“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...

AGRICULTURE: ORTOM MEETS CBN, NEXIM BANKS.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom today in Abuja, held separate meetings with the Managing Director / Chief Executive, Nigerian Export-Import Bank, (NEXIM Bank), Abubakar Bello and the Deputy Governor, Corporate Services of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Edward Adamu.
The two meetings focused on developing the agriculture value chain in Benue State.
By Terver Akase.More photos below.
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