…
