The former deputy attorney general Joseph Dindiok Kpemka has expressed anxiety over the seeming lack of effort by duty-bearers to plug revenue loopholes in Ghana.
Talking to Kwaku Agyeman-Budu on Saturday (30 July) on Asaase 99.5 Accra’s news analysis and current affairs programme The Forum, Kpemka said some duty-bearers are benefiting from the current situation, and so they are relaxed about working to ensure that money goes into the right pockets.
“The revenue leakage in this country is terribly bad,” Kpemka said. “There are situations in this country where, in some circumstances, we should have been taking US$100 million, but we only end up collecting US$2 million, and the rest goes into private pockets.
Action time
“I made effort to reach a certain high-level official, but I never got access. I was blocked. Some of them even saw me as a joke,” Kpemka said.
“Revenue is going down and we can plug the loopholes, but we are not taking action to plug the loopholes, because some people are benefiting from it.
“We know the loopholes, but it appears we’re relaxed. We’re not taking enough actions to block them. Per what I’ve seen on paper, we have what it takes to raise the needed revenue to run this country,” he said.
Fred Dzakpata
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