Money Sucking National Cathedral Project Suspended over lack of funds

Executive Director of the National Cathedral Secretariat, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah has disclosed that construction works on the National Cathedral have been suspended due to the lack of funds.

He made this known while appealing for support.

“We have the contractors and their staff on site, but the work has been suspended. We are hoping that within the next couple of weeks, as part of our fundraising and other initiatives, we can begin work again,” he said at a short donation ceremony.

He had spoken in a meeting with the leadership of the Redeem Christian Church of God who had donated toward the National Cathedral.

“Our ability to complete this work keenly depends on Ghanaians supporting it. I refuse to believe that we can’t get a million Ghanaians out of the 21 million Christians to support this. I still have faith in the Ghanaians, and I am confident that we will do this.”

Interestingly, the Akufo-Addo government has poured millions into the project.

In March 2022, government released GH¢25 million to the National Cathedral Secretariat as additional seed money for the project. The project cost however is $450 million.

“The money might be big in terms of volume but if indeed we have 21 million Christians and a million can give us ₵100 a month for a year, we can easily complete this in time”, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah added.

President Nana Dankwa Addo Akufo-Addo has said the cost of building the National Cathedral should be borne by the Christian community even though he had earlier said the project would be a personal thanks giving offering to God for making him president.

The project has since been surrounded by controversy.