“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...

FORGIVE ME FOR ALL THE WRONGS I DID TO YOU- GANDUJE BEGS KANO RESIDENTS.(PHOTO).




Forgive Me For All The Wrongs I Did To You – Ganduje Begs Kano Residents


April 24, 2023

    

Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje has appealed to residents of the state who he may have offended in any way during his tenure as their governor, to forgive him.


His appeal is contained in a statement released by Muhammad Garba, the state’s commissioner for information and internal affairs.


According to the statement, Governor Ganduje whose two-term tenure of eight years will end on May 29, spoke in his Eid-el-Fitri message on Friday, April 21. The governor said he is not holding grudges against anyone, and that he has forgiven people “who at one time disparaged my person and my character for whatever reasons.”


“I’ve forgiven anyone who at one time disparaged my person and my character for whatever reasons, and on my part, I equally beg or seek for your forgiveness for all that I’ve done wrong to you. For those who we have wronged, forgive us, on my part, I’ve forgiven those who wronged me no matter the weight of the offence.” the statement quoted him as saying.


Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was supported by Governor Ganduje was defeated by Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the Kano state’s governorship election.

 

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