Edward Apenteng Gyamerah, Commissioner in Charge of the Domestic Revenue Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, has stated that in the first three months of this year, the Ghana Revenue Authority did not meet its revenue targets.

Commissioner Gyamerah, who has been heading the Domestic Revenue Division of GRA since October 2019, mentioned that in April, a new top management team for the year was put in place, with Commissioner General Ms. Julie Essiam leading the team.

The following month, in May, a new Board chaired by Hon. Joe Ghartey was also sworn in.

He stated that they, along with the new Minister for Finance, were determined to improve the downward trajectory of revenue collection. They introduced new strategies and pushed themselves to reach the targets.

Commissioner Gyamerah made these comments when the Ghana Revenue Authority, led by their Chairperson Hon. Joe Ghartey, paid a courtesy call on the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, Most Rev. Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo.

He admitted that the job of a tax official was very difficult and therefore asked for the Methodist Church, and indeed all churches, to remember them in prayer.

Commissioner Gyamerah also informed the gathering that the new Finance Minister and the new Board had put them under immense pressure, but it had helped them exceed their own expectations.

Commissioner Gyamerah's Division is responsible for collecting over 70 percent of tax revenue in Ghana.