Accra, March 19, GNA - Mr John Vianney Kumdamuru, the Commissioner of the Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has called on the officers of the Division to work hard to ensure that they achieved the Gh?34.8 billion target set by the Government.
He said now that some of the taxes had been abolished, there was the need for the officers to eschew all forms of negative tendencies and work in unity to ensure revenue mobilisation.
Mr Kumdamuru made the call during the launch of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the CEPS Course One and Two of 1992, in Accra on Saturday.
The celebration is on the theme: “25 Years of Dedicated Service in Revenue Mobilisation and Customs Modernisation - Challenges and Prospects’’.
Some of the activities planned for the celebration are the provision of an ultra-modern basketball court for the Kpetoe Training School, donation to the Kpetoe Hospital, Family Day and Thanksgiving Service.
Mr Kumdamuru commended the officers for their hard work and urged them not to rest on their oars but continue to strive hard for the benefit of the Division.
Mr Kofi Nti, the Commissioner-General of GRA, in an address read on his behalf, commended the officers for their hard work and urged them to work hard to take the top positions of the Division.
Mr Albert Akurugu, the President of the CEPS Course One and Two 1992, said participants were officers enlisted in 1992 after successful completing their course at the Customs Training School at Kpetoe in the Volta Region.
He said by dint of hard work, two members of the association were now chief revenue officers and many were now principal revenue officers and some of them being facilitators that train others.
Mr Akurugu expressed the hope that the association would continue to put their expertise to bear for the betterment of the Division.
A health walk preceded the launch which started from the James Town Office of the Division through some principal streets of the capital to the Head Office.
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