The acting Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, has reaffirmed his commitment to resource the authority to help exceed its 2025 revenue target of over GH₵ 200 billion.

He pointed out that resourcing the workers is crucial to achieving the target.

Mr. Sarpong made the pledge during a familiarization visit to the Large Taxpayer Office and the Circle Tax Service Centre, where he engaged with staff and assessed operational challenges.

He assured the officers that, the GRA will be equipped with the necessary resources to resolve challenges faced by the authority.

“Our sector minister has already indicated that in 2025 as GRA, he expects us to exceed 200 billion cedis as tax revenue. We are looking forward to that challenge because as a nation, we know that some sources of funding have been closed to the government and therefore enhancing and improving domestic tax mobilization is key on this journey of resetting Ghana agenda. It is our commitment to work as a team to ensure that we achieve the revenue target and also to ensure that we enhance and improve revenue mobilization”, he said.

According to him, the targets cannot be achieved if the team is not well motivated.

Mr. Sarpong promised to work with the top management to address the concerns of the staff, particularly to resource the GRA workers.

“The management team has already mentioned some of the challenges to me.  We will look at them and make sure that we begin to address them. As I said, we will not be able to address them in one year, that is a fact, but what we are committed to do is to address them consistently, year after year, so that with time, we can solve them”, he assured.

His visit also served as an opportunity to encourage staff to do more as the state will rely on the GRA for most of the revenue needs.