{"id":1113071,"date":"2022-06-07T09:48:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T09:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/07\/god-does-not-need-that-you-dont-rob-the-people-and-use-the-proceeds-to-build-a-cathedral-akufo-addo-bashed-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T09:48:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T09:48:03","slug":"god-does-not-need-that-you-dont-rob-the-people-and-use-the-proceeds-to-build-a-cathedral-akufo-addo-bashed-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/07\/god-does-not-need-that-you-dont-rob-the-people-and-use-the-proceeds-to-build-a-cathedral-akufo-addo-bashed-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;God Does Not Need\u00a0That&#8221; . . . You Don&#8217;t &#8216;Rob&#8217; The People And Use The Proceeds To Build a Cathedral &#8211;\u00a0Akufo-Addo Bashed | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Ejisu Juaben Municipality, Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh, has taken a swipe at President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>According to him\u00a0God does not need his Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the construction of the national cathedral on March 6, 2017, as part of events that marked Ghana\u2019s 60th-anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The government has also provided 14-acres of public land for the project, while the Christian community and individuals are to fund the construction.<\/p>\n<p>Though reception towards the cathedral from Ghanaians has been mixed, it has been well received by various leaders in the Christian community.<\/p>\n<p>Recently,\u00a0Government granted the release of GH\u00a225 million to the National Cathedral Secretariat as additional seed money for the construction of the National Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>A letter, signed by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to the Controller and Accountant\u2019s General, directed that the money be credited to Ribade Limited, for part payment of outstanding claims.<\/p>\n<p>In a release signed by the Finance Minister Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta it stated that, <em>&#8220;the Authority is hereby granted to you to release the sum [of] GH\u00a225, 000,000.00 as additional seed money to the National Cathedral Secretariat for the construction of the National Cathedral for part payment of outstanding claims from RIBADE Limited\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Okay FM&#8217;s<\/strong> &#8216;Ade Akye Abia&#8217; programme, Mr. Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh chastised the AkufoAddo government for using the tax payers money to finance a project that does not immediately benefit the people of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the President has blatantly refused to assist the ordinary Ghanaian and focusing on things that does not matter now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Where did God tell you that he needs a Cathedral,&#8221;<\/em> he rhetorically asked.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Why will God need a cathedral when his people are suffering. You are using monies that can be used to alleviate the hardships Ghanaians are going through to put up a project that is not immediately needed for anything except for the President&#8217;s and political party&#8217;s\u00a0interest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8221; . . God never said that . . . God will never say that, Kwame that is the gospel truth . . . God does not need that,&#8221; he said, adding that,\u00a0<em>&#8220;you don&#8217;t rob the people, you don&#8217;t deceive the people, you don&#8217;t betray the people and you don&#8217;t maim the people, then after that you say you&#8217;re using the proceeds to build a Cathedral for the people&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He said President Akufo-Addo is doing whatever he wants.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am tempted to believe that there is no man in Ghana now . . . 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