The flagbearer for the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has assured that the next NDC administration will launch an investigation into the funds allocated for the National Cathedral project.

He made this known during a media engagement on Sunday, July 7 at the Kempinski Hotel. Mr. Mahama stated that certain fraudulent individuals have devised deceitful schemes to steal from the citizenry under the guise of constructing a Cathedral project for God, which he explicitly disapproves of.

Assuring the public during his media engagement, Mr. Mahama disclosed that his government will unravel any mystery surrounding the project, conduct a forensic audit into funds allocated, and persons found culpable of defrauding the nation will be made to refund those monies.

“I am a Christian, and I belong to the Assemblies of God church. Ordinarily building a house of God is something that we all do. I contributed money in my local Assemblies of God branch to build our church, and it has created an environment for us to praise and worship our God. But I don’t condone stealing in the name of God, and that is what has happened in the case of this National Cathedral.

“It is instructive that some of the members of the board of trustees have resigned, and they have called for a forensic audit of the National Cathedral. I’m not saying it. Members of the board believe that fraud has been perpetrated against the people of Ghana, and they are calling for a forensic audit. At the time this National Cathedral came up, it was somebody’s personal commitment to God, and we were assured that public funds were not going to be used for the National Cathedral.

“Unfortunately, we hear that 300 and something million has gone into it. Where did those payments go, were they justified, who did they go to? These are all things that we have to unravel, and I think that is the first thing we do before we even decide what to do with that huge pit. So first, let's investigate and do a forensic audit, and if people have illegally and unlawfully taken the money of the people of Ghana, they must be made to refund those monies,” Mr. Mahama assured.


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