The National Cathedral Secretariat blew a whopping sum of Gh 790,000 raised from two fundraisers held in the United States on two symposia held at the Kempinski hotel.
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, made the stunning revelation in a post on social media.
According to him, the National Cathedral Secretariat has not only been wasting public funds but also blowing the money it manages to raise privately.
The MP has been on a long-running exposé against the Cathedral by releasing documents of how it wastes public funds allocated to the project.
According to him, after the minority recently scuttled plans for the government to allocate Ghc 80m to the Cathedral project, the Secretariat has been on a tear to raise private funds but he warned any potential donors their money will be wasted.
He said: “After we successfully blocked the GHS80million budgetary allocation for President Akufo-Addo’s Cathedral in Parliament; I have observed a spirited campaign by the National Cathedral Secretariat to woo private donors and assure the donor community that it can still meet its ambitious 2024 completion target.
“The Secretariat’s track record gives me very little confidence in that regard,” the post stated.
On the issue of how the raised funds were disbursed, Ablakwa stated: “This is a Secretariat that raised the equivalent of GHS794,990.01 from its fundraising in the United States of America, and then decided to host 2 Bible Museum of Africa symposia at Kempinski in Accra which cost them GHS790,845.27.
“In simpler terms, the Secretariat’s Kempinski expenditure is virtually everything raised from its US fundraiser, leaving only a measly GHS4,144.74 for actual construction. Any wonder the JV contractors, RIBADE Ltd have long abandoned site since March 2022 for lack of payment?” the post concluded.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com