'No criminality, only integrity' – Cathedral Secretariat replies Ablakwa

• May 4, 2023

The National Cathedral Secretariat said the implementation of the project is being done with no criminality but integrity.

Responding to North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa's claim that the project has been registered as a foundation in the USA with different trustees, the Secretariat, in a statement dared Mr Ablakwa to use parliamentary processes to extract the accountability he seeks than his constant resort to social media with his "populist" claims.

Mr Ablakwa, in his latest exposè, said the names of the governors and authorised people as contained in the two-year report for Domestic & Foreign Filing Entity are Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah, Eric Okyere Darko and Dr Vernon Darko.

In its press statement dated 2 May 2023 and signed by Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah, Executive Director of the National Cathedral of Ghana, the Secretariat said, as it "has always argued, issues of accountability are critical to a project of this nature. 

"Consequently, it is legitimate, and we welcome, parliamentary oversight of state resources in the project." 

"However, we insist, again, that parliamentary oversight is not exercised on social media, but in parliament or through statutory bodies established for the purpose," the response said. Consequently, the Secretariat said it is "determined not to be drawn into, or engage in a constant tit-for-tat social media war on the project."

“As we have insisted, the National Cathedral project has been implemented with integrity, and with no criminality. As with the recklessly populist and reputationally-damaging accusations of the McCarthy era in the USA, the misinformation and distortions on the National Cathedral project will –ultimately-unravel!” the statement said.