A one day workshop was organized in Wa in the Upper West Region by the regional Youth Authority in collaboration with Action aid Ghana yesterday to mark international youth day and to launch Upper West regional chapter of Activista; a global connection of youth working to fight tax justice in society. The day saw participants from almost all districts in the Upper west region, people came from; Tumu, Jirapa, lawra, Lambusie and Wa, Participants were taken through the significance of the international youth day and how the youth can benefit from this special day. The youth were tasked to stand up and show leadership in the various districts they came from.
Mr. Tontie of Action Aid represented the organization at the celebration and the launch. In launching the upper west regional chapter of Activista, he challenged the leadership for Activista; Rasheed from Tumu, Lambert from Jirapa, Adalyne from Wa to hold regular meeting after the launch to create more awareness about the role of Activista. After Activista was fully launched, participants were made to speak about how the body can take up the issue of Tax justice. coconutnews24 spoke to one of the organizers of the program, Mr. Rasheed Salifu from Tumu who said the purpose of forming Activista in the Upper west region was to help in the national fight against Tax justice in Ghana, they think that if the issue of Tax justice is taken up seriously it can help the government to generate more revenue. Once more revenue is generated, the government will have more space to bring more development to the nation.
Another participant in the workshop, Madam Florence said the workshop was very helpful to her but also added that next time if something like this was to be organized in the region they should reach out to more people within the region.
Writer : Citizen Bashiru Jinapor
Niche.: Freelance Journalist
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