The Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has reaffirmed the government’s position on not using public funds for the National Cathedral project.
According to Kwakye Ofosu, President John Dramani Mahama remains committed to this stance.
Speaking on Citi Tv, Kwakye Ofosu stressed that the president is clear about not using public funds to continue the project.
“The president was clear that we are not going to use public funds to continue that project,” he stated.
Kwakye Ofosu also shared his personal views on the matter. He said, “I am very clear that we don’t need a national cathedral. If religious organisations, churches are minded to put up a cathedral and they request for land from government and government offers it and they are able to generate their resources to build it, all well and good. But I don’t believe that we should put public funds into a national cathedral.”
Kwakye Ofosu emphasized 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.