The Deputy Minister-designate for Finance, Thomas Ampem, has promised to work in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to leverage technology to increase the country’s revenue.
Appearing before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Monday, February 24, 2025, the Minister posited that the use of technology in mobilising revenue was crucial and the current administration would aggressively pursue revenue collection.
If achieved, the nominee said it will improve efficiency in public finance management.
“I will work with my minister [Dr Cassiel Ato Forson] and Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to use technology to ensure that we rake in more revenue.
“We have officials of the GRA who are so experienced in this and I believe that if we provide them with the right leadership and incentives, we will be able to do this. Without technology, we will not be able to achieve the target we’re setting for ourselves.
“We will build on whatever has been done previously. Government is a continual. We will deploy all those infrastructure that has been provided for us to be able to improve. We’re going to aggressively pursue revenue generation. And we will cut expenditure, as for expenditure, we need to constraint it,” he added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
