APC can’t take South-South states from PDP – Onuesoke

Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has expressed confidence that despite the present annulment by election tribunals, affecting some governors and lawmakers in the South-South Region, there is no way APC can take the South-South states from PDP.

Speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt while on solidarity visit to PDP Secretariat, Onuesoke said if re-run elections are held several times in the South-South states where both the governorship and state legislature elections have been annulled by election tribunals, PDP will still emerge victorious.

Referring in particular to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states where the governorship and some House of Assembly elections were annulled, he argued that APC agenda to take over PDP states in the South-South Region would fail because the region is made of people with democratic ideas and not republican.

Onuesoke stressed that APC cannot take the South–South states by force because they are in control at the national level.

He also advised the ruling party to allow the Constitution of the country to determine the fate of the people of the South-South, adding that any attempt by APC to force itself on the people would be futile hence the people know no other party than PDP.

Morocco Moves to Get Rid of Plastic Bags

Rabat – The Moroccan government is planning to get rid of plastic bags, which are massively used by consumers.
Mustapha El Khalfi, Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson, announced the introduction of a law that aims to eliminate all plastic bags from use in the Moroccan market.
According to Telquel, the Government Council adopted a bill banning the use, production, and import of plastic bags at a session on Thursday, October 29, in Rabat.
The text was presented by Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister of Industry, and will soon be discussed by Parliament before being put into force.
“It is a great challenge to protect the environment, health, soil, and livestock,” the same source quoted Elkhalfi as saying, in a press conference.
The Minister added that Morocco, which is “the second country in the world where one finds the most plastic bags, ” will adopt a law “banning the production, use, distribution, sale, and import of plastic bags” all over the country.
The Minister said that the government will look for an alternative to replace plastic bags in a way that will protect the environment but also help the industrial sector.
“For now, it is unclear what will replace these bags,” the same source added, but the government planned to hold a “national initiative to collect plastic bags” and replace them by another environmentally-friendly product.
Plastic bags can take 1,000 years to degrade, and can appear as a blight on the countryside, imposing a real threat to the environment and livestock.
According to a study cited by the Telegraph, “when seabirds, sea mammals, or fish ingest plastic particles, blocking of the gut is likely to harm or even kill the organism.”
A few years ago, Morocco had prohibited the use of black plastic bags for health and environmental reasons.
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Painful legacy of China's one-child policy

China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy, Xinhua news agency has reported.

All couples will now be allowed to have two children, the state-run news agency said, citing a statement from the Communist Party.
The town of Rudong was once held up as a model of enforcement for the one child policy, but it is now creaking under the weight of an ageing population, as John Sudworth reports.