The Vice President, Pro­fessor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has charged newly commissioned officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to work hard to transform the organisation into a model of excellence in Africa and beyond.

According to her, the division had become the lifeblood of the country's revenue mobilisation and needed to improve on its opera­tions.

The Vice President made the call in a speech read on her behalf by the Chief of Staff at the Office of the Vice President, Alex Segbefia when he commissioned 203 Cadet Officers into the Customs Division of the GRA at Kpetoe in the Agor­time-Ziope District of the Volta Region on Friday.

Mr Alex Segbefia inspecting the guard of honour "I challenge you to be the gener­ation that will transform Ghana's Customs Division into a model of Excellence for Africa and beyond.