{"id":126974,"date":"2015-06-22T06:23:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T06:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=126974"},"modified":"2015-06-22T06:23:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T06:23:29","slug":"angry-tamale-youth-attack-vranedco-over-dumsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=126974","title":{"rendered":"Angry Tamale youth attack VRA\/NEDco over dumsor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29822\" class=\"yiv3638689266MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29821\">Some irate youth in Tamale on Sunday night attacked the offices of the Volta River Authority (VRA) of the Northern Electricity Company (NEDco) over the ongoing power rationing exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29879\" class=\"yiv3638689266MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29878\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;etYXoNC4OFEJzSAZ3JmByegWecJpB9Qc&#8221;]The youth galvanized thier friends from various communities in the Tamale Metropolitcan area and marched to the offices of VRA\/NEDco.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29880\" class=\"yiv3638689266MsoNormal\">They smashed some of the company\u2019s properties with stones but the timely arrival of the Police saved the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3638689266MsoNormal\">They accused authorities of the VRA\/NEDco of unfairly targeting them and constantly turning off their lights especially during the period of fasting when according to them, they should rather have power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3638689266MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_46851.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-126975\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_46851.jpg\" alt=\"Angry Tamale youth\" width=\"731\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_46851.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_46851-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_46851-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29885\" class=\"yiv3638689266MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29886\">According to them, the power rationing halted during the Easter festive season for which reason same action should be taken as Muslims observe the ongoing Ramadan season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29884\" class=\"yiv3638689266MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29883\">They served notice of rejecting the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration at the 2016 polls if the power rationing continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3638689266MsoNormal\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29882\" class=\"yiv3638689266MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1434910844427_29881\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some irate youth in Tamale on Sunday night attacked the offices of the Volta River Authority (VRA) of the Northern Electricity Company (NEDco) over the ongoing power rationing exercise. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;etYXoNC4OFEJzSAZ3JmByegWecJpB9Qc&#8221;]The youth galvanized thier friends from various communities in the Tamale Metropolitcan area and marched to the offices of VRA\/NEDco. 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