Issues of National Cathedral are not resolved on Newsfile – Executive Director
The Executive Director of the National Cathedral Secretariat, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah, has stated that despite his recognition of the controversial issues surrounding the project, such matters cannot be resolved on Newsfile.
According to him, even though he is aware of the concerns about the funding of the project and other relevant matters from stakeholders, those pertinent issues cannot be addressed on the weekly news analysis TV programme.
Speaking in an interview with Samson Lardy Anyenini on Newsfile on Saturday, he stated that his outfit has noted the public outcry about the cost of the project; adding that the Secretariat will offer the needed clarity to the public on June 21, 2022.
“I started by saying we should not trivialize those. But those are not issues we can resolve on Newsfile. There are institutions that are responsible for that.
What should a programme like Newsfile do? The issues of accountability are so critical to the whole transformation of our country [and] the survival of our democracy. But those issues are not resolved on Newsfile”, he stated.
Dr. Opoku-Mensah underscored the relevance of the Project and called for Ghanaians to rally behind it.
Touching on earlier claims by North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa that parliamentary approval was not sought before the disbursement of GHC25 million Cedis as seed money by government for the Project, he explained that the impression created by the legislator are rather misleading.
In his view, there’s no grand agenda by the Secretariat to ‘deceive the nation’.
He further defended the amount of money paid to the architect of the project, Mr. David Adjaye, stating that his efforts and expertise must rather be appreciated.
Source: Ghana News
