According to the National Chief Imam Sheik Aremeyaw Shaibu's spokesperson, citizens of Ghana must pay higher taxes in order for the country to advance.

Taxation is the best option. In a debate that MyNewsGh.com was watching on GTV, Sheik Aremeyaw Shaibu stated, "I think we must demonstrate our devotion to taxation."

The comments made by Sheik Aremeyaw Shaibu are in response to a declaration made by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) about its goal to broaden the nation's revenue base.

“The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) reminds the general public of its Informant Award Scheme to reward individuals who provide information that leads to the recovery of taxes,” the statement said.

“The information includes disclosure of information on under declaration of taxes, smuggling or diversion of goods, under-invoicing, non-issuance of VAT invoices, alteration and falsification of records, failure to register for tax purposes”, it added.

The Ghana Revenue Authority in the statement promised a reward scheme for people who will help them with information leading to the recovery of taxes.

However, speaking on GTV Sheik Aremeyaw categorically stated that “let’s Ghanaians be educated to know that tax is not a bad thing. We only have to expand the economy and get people doing some work so that they can be paying taxes”.

Speaking to the issue of accountability, he stressed that, “once we are encouraging taxation, strictly speaking, we are encouraging accountability”

According to him, if people at the helm of affairs are not able to account for the tax people pay, they only discourage people from paying taxes.