Apam (C/R), Feb. 28, GNA - The Central Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education, (NCCE), Mr Frank Adoba has observed that for democracy to stand the test of time in the country, Ghanaians need to build a strong economic base to prevent reliance on the outside world for support for the national budget.
He noted that meeting the country's tax obligations was a pre-requisite for economic growth and called on civil society organizations, religious groups, unit committees, urban/town and area councils to assist revenue collection agencies in educating the citizenry on the need to honour their tax obligations.
Mr Adoba was speaking at the launch of tax education campaign by the NCCE in the Central Region at Apam.
He reminded the people that government relied mostly on tax to undertake development projects and pointed out that persons who evaded tax did not want their communities and the nation to develop.
The NCCE Regional Director called for judicious use of taxes collected to encourage people to honour their obligations willingly.
"Refusal of people to pay taxes is due to the lack of effective use of the revenue to benefit the payers", he noted.
In a speech read for her, Madam Joyce Aidoo, Gomoa District Chief Executive cautioned Ghanaians against regarding the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) as a substitute for Internally Generated Fund (IGF) and therefore refuse to pay their taxes.
The DCE reminded them that even the allocation of the DACF was based on how much fund a district was able to generate internally stating that the Assembly would build the capacity of the unit committees, town and area councils to enable them to help in revenue collection.
Mr Emmanuel T Mensah, Gomoa District Director of the NCCE in a welcoming address appealed for financial and logistics support for the Commission to enable it to embark on education of the public on important national issues and government programmes.
Mr Albert M Quartey, a Senior Local Government Inspector, took the participants through some rules and regulations in tax payment.
28 Feb. 07
He noted that meeting the country's tax obligations was a pre-requisite for economic growth and called on civil society organizations, religious groups, unit committees, urban/town and area councils to assist revenue collection agencies in educating the citizenry on the need to honour their tax obligations.
Mr Adoba was speaking at the launch of tax education campaign by the NCCE in the Central Region at Apam.
He reminded the people that government relied mostly on tax to undertake development projects and pointed out that persons who evaded tax did not want their communities and the nation to develop.
The NCCE Regional Director called for judicious use of taxes collected to encourage people to honour their obligations willingly.
"Refusal of people to pay taxes is due to the lack of effective use of the revenue to benefit the payers", he noted.
In a speech read for her, Madam Joyce Aidoo, Gomoa District Chief Executive cautioned Ghanaians against regarding the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) as a substitute for Internally Generated Fund (IGF) and therefore refuse to pay their taxes.
The DCE reminded them that even the allocation of the DACF was based on how much fund a district was able to generate internally stating that the Assembly would build the capacity of the unit committees, town and area councils to enable them to help in revenue collection.
Mr Emmanuel T Mensah, Gomoa District Director of the NCCE in a welcoming address appealed for financial and logistics support for the Commission to enable it to embark on education of the public on important national issues and government programmes.
Mr Albert M Quartey, a Senior Local Government Inspector, took the participants through some rules and regulations in tax payment.
28 Feb. 07
