The Finance Minister said that the state is facilitating the building of the national cathedral by providing the land, the Secretariat, and seed money for the preparatory phase.
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Presenting the 2019 budget in Parliament on Thursday (November 15, 2018) the minister said; “Mr. Speaker, on March 6, 2017 – the 60th year of our independence – the President cut the sod for the construction of a National Christian Cathedral for the country that will provide the space for national events of a religious nature. A National monument, the Cathedral will house impressive chapels and baptistery, 5000-seat main auditorium, expandable to 15000 people for national events and celebrations.”
“It will include among others, a grand central hall, a music school, and will house Africa’s first-ever Bible Museum and documentation centre, The National Cathedral project will also bequeath to the country a gracious national park for all Ghanaians; bring new skills, technology and jobs to the country; and will act as a beacon to national, regional and international tourists. Mr Speaker, the state is facilitating this process by providing the land, the Secretariat, and seed money for the preparatory phase”.
What he said is in sharp contrast with the government’s earlier claim that it will not make any direct financial contributions.
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The government has often insisted that it is only facilitating and providing the land for the project.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has described the cathedral project as a priority among priorities.
“People will ask if it (national cathedral) is a priority. It is a priority among priorities. We’ll never find enough money to do everything we want to do. But we have to begin, and that’s what we have started,” the President said in London in October.
