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The Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Simon Kweku Tetteh, has said every government would succeed if the citizenry performed their duties by paying their required taxes and levies which the government uses for development.

He said in the situation where the people refused to pay their legitimate taxes and levies but rather read political meaning into those obligations draws the country back and that affected development programmes seriously.

“There is no country that will develop without collection of taxes and levies from the citizens even if that country is very rich in so many natural resources. So there is therefore the need for us as citizens of Lower Manya Krobo to honour our tax obligations for the development of the municipality and the country at large and no political meaning should be read into it as it is being done now,” the MCE said.

Mr Tetteh was answering questions at a forum organised by Youth and Women Empowerment (YOWE) and sponsored by STAR Ghana Foundation, the phase II of Gender and Social Inclusive (GESI), an interface between vulnerable groups at Odumase-Krobo.

The programme, which was entitled: “Promoting inclusive and participatory governance II,” was attended by persons with disability (PWDs), queenmothers association, traditional authorities, market women, organised groups, among others.