Mr. Seth Terkper, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, has charged the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to step up its revenue collection performance to achieve set targets for the year.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”waGAU12luSlUKJLuAbZzLRezMAr6Rlqx”]The Authority is expected to rake in GH\u00a222 billion and he said the officers would have to do everything possible to hit the target.<\/p>\n
GRA in 2014\u00a0projected to collect GH\u00a217 billion but narrowly missed this by 2.7 per cent.<\/p>\n
The Authority had previously also missed its targets in 2013 despite massive organisational reforms to make them more efficient.<\/p>\n
Mr. Terkper said improving the generation of internal funds was critical because Ghana could not continue to depend on donor support to meet the ever increasing government expenditure.<\/p>\n
It was for this reason that his Ministry had approved the payment of bonuses to motivate the GRA staff and challenge them to achieve this year\u2019s target.<\/p>\n
He said this in a speech read for him at the opening of the first National Delegates\u2019 Congress of the GRA Workers\u2019 Union at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality.<\/p>\n
The three- day meeting, which is being held under the theme, \u201cFive years of integration of revenue agencies- challenges and achievements\u201d, would be used to assess performance and discuss the way forward.<\/p>\n
Again, it would provide the platform to deliberate on issues bothering on quality service delivery and members\u2019 welfare.<\/p>\n
Mr. Terkper advised the personnel against corrupt practices and demanded that they upheld the values of integrity and professionalism.<\/p>\n
Mr. Boniface Owusu, Interim Chairman of the Union, urged the members to take the deliberations seriously.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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