Sokoto PDP guber candidate vows to increase IGR through industrialization

Olakunle Maruf

Just a few days before the 2023 governorship elections, the Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate in Sokoto State, Mallam Sa’idu Umar Ubandoma, has vowed to industrialize the state to generate more revenue.

Ubandoma, who was the immediate past Secretary to the State Government in the state assured that his administration if elected, will work on how the state will sustain itself without relying on federal allocation.

He stated this while speaking with a working journalist in the state on his plan for the state if elected as the next governor of Sokoto State.

“In Sokoto State, our internal revenue is very low and we cannot just depend on going to Abuja every month to collect stipends which in the end cannot sustain us for weeks.

“We would not try to improve on our revenue but not by increasing tax collections process or putting the burden on the citizens.

“As someone with experience in the private sector, we would have to diversify by investing in industries and companies. We would establish companies that will provide direct income to the government.

“The industries will help us in creating direct employment for our teeming youths and contribute immensely to our internally generating revenue, that is one area my administration is looking at”

Ubandoma however appealed to electorates in the state to come out in large numbers to vote for all the candidates of the PDP in the forthcoming gubernatorial and house of assembly elections.

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