NDC MPs file 3 questions to drag Ken Ofori-Atta to parliament to account for National Cathedral funds
Members of the Minority caucus in Ghana’s legislature have filed three urgent questions to compel the Finance Minister to furnish the house with details on how much the state has spent on the National Cathedral project.
The opposition’s action follows the circulation of a letter pointing to the release of an additional GHS25 million from national coffers for the project as additional seed money.
For some time now, the government has indicated that the national cathedral project is to be financed largely by donations from the Christian community.
Briefing the media “The first urgent question is about the number of taxpayers’ funds released for the National Cathedral project thus far. The second urgent question is to ask the Minister responsible for Finance, how much taxpayer funds have been used to pay Adjaye and Associates and other consultants working on the National Cathedral project.”
“The third urgent question which stands in the name of Kwame Agbodza relates to the procurement processes because we have done our checks, and we are not convinced that the procurement law has been complied with,” Okudzeto Ablakwa said.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa had alleged that President Akufo-Addo ordered the release of the said amount.
Legislator for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, questioned the allocation of state funds to the national cathedral project.
He argues that the decision is an act of insensitivity to the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian in the face of the current economic difficulties.
In a post, he said: “The direction of this country is now in a precarious state that we can no longer keep quiet and accept all of this wanton dissipation of scarce resources to continue”.
The National Cathedral project was proposed by the government in March 2017 as a physical embodiment of national unity, harmony, and spirituality.
The $350-million inter-denominational cathedral will have an auditorium capable of seating 5,000 people, as well as chapels, and a baptistery.
