“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...

FG BEGINS ₦18BN SEVERANCE PAYMENT TO 2,100 FORMER NIGERIA AIRWAYS WORKERS. (PHOTO).


 FG BEGINS ₦18BN SEVERANCE PAYMENT TO 2,100 FORMER NIGERIA AIRWAYS WORKERS


The federal government has commenced the payment of eighteen billion naira in outstanding severance benefits to 2,100 former employees of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited.


The payment follows President Bola Tinubu’s approval to settle the longstanding financial obligations owed to the former workers.


Payments to beneficiaries in batches-one- to -seven have been completed, while the benefits of another 600 former workers in batches eight and nine are being finalised.


The process involved verification, biometric capture and validation of beneficiaries’ personal and banking information.


The government says a mop-up exercise will also be conducted for eligible beneficiaries whose records could not be processed during the initial exercise, including cases involving deceased beneficiaries and their next of kin or estates.


The exercise is expected to bring further relief to former Nigeria Airways workers who have waited for several years for their outstanding entitlements.

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