Ahead of the February FCT Area Council elections, the chairmanship candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Abuja municipal area council (AMAC), Hon. Michael Odoh, has promised to cut down AMAC taxes and tenement rate fees by 50 percent.
Odoh said this while addressing his supporters during the flagging off of “YPP AMAC 2022 Door-to-Door campaign” at Kabusa Ward of the area council on Thursday in Abuja.
He noted that he will not just reduce the tax, but the over 1500 youths scattered along AMAC roads acting as tax and enforcement agents in the name of AMAC will be withdrawn and gainfully engaged with better jobs at the council.
He said that over 40 percent of revenue generated by AMAC ends up in the pocket of individuals, and that if elected, he will deploy digital revenue collection mechanisms in other to ensure that all revenues come through a central system.
In the area of job creation, Odoh said, “If elected, my administration will establish massive jobs through food industries under the window of Private Public partnership. This will enable the council raise enough capital to drive massive community development and enhancement, job creation for youths and empowerment for women and youths.”
On the development of the communities in AMAC, Michael said that he will set a reinvestment mechanism that will ensure that 40 percent of every tax generated from every market or community within the area council is reinvested back to that market or community.
He said he believes communities that lack basic amenities will get them and will ensure that people benefit properly from the tax they’re paying.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday released the final list of candidates of political parties vying for chairmanship and councilors in the forthcoming election with AMAC having a total of 14 chairmanship aspirants comprising of 13 male and one female.
