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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has admitted a motion to probe the National Cathedral Project.
This followed a Private Members’ Motion sponsored by Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, and Deputy Minority Leader Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah among others.
The motion will see a committee constituted “to conduct an inquiry into the National Cathedral of Ghana project and all related matters.”
The committee will subsequently make recommendations for the House’s consideration.
Other National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators who backed the motion include Minority Chief Whip Kwame Governs Agbodza; Bolgatanga East MP, Dr Dominic Ayine; Krachi West MP Helen Ntoso and North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
The two – Archbishop Duncan Williams and Rev Eastwood Anaba said their call is based on the controversies surrounding the project.
According to them, the suspension will pave the way for transparency and accountability to be provided to the Ghanaian people.
The National Cathedral Project has been one of the most controversial public issues since the project was first announced by President Akufo-Addo.
Apart from questions of accountability which have been repeatedly raised by the Minority in Parliament, there have also been concerns about the relevance of the project, in the face of the country’s economic crisis.
Amidst the plethora of issues, founder of the LightHouse Chapel International, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, resigned from the Cathedral’s Board of Trustee in August 2022.
In so doing, the preacher did not assign any specific reason for his departure; leaving the public to rely on their own conjectures and speculations about why the celebrated man of God left the scene.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has on numerous occasions stated that he will build the cathedral regardless of the opposition from the public.
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Source: myjoyonline.com
