“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...

GOV. SANWO-OLU AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2022 LAGOS INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR AT TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.


PHOTOS: GOV. BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2022 LAGOS INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR AT THE BANQUET HALL, TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE, ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2022.
 
PIX 1 L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo and President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Asiwaju (Dr) Michael Olawale-Cole, during the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair themed: “Connecting Businesses, Creating Value” at the Banquet Hall, Tafawa Balewa Square, on Friday, November 4, 2022.

PIX 2 L-R: Vice President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Engr. Leye Kupoluyi; Opeluwa of Lagos, Chief Lateef Ajose; President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Asiwaju (Dr) Michael Olawale-Cole and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair themed: “Connecting Businesses, Creating Value” at the Banquet Hall, Tafawa Balewa Square, on Friday, November 4, 2022.

PIX 3 L-R: Mrs Adebola Olawale-Cole; President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Asiwaju (Dr) Michael Olawale-Cole; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Past President, LCCI, (Dr.) Mrs Nike Akande; Representative of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Okokno Etoabasi; Deputy Managing Director, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr. Muyiwa Akinyemi and Past President, LCCI, Asiwaju Solomon Onafowokan, during the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair themed: “Connecting Businesses, Creating Value” at the Banquet Hall, Tafawa Balewa Square, on Friday, November 4, 2022.

PIX 4 L-R: Vice President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Engr. Leye Kupoluyi; Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Dr. (Mrs) Lola Akande; President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Asiwaju (Dr) Michael Olawale-Cole; Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Representative of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Okokno Etoabasi, during the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair themed: “Connecting Businesses, Creating Value” at the Banquet Hall, Tafawa Balewa Square, on Friday, November 4, 2022.

PIX 5 L-R: President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Asiwaju (Dr) Michael Olawale-Cole; Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Dr. (Mrs) Lola Akande; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Mrs. Adetutu Ososanya and Representative of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Okokno Etoabasi, during the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair themed: “Connecting Businesses, Creating Value” at the Banquet Hall, Tafawa Balewa Square, on Friday, November 4, 2022.
                                                            
PIX 6 R-L: President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Asiwaju (Dr) Michael Olawale-Cole; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Dr. (Mrs) Lola Akande, during the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair themed: “Connecting Businesses, Creating Value” at the Banquet Hall, Tafawa Balewa Square, on Friday, November 4, 2022.

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