{"id":146052,"date":"2025-11-18T08:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/146052\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T08:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:35:28","slug":"strong-revenue-mobilisation-needed-to-drive-2026-budget-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/146052\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong revenue mobilisation needed to drive 2026 Budget goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, has underscored the central role of domestic revenue mobilisation in achieving the government\u2019s ambitious 2026 economic transformation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the KPMG\u2013UNDP 2026 Post-Budget Forum themed \u201cResetting for Growth, Jobs and Economic Transformation,\u201d Mr. Sarpong said every major initiative outlined in the 2026 Budget would depend on Ghana\u2019s ability to significantly improve its revenue performance.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the country\u2019s aspirations for expanded infrastructure, stronger social services, and accelerated development cannot materialise without a stronger revenue base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we are going to get out there and do all the nice initiatives that have been catalogued in the budget, it is going to anchor on making sure that we drive growth and improvement in our domestic revenue mobilisation, and that anchors the very transformation that we are looking for,\u201d he said on Monday, November 17.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MTAsMCw2MA==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vallexlease.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" width=\"970\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VL-970x250-1.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout the revenue we will not be able to build our schools, we will not be able to build hospitals, and we will not be able to provide the essential services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come in the wake of the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama. The Budget, themed \u201cResetting for Growth, Jobs, and Economic Transformation,\u201d signals a shift from economic recovery to long-term productivity and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Forson highlighted Ghana\u2019s progress in restoring fiscal discipline, stabilising the cedi, reducing inflation, and rebuilding investor confidence. He described the new phase as a national reset, saying \u201cconfidence is returning\u201d and \u201cthe Black Star is rising once more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Budget focuses on sustaining fiscal discipline, responsible debt management, and targeted investments in infrastructure and agriculture to accelerate job creation. It also prioritises improvements in education, healthcare, and national security to foster inclusive growth.<\/p>\n<p>Read also\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2025\/11\/new-appliance-import-rules-take-effect-dec-1-energy-commission-warns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New appliance import rules take effect Dec 1 \u2014 Energy Commission warns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, has underscored the central role of domestic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,113,61,60],"class_list":["post-146052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}