Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of Government Communications and Presidential Spokesperson, has revealed that President John Mahama has directed the Attorney-General to take legal steps to dissolve the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project.
On Friday, July 18, Felix Kwakye, during a press briefing on the National Cathedral audit findings he made this known.
Felix Kwakye stated, “The above audit findings rock the very foundation of the project and the work of the Secretariat and raise serious questions about the use of public funds”.
“The National Cathedral Ghana was registered limited by guarantee. In view of that, the Attorney General has been directed to take legal steps… and we expect that to be done in the coming days,” he said.
In addition, the Mahama government also denied claims of plans to convert the National Cathedral Site into a Cultural Convention Centre.
Kwakye Ofosu added, “President Mahama has not taken any such decision. What it is, is that the 24-hour Secretariat received a proposal from an entity regarding what they believe the Secretariat can be used for.
“But no such decision has been taken by President Mahama on the subject,” Mr Kwakye Ofosu.
National Cathedral audit findings
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, has revealed that Ghana owes the contractor of the National Cathedral an additional $39million.
According to Felix Kwakye, documents reveal Ghana owes the contractor an additional $39 million for the National Cathedral, raising the total project cost to $97 million, far above the widely cited $58 million.
He revealed that the total cost incurred for the hole at the site of the National Cathedral project now stands at $97 million.
Board of Directors of the National Cathedral
The Board of Directors of the National Cathedral of Ghana had earlier insisted that the Cathedral project has not been abandoned.
The board dismissed reports claiming that the state-allocated site for the National Cathedral project is being repurposed into a Cultural Convention Centre.
According to the board, no government agency has officially communicated any change in the project’s purpose.
On Wednesday, July 9, in a statement issued by the Executive Director of the National Cathedral, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah, stated, “The National Cathedral project has not been abandoned, nor has there been any official decision to convert the site into a Cultural Convention Centre”.
“The site remains legally held by the National Cathedral of Ghana, incorporated as a company limited by guarantee, with all architectural and design plans tailored specifically for its current religious and cultural vision.”
“The Board remains fully committed to the vision of the National Cathedral,” Dr. Opoku-Mensah concluded, “not only as a national place of worship and unity for the Christian community, but also as an interfaith and cultural space for all Ghanaians.”
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Minister of Government Communications and Presidential Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has said that President John Mahama has directed the Attorney-General to take legal steps to dissolve the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project.#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/IpxHOSmaTo
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