President Akufo Addo has assured that government will be transparent and judicious in the use of revenue accrued through the implementation of the electronic transaction levy Act.
According to the President “government agenda to introduce the electronic levy bill, now electronic transfer levy Act 2022 a is a strategic decision to boost our revenue mobilization drive in order to grow our economy by all by ourselves to improve social, economic and infrastructural development in the Republic of Ghana. The controversies which emanated from the inception of the electronic levy bill was a healthy one for our democracy as a nation” he said.
President Akufo Addo, therefore, assured that “the government is committed to ensuring the Judicious administration and implementation and the same time reporting of all revenues collected under the newly introduced electronic levy Act to impose a confidence in the government”.
He said this in a statement read on his behalf by the Eastern Regional Minister Seth Kwame Acheampong during the 60th-anniversary celebration of Rev. Friederich Monninger Memorial Presbyterian Church in Akosombo in the Eastern region on Sunday.
The anniversary was under the theme “Jesus Christ the light of the world
Akufo Addo assured the congregants that, the “government remain resolute and alive to serve all well-meaning Ghanaians despite the global economic challenges. we are focused to sustain and grow the economy to make it an enviable one hence the need to continue to invest in the future the benefit for the generations unborn”
On education, the President said, the free Senior High, Vocational and Technical Education policy is the special purpose vehicle to churn out the needed human capital for accelerated development.
” I am very optimistic the legacy to ensure every school-going child of this country attains a minimum of secondary education has overly been achieved the data is available to show. The free senior high school and the free technical vocational and education training are the best vehicles we have devised to take us to the realization of our goal of an educated and skilled workforce” he explained.
He added that “considering our current dispensation of technological advancement, every school-going child will continue to be given the requisite education to be equipped to run a modern and digitalize economy, and also the persue to achieve Ghana beyond aid is very promising especially when the government is poised to become self-reliant to win itself from over-reliance of foreign taste”
The President concluded by urging Presbyterian Church to help restore discipline among the youth in the country.
Asuogyaman MP
The Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman constituency Thomas Ampem Nyarko haven’t been honoured with a reward of a citation for his immense contribution to the growth and development of the Rev. Monninger Memorial Presbyterian Church, lauded the congregation for their feat in Christianity however urged the church to pay attention to unemployment among the youth to roll out interventions to address the menace.
“The church must also pay a little attention to helping to solve unemployment among the youth in the church, if the church can complement government and state institutions’ efforts in this regard I believe that it will go a long way to reduce the current unemployment situation bedevilling the country” he added.
Meanwhile, Rev. Oware Raynox Ankamah, who is the district minister and also the minister in charge of Rev. Friederich Monninger Memorial Presbyterian Church urged Christians to portray the values of Jesus Christ in all their endeavours.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
