{"id":1271704,"date":"2022-12-30T15:33:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/30\/national-cathedral-project-will-continue-despite-mps-rejection-of-budget-allocation-dr-joyce-aryee\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T15:33:38","slug":"national-cathedral-project-will-continue-despite-mps-rejection-of-budget-allocation-dr-joyce-aryee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/30\/national-cathedral-project-will-continue-despite-mps-rejection-of-budget-allocation-dr-joyce-aryee\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cathedral project will continue despite MPs\u2019 rejection of budget allocation \u2013 Dr Joyce Aryee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"498\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image_2022-12-29_112545877-696x498.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Dr Joyce Rosalind Aryee\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A member\u00a0of the\u00a0Board\u00a0of Trustees of the\u00a0National Cathedral\u00a0of Ghana,\u00a0Dr Joyce Rosalind Aryee, has said that the National Cathedral project will continue despite Parliament\u2019s rejection of GH\u00a280 million budgetary allocation to it. <\/p>\n<p>According to her, the said amount rejected by Parliament was only part of the seed money the government promised for the construction of the cathedral \u201cnot the entire money that is needed to construct and complete the edifice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the <strong>Midday News<\/strong> on Joy FM, Dr Aryee said \u201c\u2026It does not mean the project can not go on because I know you are going to bring your money and I will bring mine and everybody that we will approach and is willing will bring theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>She said on Thursday that \u201creally, those who are willing are the people making the money available for the construction. I think we should all keep calm and not be disturbed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Aryee clarified that there is a provision of seed money is from the Consolidated Vault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have said that there has not been transparency, but every year in the budget there has been some seed money not taken from what I understand from the Contingency Fund, but I heard there\u2019s something called Contingency Vault,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"HYgl6nB_wLE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National Cathedral project will continue despite MPs\u2019 rejection of budget \u2013 Dr Joyce Aryee\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYgl6nB_wLE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The former Minister of State acknowledged that Parliament has every right not to accept what a budget brings or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Recently the Minority in Parliament accused Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta of releasing GHC25million to the National Cathedral Secretariat as additional seed money for the project without Parliament\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ken Ofori-Atta has denied taking money from the Consolidated Fund to finance the National Cathedral project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have taken no money from the Contingency Fund to make payments for the National Cathedral,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"D3gTJ05oExA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV Live Stream\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D3gTJ05oExA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member\u00a0of the\u00a0Board\u00a0of Trustees of the\u00a0National Cathedral\u00a0of Ghana,\u00a0Dr Joyce Rosalind Aryee, has said that the National Cathedral project will continue despite Parliament\u2019s rejection of GH\u00a280 million budgetary allocation to it. 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