By
Lydia Kukua Asamoah, GNA
Accra, Feb. 18, GNA
– The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) on Tuesday denied receiving GH¢145
million from the Government or any other state institution to carry out
election related activities towards the December polls.
No such amount had
been credited to the CCG, let alone disappearing from its accounts, Reverend Dr
Cyril Fayose, the General Secretary of the Council, said in an interview with
the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra.
He, therefore, asked
the public to disregard the fake news currently circulating on social media.
Rev. Fayose told the
GNA that he, as the Spokesperson of the Council, had never spoken to any media
representative about any missing money from the accounts of the CCG.
“I want to say in no
uncertain terms that the story is fake. We have not received any disbursement
to that tune of GH¢145 million,” he said.
He, however,
explained that it was true the CCG undertakes election related programmes every
election year to promote peace in the country but not with funding from the
Government.
Rev. Fayose said the
CCG was expecting some funding from the Star Ghana Foundation and the Bread for
the World, a German Organisation, to support its election related activities,
but it was nothing close to the GH¢145 million.
The Danish Embassy
also sometimes supported the Council’s educational and awareness creation
activities, by channelling its funds through a government ministry like the
Gender, Children and Social Protection Ministry, for onward disbursement to the
Council.
GNA