Prominent clergymen, Archbishop Duncan Williams and Reverend Eastwood Anaba also members of the board of trustees of the National Cathedral project have requested for the immediate suspension and auditing of the project.
Following the controversies surrounding the project, the clergymen stated that the suspension will pave the way for transparency and accountability to be provided to the Ghanaian people.
In a memo sent to the Board of Trustees on Monday, January 23, 2023, they called for independent audit into the expenditures of the project.
“That 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 recognised accounting firm to audit all public funds contributed to and spent by the National Cathedral.
“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,” excerpts of the memo said.
The clergymen also stated that the project should be halted until the country’s economic conditions improve.
“That current activities 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,” excerpts of the memo added.
Since President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo originally proposed the National Cathedral Project, it has been one of the most contentious public topics in the country.
There have been questions regarding the project’s relevancy in light of the nation’s economic crisis in addition to the accountability issues that has been constantly brought up by the Minority in Parliament.
