In Nigeria, Uche Nnaji vows to end excessive taxes in Enugu
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard
PDP governorship candidate for Enugu State, Uche Nnaji, says he is running in the 2027 election to end excessive taxation, which he says is driving entrepreneurs and investors out of the state. He pledges industrialisation, jobs and action against insecurity, according to Vanguard.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Enugu State, in south-east Nigeria, Uche Nnaji, says he is seeking election in 2027 to rescue the state from what he describes as excessive taxation weighing on businesses and residents, Vanguard reports.
Nnaji, a former Minister of Science and Technology, says businessmen and investors are leaving the state because of tax, and that Enugu has become one of the most expensive places in the country to do business. He made these remarks to Enugu indigenes living in Aba, Abia State, gathered under the Enugu State Consultative Forum, Abia State chapter. He pledges to revive the economy through industrialisation and job creation, and to tackle insecurity, which he says is rising with the return of armed robbery.
According to Nnaji, the state government collects 36,000 naira from rural traders, although many of them do not earn that amount in a year. He also disputes the rise in the state’s internally generated revenue, which he says went from 26 billion to 406.7 billion naira, and compares it with that of neighbouring Abia and Anambra states. He promises to create industries to take more than 50,000 young people off the streets.
