{"id":12873,"date":"2024-06-07T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12873"},"modified":"2024-06-07T16:34:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T16:34:21","slug":"national-cathedral-is-58m-put-in-a-big-hole-not-causing-financial-loss-to-the-state-jantuah-quizzes-a-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12873","title":{"rendered":"National Cathedral: \u2018Is $58m put in a big hole not causing financial loss to the state?\u2019 \u2013 Jantuah quizzes A-G"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kwame Jantuah, a member of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP) and a private legal practitioner, has expressed discontent about the selective application of the prosecutorial powers of the Attorney-General on issues of public officials causing financial loss to the state, citing the botched national cathedral project.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lawyer Jantuah questioned the lack of interest on the part of both the Attorney-General and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to prosecute handlers of the national cathedral project, which has since sunk about US$58 million.<\/p>\n

During Ghana\u2019s 60th independence anniversary celebrations, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced the national cathedral project.<\/p>\n

This initiative stemmed from a personal commitment candidate Akufo-Addo made to God during his 2016 presidential election campaign\u2014to construct a national cathedral if elected.<\/p>\n

Seven years on, Ghana\u2019s taxpayers have expended $58 million on the project, which, as of April 2024, has not progressed as the government had hoped.<\/p>\n

An estimated $450 million is needed to complete the project and it is not clear if that amount is yet available to complete the construction.<\/p>\n

Moreover, by mid-2022, various church denominations had contributed GH\u00a22.21 million ($148,000) towards the construction of the national cathedral.<\/p>\n

This is a large sum but not sufficient on its own to pay the remaining costs of construction.<\/p>\n

Mr Jantuah could not hide his frustration about the amount spent on the project yet no significant work has been done on site.<\/p>\n

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He was reacting to the developments from the court as regards the trial of Minority Leader Dr Cassiel Ato Forson and businessman Richard Jakpa for causing financial loss to the state in the purchase of \u201cunfit\u201d ambulances for the country.<\/p>\n

The two are facing trial for allegedly causing a \u20ac2.37 million financial loss to the state over the ambulance deal.<\/p>\n

He wondered why the A-G Godfred Dame has refused to take on persons involved in the payments made on the national cathedral project.<\/p>\n

Mr Jantuah made the remarks when he appeared on TV3\u2019s morning show, New Day<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201c\u2026 National cathedral, how much money has been sunk into it? We are saying that the ambulances didn\u2019t meet the standards. Have we seen a block when the national cathedral is concerned?\u201d<\/p>\n

[snapshot] Kwame Jantuah speaking on the New Day<\/p>\n

\u201cHow much money have been sunk in there and the NPP people will tell you it went to parliament\u2026 have you seen a block? Hasn\u2019t the taxpayers\u2019 money been put in a big hole; how much money is that? 58 million US dollars. Is that not causing financial loss to the state? Should that not attract the Special Prosecutor and the Attorney-General to take it up? If causing financial loss to the state is what we are doing with this case.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there no financial loss in that case?\u201d he quizzed.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Mr Jantuah underscored that the advice from the trial judge, Justice Efia Serwah Asare-Botwey to the Attorney-General to recuse himself from the ongoing case in the interest of justice and the public suggests wrongdoing on the part of Mr Dame.<\/p>\n

He argued that \u201cfor me, he [Godfred Dame] has already been found guilty by the judge\u2019s comments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additionally, Mr Jantuah expressed concerns about the fact that the Attorney-General and the justices of the Supreme Court are \u201cin the face of the public\u201d, emphasising the difficulty for the public to become familiar with the justices of the apex court in other jurisdictions such as the US or the UK.<\/p>\n

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