The member of parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has shared CHRAJ’s Intriguing findings of the National Cathedral project.
It would be recalled that the member of parliament North Tongu had petitioned CHRAJ to investigate allegations of corruption and abuse of power about this project.
According to Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa CHRAJ findings revealed that the contract awarded to RIBADE by the Board of Trustees is illegal and void as it violates Ghana’s procurement laws.
Parts of his statement on X reads, “The Board of Trustees did not seek concurrent approval from the Central Tender Review Committee. The procurement breaches raise reasonable suspicion of corruption and corruption-related offences. The Board of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) should intervene to cancel the contract for the construction of the National Cathedral between the National Cathedral and RIBADE company as it has the power to do so under the Procurement Act”.
His statement further detailed, “The Commission recommends for further investigation and possible prosecution of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral who superintended over the award of the contract to RIBADE company in disregard to Act 663 as amended”.
The MP further added that Akufo-Addo’s National Cathedral project was a blasphemously grand create, loot and share scheme whose perpetrators CHRAJ insists must be prosecuted.
Meanwhile, the National Cathedral project was suspended in 2022 due to financial constraints, it is estimated that the project requires $450 million to complete.
The chairman of the Board of the National Cathedral project Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah had revealed that work on the project is set to resume after an audit report was completed.
See the post below:
Intriguing findings from CHRAJ on my National Cathedral complaint:
1) The contract awarded to RIBADE by the Board of Trustees is illegal and void as it violates Ghana’s procurement laws;
2) The Board of Trustees did not seek concurrent approval from the Central Tender Review… pic.twitter.com/GQlrtOogsO
— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) November 25, 2024
