Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has reiterated the government’s position that public funds will not be used for the construction of the controversial National Cathedral.
Speaking on the matter, Kwakye Ofosu emphasized that President John Dramani Mahama is firmly committed to this stance.
“The President was clear that we are not going to use public funds to continue that project,” he stated.
Sharing his personal view, the Minister added: “I am very clear that we don’t need a national cathedral. If religious organisations or churches are minded to put up a cathedral and they request land from the government, and the government provides it while they fund the project themselves, that’s perfectly fine.”
“But I don’t believe that we should put public funds into a national cathedral.”
Kwakye Ofosu emphasised that this position has been consistently upheld by President Mahama and made it clear that no taxpayer money would be committed to the project.
“What is certain is that President Mahama is not going to put GHS400 million of taxpayers’ money into that project,” he added.
