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Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said the National Cathedral project continues to drown in a sea of naked lies.<\/p>\n
His comments come after the National Cathedral Secretariat clarified that the project was a public project, not private. Bringing finality to the debate as to whether the project is state or privately owned, the Secretariat in a statement on Friday June 17 said \u201cIn his first official announcement on the project on March 6, 2017 the President underscored the nature of the project as a national cathedral for interdenominational worship services for the nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cSubsequent elaborations, led to three main reasons as the rationale for the project, namely i) gesture of thanksgiving ii) symbol of the Christian presence and contributions to the nation, and iii) a personal pledge to God. Of these three reasons, the personal pledge came to be associated with the Cathedral as a \u201cprivate\u201d project that needed to be developed without state support.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, the National Cathedral is a National Monument, and thus a public, not private, project. Legally, the National Cathedral of Ghana is a state-owned limited by guarantee, and was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179) on July 18, 2019. We hope this brings to a closure the seemingly vexatious issue of whether the National Cathedral is a private or public initiative. The National Cathedral is a National Monument and Asset, and not a Private project. It is, however being developed in partnership between the state and the church,\u201d a statement by the Secretariat on Friday June 17 said.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reacting to this in a statement on Tuesday June 21, Mr Ablakwa said \u201cIncorporation documents I have obtained from the Registrar General exposes another false claim contained in the 7-page June 17, 2022 press release by the National Cathedral Secretariat and signed by Executive Director, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah.<\/p>\n
\u201cContrary to the information provided in the said press statement (see page 5) and on the Nicodemusly updated national cathedral website (after we exposed the Pastor Otabil deception), to the effect that all the Board of Trustees have been registered as Directors of the National Cathedral of Ghana; we note surprisingly, that the venerable Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, Presiding Bishop of the Lighthouse Group of Churches and the esteemed Rev. Prof. Cephas Omenyo, Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church were not registered as directors on the incorporation date of 18th July, 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two revered clergymen have at all material times been clearly left out, and substituted with the following names: Samuel Antwi and Kingsley Ofosu Ntiamoah. Why then is the National Cathedral Secretariat misleading the Ghanaian public and the world that all the published trustees are registered as directors?\u201d<\/p>\n
He added \u201cOne wonders if Bishop Dag Heward-Mills and Rev. Prof. Cephas Omenyo are aware that despite the public misrepresentations, their names have been patently omitted from the list of eminent registered directors?<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother troubling falsehood we have detected is that even though the June 17 press release claims that the National Cathedral of Ghana is a \u2018state-owned \u2019 and thus a \u2018public and not a private\u2019 entity, the incorporation documents in our possession reveals rather curiously that the National Cathedral of Ghana is registered as PRIVATE (see evidence attached).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe list of falsehoods, misrepresentations, opacity, lawlessness and blatant corruption associated with this cathedral project is now a bottomless pit.<\/p>\n
\u201cChristians in Ghana may have to declare a 40-day intense fasting and prayer to purge and rescue Akufo-Addo\u2019s drowning cathedral of lies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAkufo-Addo\u2019s drowning cathedral in a sea of naked lies.<\/p>\n
Contrary to press release from the National Cathedral Secretariat, National Cathedral registered as PRIVATE not \u201cpublic and state-owned\u201d<\/p>\n
Bishop Dag Heward Mills & Rev. Cephas Omenyo missing in incorporation documents \/2 pic.twitter.com\/NP7Q5ottVv<\/a><\/p>\n