Dr. Joyce Aryee, a member of the National Cathedral’s board of trustees, has dismissed concerns about staff payments, including those of CEO Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah, during the construction halt as “ridiculous.” Her response follows growing concerns over the project’s stalled progress and its impact on staff salaries. Speaking on the …
Read More »National Cathedral: We could have handled things better – Abena Osei-Asare
Abena Osei-Asare, the Minister of State-Designate for Finance, has acknowledged that there were areas in the management of the National Cathedral project that could have been handled more effectively. During her vetting on Wednesday, March 13, Mrs. Osei-Asare conceded that improvements could have been made in overseeing the project. She …
Read More »Convert the National Cathedral project into National Hospital, Organized Labour charged Gov’t
The Ashanti regional Chapter of Trader Union Congress has charged the ruling government to convert the national cathedral into a national hospital because it is a misplaced priority. Mr Augustine Adongo Ampambila speaking at the 2023 May celebration at Kumasi, reiterated the current economic crisis is not the result of …
Read More »Nat’l Cathedral subjects itself to statutory audit by Deloitte By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh- January 24, 2023
A statutory audit of all transactions carried out so far on the National Cathedral project is set to commence soon. Deloitte, which is said to have accepted to be auditors for the National Cathedral of Ghana when it was registered, is being engaged to undertake this exercise. The decision to …
Read More »Nat’l Cathedral Secretariat responds to Ablakwa’s claim
The National Cathedral Secretariat has said that following the January 7 memo that it issued to refute a ‘false’ claim made against the National Cathedral, its attention has been drawn to yet another false accusation. This time, and using information from the same documentation submitted by the Secretariat to Parliament …
Read More »Gov’t channels GHS80m earmarked for Nat’l Cathedral into Communication and Road sectors
The government has channeled the controversial GHS80 million that was earmarked for the construction of the National Cathedral into Communication and Road sectors, TV3’s Parliamentary correspondent, Komla Klutse who witnessed the the approved during the debate on the 2023 budget statement on Wednesday December 21 reported. Earlier, the Ranking Member …
Read More »Sanballats and Tobiahs: Akufo-Addo slams critics of National Cathedral project
President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described those criticising the construction of the National Cathedral as the biblical Sanballat and Tobiah. He says their continuous doubt over the erection of the edifice will not discourage him just as the Jews did not back down on the construction of the Wall of …
Read More »Parliament suspends approval of ₵80m for National Cathedral
The Trades and Industry Committee of Parliament has put on hold the approval of GH₵80 million allocated for the construction of the National Cathedral. The allocation, which was made to the Ministry of Tourism (MoT), has failed to receive endorsement by the Committee because members want more answers from the …
Read More »Let’s build Nat’l Cathedral to save Akufo-Addo from shame – Okyenhene
Traditional Area to help in rallying resources to get the National Cathedral of Ghana built. He said when built the National Cathedral will be a central place of worship for worshipers from far and near and will get Christians to know all about their religion without necessarily travelling to Israel. …
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