As the October 28 election date in Winnipeg garthers momentum the councilorship candidate for Waverly West in Winnipeg Dr Uche Nwankwo has promised to end decade long scourge of heavy property tax on residents if elected.
Dr Uche has been sounding this almost like a broken record long before he decided to contest for the position of a councilor. For him residents of Winnipeg have suffered many years of paying huge tax on their properties and he is saying enough should be enough.
According to him he is thinking outside the box by articulating and proposing alternative sources of revenue that will extricate residents from the burden of heavy taxation on properties.
As an experienced scholar and lecturer in Agricultural Economics who has been teaching Economics in some reputable universities in the world Dr Uche is bringing in his theoretical vast experience to practical terms for the benefits of Winnipeg residents.
As a passionate resident and stakeholder in Winnipeg Dr Uche is not just doing this for pecuniary political purposes but he is attaching it to other verifiable worthy innovations he has brought to the city of Winnipeg. Prominent among these things are the incubation of the idea of shopping bags in malls and other places which has now made the city to be a lot cleaner. Added to this is the fact that Dr Uche is one of the brains that worked for the soon to kick off Direct Flight from Lagos, Nigeria to Winnipeg. The commercial and economic benefits of this can only be imagined when it eventually kicks off.
Based in all these and a whole lot more it is incumbent on Winnipeg residents that in considering who to vote as online voting draws to an end and as the October, 28 election day approaches they should be courageous enough to shun primordial, irrelevant factors and interests and vote for a candidate who will bring real charge to the city of Winnipeg.
