The Resource Justice Network Nigeria (RJN Nigeria) has rebranded from Publish What You Pay Nigeria, marking a strategic shift toward resource justice and environmental sustainability. The transition was announced by National Coordinator Erisa Danladi at a strategy launch and partners' roundtable in Abuja on Wednesday. Danladi described the move as "an ending and a new beginning" after more than 20 years of advocacy focused on transparency in Nigeria's oil, gas and mining sectors. She credited the coalition with advancing NEITI's institutionalisation, improving monitoring of corporate payments and government revenues, and contributing to reforms that led to the Petroleum Industry Act. The group also supported the recovery of millions of dollars in unaccounted funds and expanded citizen participation in resource governance. Danladi said RJN Nigeria would implement its Strategic Plan (2025–2028), aligned with the global Vision 2030 framework, adopting an ecosystem approach to build a broader movement for equitable resource management. Key priorities include strengthening institutional accountability, protecting frontline activists and enhancing community decision-making roles. Rev. David Ugor, Executive Director of ANEEJ and former National Coordinator of Publish What You Pay Nigeria, urged a move beyond transparency to address structural inequalities in resource governance. Auwal Rafsanjani, Executive Director of CISLAC, noted Nigeria's vast natural resources have not translated into equitable development. Dr Otive Igbuzor emphasized that Nigeria's energy transition must be a socio-economic and political transformation rooted in resource, environmental and social justice.
Erisa Danladi leads an organisation that spent over two decades pushing for transparency, yet the rebrand to resource justice implies those efforts did not deliver tangible equity for Nigerians. The admission that resource wealth still fails to drive shared prosperity undermines the impact of past reforms championed by the coalition. Millions of dollars recovered mean little when structural inequalities remain unchanged across oil, gas and mining communities. The shift in focus suggests transparency alone was never enough.
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