{"id":5312,"date":"2025-02-04T06:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T06:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=5312"},"modified":"2025-02-04T06:54:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T06:54:23","slug":"julie-essiam-resigns-as-gra-commissioner-general-citing-gratitude-and-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/julie-essiam-resigns-as-gra-commissioner-general-citing-gratitude-and-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Essiam Resigns as GRA Commissioner-General, Citing Gratitude and Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Julie Essiam, the former Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has submitted her resignation letter to the government. Essiam was appointed by former President Akufo-Addo in March 2024, making her the first female Commissioner-General of GRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her resignation letter, Essiam expressed her gratitude to the former president and the citizens of Ghana for the opportunity to serve her country and showcase her abilities. She also thanked her team and employees at GRA, who she described as &#8220;excellent&#8221; and &#8220;devoted to their duties&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During her tenure, Essiam achieved significant success, including exceeding the revenue target for 2024. According to her letter, the GRA achieved approximately 152.977 billion Ghana cedis in revenue for the fiscal year 2024, surpassing the target of 145.998 billion Ghana cedis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Essiam&#8217;s resignation comes amid a series of changes in the government, following the recent removal of former President Akufo-Addo&#8217;s appointees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julie Essiam Resigns as GRA Commissioner-General, Citing Gratitude and Achievement<\/p>\n<p>Julie Essiam, the former Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has submitted her resignation letter to the government. Essiam was appointed by former President Akufo-Addo in March 2024, making her the first female Commissioner-General of GRA.<\/p>\n<p>In her resignation letter, Essiam expressed her gratitude to the former president and the citizens of Ghana for the opportunity to serve her country and showcase her abilities. She also thanked her team and employees at GRA, who she described as &#8220;excellent&#8221; and &#8220;devoted to their duties&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>During her tenure, Essiam achieved significant success, including exceeding the revenue target for 2024. According to her letter, the GRA achieved approximately 152.977 billion Ghana cedis in revenue for the fiscal year 2024, surpassing the target of 145.998 billion Ghana cedis.<\/p>\n<p>Essiam&#8217;s resignation comes amid a series of changes in the government, following the recent removal of former President Akufo-Addo&#8217;s appointees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5317,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5312\/revisions\/5317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}