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Why I Will Not Introduce New Taxes - Seyi Makinde

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    25% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    26% Somewhat Right

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The governor emphasized that the administration's priority is fostering economic growth to ensure a sustainable and fair tax system for the state's residents.
55% : He explained that his government is focused on bringing more people into the existing tax net.
44% : Speaking in a media chat with newsmen, Makinde asserted that the state has gone over six years without adding any tax.
41% : He described the approach as a "chicken-and-egg" scenario, questioning whether it is better to impose taxes first or create a conducive environment for economic growth.
37% : The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has promised that his administration will not introduce new taxes.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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