Two well-respected members of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral project, Archbishop Duncan Williams and Reverend Eastwood Anaba, have unanimously requested the suspension of the most controversial project.
A statement sighted by this Apexnewsgh.com says, in the spirit and cause of transparency and accountability to the Ghanaian people, the current Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral shall appoint an independent, nationally recognized accounting firm to audit all public funds contributed to and spent by the National Cathedral.
The statement further pointed that, “Auditors will also audit the overall cost of the project. This appointment of an auditor shall take place before the deferment of activities of the Board of Trustees,”
“That current activity advancing the construction of Ghana’s National Cathedral shall be deferred until the atmospherics in Ghana are improved and the audit of the Cathedral account is done,”
Over a period, the National Cathedral has been one of the controversial issues in the media space as a result of some mind-blowing revelations made by the North Tongu Law maker Samuel Ablakwa over alleged multiple identities with a different dates of birth.
However, the issue has been officially reported to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the matter.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on March 16 appointed a 13-Member Board of Trustees to spearhead Ghana’s National Cathedral.
At their inauguration at the Jubilee House, the President said the 13-member Board of Trustees will be in charge of the National Cathedral when it is completed. The members are:
Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah, former Chairman of the Church of Pentecost – Chairperson
Archbishop Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop, Cape Coast – Vice Chairman
Most Rev. Bishop Justice Ofei Akrofi, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus – Member
Rt. Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church – Member
Most Rev T. K. Awotwi Pratt, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church – Member
Rev Prof Cephas Omenyo, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church – Member
Pastor Mensa Otabil, General Overseer of International Central Gospel Church – Member
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of Action Chapel International – Member
Rev Dr Joyce Aryee, Executive Director, Salt and Light Ministries – Member
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, Presiding Bishop, Lighthouse Group of Churches – Member
Rev Eastwood Anaba, Founder and President of Eastwood Anaba Ministries – Member
Rev Victor Kusi-Boateng, Founder of Power Chapel Worldwide – Member/Secretary
Rev Dr Frimpong Manso, General Superintendent, Assemblies of God – Member
At the National Cathedral Secretariat, there is an appointed Executive Director known as Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah with two (2) representatives of the United States (UN).
In August 2022 Bishop Dag Heward-Mills resigned as a member of the trustee.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana
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