“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...

BENUE: IDOMA WOMEN LEADERS CALL FOR PEACE IN ADO. (PHOTO).


 BENUE: IDOMA WOMEN LEADERS CALL FOR PEACE IN ADO


A coalition of prominent Idoma women under the banner Anya’ Olo Ki DOMA, a political advocacy group, Thursday called for an end to the escalating crisis between the deputy speaker of the Benue state House of Assembly, Hon. Mrs. Lami Danladi Ogenyi, and the chairman of Ado local government council, Mr. Sunday Oche.


The deputy speaker of the Benue state House of Assembly, Lami Danladi-Ogenyi, recently filed a motion alerting the House to an alleged illegal detention cell in Ezza, Ado local government area.


Danladi-Ogenyi said the cell, purportedly operated by political stooges under the supervision of the council chairman, Sunday Oche, poses a significant threat to the lives of Ezza residents.


The motion calls for the suspension of chairman Oche and his deputy to facilitate an investigation. However, chairman Oche has vehemently denied the allegations, accusing Danladi-Ogenyi of blackmail after he refused to share local government funds with her. Oche maintains that he is not involved in any shady dealings.


The situation has escalated into a deep-seated crisis between the Ado council chairman and the deputy speaker, with their supporters reportedly engaging in physical altercations and petitions.

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