“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)

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 “No electricity, no vote,” South Africans threaten to shun ruling party ANC Residents in Katlehong, a township outside Johannesburg, have resolved to boycott South Africa's upcoming local elections on November 4 due to long-standing failures by authorities to provide basic services like electricity. For over 20 years, around 180 households in the community have relied on illegal electrical connections pulled from neighboring areas to power their homes. Angry over the lack of formal grid infrastructure, residents are directing their frustration at the ruling African National Congress (ANC). "We have made a collective decision: no electricity, no vote," said community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59. "We know it is illegal, but we had no choice because we cannot live without electricity. Our children cannot progress without electricity." "I was born ANC, but today I do not want anyone to tell me about the ANC because I am suffering," added 57-year-old resid...

FUEL SCARCITY,HITS AWKA ANAMBRA STATE.

                      According to sources,there is now fuel scarcity in Awka Anambra state and they are now selling fuel as high as N110 and N115 .Some pressmen who monitored the situation today wednesday reports that most filling stations had no fuel sign placed at their gates while a few that had the product had long queues of vehicles.Mr Benjamin Abimaje,Manager at Femas Services Station Awka said ''There was no product because of the sudden outrageous increase in loading cost.I have applied for products for some days noe but the increase in price and scarcity at the depot in Lagos had made it impossible for them to get loaded.We do not have fuel.The cost is high at the depot and when you add other charges,it may not land at less that N98.It is also biting us because we are not selling,no profit,yet we are incurring loss,we hope it normalises soon''.Chief Ikechukwu Nwankwo,Chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria {IPMAN},Enugu zone said ''I can confirm to you that there is no PMS now,the pump price increase is only natural because landing cost at the station is now between N95 and N99,the NNPC on its part does not have products.Marketers are having problems with funds because most times,government does not remit their part and even when they do,it comes late.Also the interests to banks eat up our profits.The government has role to play to ensure we come out of this problem''.More photos below.                                                                                

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