The Member of Parliament for the North Tong constituency in the Volta Region has come hard on government and proponents of the national cathedral for spending huge sums on the construction of the cathedral at a time that many Ghanaians are struggling to survive.
The lawy maker took to social media to express his outrage at new documentary revelations that exposes government of spending over Ghc142,000.000.00 as part of seed money for the construction of the National Cathedral without the knowledge or approval by Parliament,
“On 29th October, 2020—few weeks to the national elections, Ken Ofori-Atta, acting on a request by President Akufo-Addo’s Chief of Staff, authorized the release of a gargantuan GHS142,762,500.00 for national cathedral “planned activities.”
“It is of considerable consternation to note that contrary to legal requirements, government concealed this ginormous GHS142.7million from Parliament as they deliberately failed to disclose this item as part of their Expenditure Returns of 2020 during the 2021 Budget consideration in Parliament.”
Hon. Ablakwa also disclosed that the over Ghc142 million was kept away from the auditor general.
“This 2020 cathedral expenditure was also kept away from the Auditor-General in his 2020 audit.”
The North Tong MP who has become a “digging and exposing” expert, revealed that the government of Ghana has so far spent GHS199,832,603.00 of state resources on the Cathedral.
“So far, adding this latest exposé to our previous leaks, the Akufo-Addo government has spent a mind-boggling GHS199,832,603.00 of taxpayers funds on a cathedral which was originally presented to Ghanaians as a personal pledge to God that will not be executed with taxpayer funds.”
The law maker who has always used his Facebook social media account to expose government dealings, has alleged that ” a corrupt slush fund has been created to siphon taxpayer funds from the suffering masses on the blind side of Parliament, the Auditor-General, CSOs and other accountability systems.”
Mr. Ablakwa is of the belief that Jesus Christ will pick his whip again and visit the cathedral site should he return.
“I have no doubt in my mind that were Jesus Christ to return to Earth at this moment, He will pick up His whip again and visit Ghana’s cathedral construction site as He did to those who corrupted His Temple in Jerusalem.”
By: Simon Agana Blessing/mywordfmonline.com