“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...

CHANGE OF BATON IN 6 DIVISION NIGERIAN ARMY.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.



CHANGE OF BATON IN 6 DIVISION NIGERIAN ARMY 



A new General Officer Commanding, (GOC) 6 Division Nigerian Army/ Land Component Commander Joint Task Force (South-South) Operation Delta Safe has assumed Command. He is Major General Jamal Abdussalam. Until his appointment as the 10th General Officer Commanding, 6 Division Nigerian Army, he was the immediate past Military Secretary (Army). 


Speaking at the handing and taking over ceremony, the out gone GOC, 6 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Olufemi Oluyede thanked officers and men of the Division for their support and cooperation which enabled him record the modest successes attributed to the Division. He called on Brigade Commanders, Commanders of affiliated formations and units, officers and men of the Division to extend even greater level of support to the new GOC.


While responding, the General Officer Commanding 6 Division Nigerian Army Major General Jamal Abdussalam appreciated the successes recorded under the leadership of the out gone GOC. He called on officers and men to always bear in their minds, the basics of soldiering. He pledged to consolidate on the successes of his predecessor while stating that threats to personnel, equipment and location would not be condoned. 


Major General Olufemi Oluyede only recently was redeployed to Army Headquarters, Abuja as Director, Directorate of Inspection and Compliance, Office of the Chief of Army Staff.

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