Deputy Finance Minister-designate, Thomas Nyarko Ampem has vowed to work closely with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to utilize digital tools in boosting national revenue collection.

He underscored the critical role of technology in securing funds for government projects and assured that strategies would be intensified to optimize revenue generation.

Ampem outlined plans to adopt digital solutions aimed at streamlining public finance management for greater efficiency.

During his vetting before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Monday, February 24, he reaffirmed his commitment to enhancing and expanding existing technological frameworks.

“I will work with my minister [Dr Cassiel Ato Forson] and Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to use technology to ensure that we rake in more revenue.

“We have officials of the GRA who are so experienced in this and I believe that if we provide them with the right leadership and incentives, we will be able to do this. Without technology, we will not be able to achieve the target we’re setting for ourselves.

“We will build on whatever has been done previously. Government is a continual. We will deploy all those infrastructure that has been provided for us to be able to improve. We’re going to aggressively pursue revenue generation. And we will cut expenditure, as for expenditure, we need to constraint it,” Ampem stated.