There Are No Missing Funds: Nat’l Cathedral Secretariat Clears The Air

Claims that some money intended for the National Cathedral project cannot be accounted for have been refuted by Dr. Paul Opoku Mensah, Executive Director of the National Cathedral Secretariat.

Dr. Opoku Mensah spoke to the media on Monday, January 2, following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s visit to the halted project and as a result, made a donation of GHS100,000.

In light of this, he pointed out that there were no unaccounted-for funds that were missing.

To that effect, he stated as follows:

“For purposes of clarity, I want to report a verbatim memo I sent on this issue dated 19th January 2022 and addressed to the Clerk of Parliament.

The indication was that the government has given us GH₵339 million, and we could account for GH₵225 million leaving GH₵114 million missing.

“Here, I quote what I wrote to the Clerk. As we indicated to the Committee on Thursday, December 15, 2022, the total amount paid by the Government of Ghana to the National Cathedral project is GH¢339 million.

This total is made up of the following: the amount paid directly to the National Cathedral Secretariat is GH₵225 million. The amount paid directly to the Consultant, Adjaye Associates & Design Team is GH₵113.040.54.67 million The two payments total GH₵339.003.064.86,” he iterated.

Moreover, he went ahead to emphasize that:

“So, there are no missing funds that could not be accounted for. Secondly, the detailed account for these funds was provided to Parliament on December 15, 2022, by the Secretariat.

In the case of the accounting from the Secretariat, this involves among others, total payments made to the contractor, and total payments made to the Bible Museum and Biblical Gardens Design Team,” he ended.

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