By Isaac Kwaku Gyedu
Juaboso (WN/R), May 28, GNA – The Juaboso District Assembly has organised a workshop for newly recruited revenue collectors to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge on effective revenue mobilisation.
The training was aimed at educating the collectors on the distribution of bills and updating records to improve upon the Assembly’s Internally Generated Fund (IGF).
Mr Ambrose Gago, the Juaboso District Budget Officer, during the event said the workshop was to equip them with strategic ideas and skills to mobilise revenue for development.
He added that what the collectors needed to know was to ensure that proper education and sensitisation were given to the people for them to understand why they should pay their taxes.
Mr Alexander Adu Quist, the District Chief Executive (DCE), said domestic revenue mobilisation was crucial for economic and social development of the district.
He advised the collectors to exhibit good communication and customer relations with the people to help persuade them to fulfil their tax obligations.
“I am as well urging you to furnish the Assembly with names of defaulters for the right measures to be taken against them to deter others with wrong intentions about tax payments,” he noted.
He appealed to the people of Juaboso to pay their taxes timely and appropriately to help generate enough funds for development.
Mr Douglas Ntiamoah Mensah, the Juaboso District Accountant, also underscored the need for the training, and said it was meant to educate the collectors on addressing revenue shortfalls, tracing and tracking revenue source, and keeping revenue records among others.
GNA
Edited by Justina Paaga /Kenneth Odeng Adade