Anambra Guber: PDP candidate, Obaze promises harmonized and efficient tax system

Dr Ofunne Obaze, wife of the candidate of the People’s Democratic

Party (PDP) in the Anambra 2017 governorship elections, has revealed

The plan of the candidate to run an efficient tax system.

Speaking in Awka on Monday during the tour of PDP Women, Dr. Obaze

Said her husband, Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze, has plans to harmonise the

Current tax system. She decried the effects of multiple taxations

Re-introduced by the current administration. According to her, the PDP

Candidate, if elected, will expand the state’s tax base, reduce tax

Burden and introduce solitary monthly payments. She said the move is

Aimed at relieving the plight of market women who are struggling to

Make ends meet and also take care of the family.

She also said the PDP candidate and his running mate will genuinely

Make Awka a befitting capital city. She recounted the struggles of

Various governments to live up to the usual campaign promise of

Transforming the Awka capital city, saying it failed because of lack

Of proper planning and government commitment. She said that plans and

Results of studies on how to transform the capital city is already

Available.

Dr. Obaze reminded the crowd that her husband had, as SSG to former

Governor Peter Obi attracted foreign partners to Okpoko who did a

Study on the city for urban renewal but the plan failed to materialize

Owing to their lack of confidence in the current administration. She

Assured that with Mr. Obaze in the saddle, that Anambra will leverage

On the synergy that exists between him and development partners to

Transform Awka into a modern city.

The US-trained pediatrician reiterated the commitment of the PDP to

Offer free, quality and compulsory education from kindergarten to JS3,

As well as raise the budget for education from what it currently is to

26 percent as recommended by UNICEF.

She further stated that one of the quickstarts of their government

Will be the reintroduction of five thousand Naira social welfare

Package for the aged and the introduction of Charity Care which will

Attend to the free healthcare of indigent citizens and affordable

Healthcare for all citizens.

Dr. Obaze was in the company of Mrs. Margaret Obi, wife of the former

Governor and women stakeholders in Awka South Local Government Area.