"Mother serpent of corruption" is the perfect name coined for President Nana Addo by the then Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu following the attempt to launder our gold for family and friends in the famous Agyapa Royalties deal. Nana Addo's doings in the life of this administration prove he is insincere, unfaithful and unholy.

His trickiness is not only limited to the Agyapa Royalties deal but also the Ameri Novation Agreement, PDS scandal, Banks collapse, Galamsey menace and many more. But one issue that stands out making Nana Addo cut out for a 'National unholy award' is the the National Cathedral.

Funny, is how some leaders of the Christian community allowed themselves to be used to achieve the president's unholy slipperiness. Nana Addo assured Ghanaians that money for the cathedral will not emanate from our taxes because it is a personal pledge. “I made a pledge to almighty God that He was gracious enough to grant my party, the NPP, and I victory in the 2016 elections after two unsuccessful attempts, so I will help build a cathedral to his glory and honour,” President Nana Addo said.

Later, it was established the promise he made about how the cathedral was going to be achieved were insincere. Bungalows occupied by senior judges, Judicial Training Institute, Passport Office, Scholarship Secretariat, a diplomat’s residence, and a host of private businesses were demolished to advance this project.

The construction of a new judicial training Institute will cost $50 million, Waterstone Realty Limited, one of the private companies affected by the demolishing has sued for GH¢120 million, nine judges were each offered GH¢800,000 for 18 months temporary accommodation and $58 million was spent already on the cathedral project.

At the current Bank of Ghana exchange rate, GH¢1.84 billion was already wasted on the project. This does not include how much it will cost to replace the judges' residents, Passport Office, Scholarship Secretariat, the diplomat’s residence, and the other private properties. It is certain that a separate amount more than the above will have to be spent to replace these properties.

An original estimate of $100 million was to be spent on the cathedral project. This figure has quadrupled and more is expected to be wasted if this project is going to be continued. We least expect the price of a project meant for God, with men of God leading the charge, to keep curving upwards.

The double identity of the Secretary to the Board of Trustees for the National Cathedral was also problematic and it is right to declare him as fraudulent. He has two official names, Rev Victor Kusi Boateng and Kwabena Adu Gyamfi. This is fraudulent and we expected the board members to resign after it became public knowledge that a key decision-maker with double identity can never be honest.

But what is even more disturbing is the Board of Trustees, all of whom are men of God, lending their support to the closure of the cathedral site for public view. If all duty-bearers decide to be opaque in the management of public money and property, we at least expect our men of God to be transparent. Their silence on the closure of the site indicates that they support the rot that characterized the cathedral.

The arrest of protesters for forcing open the national cathedral gates for entry is most condemnable and must not be encouraged in any democracy. Those who led this charge, most especially, Ralph St. Williams must be celebrated for doing what is best for Ghana.

Had it not been for the protesters, we would not have known that more than double the amount of GH¢1.84 billion, as demonstrated above, was wasted to give us a swimming pool famously described as the 'Most expensive hole in the world.'

Perhaps, it is because of this waste and shameful spectacle that these men of God do not want Ghanaians to know that they have unconscionably wasted our money on a project that can never be materialized hence the gate block.

It is still not too late for our revered men of God to distance themselves from Nana Addo and the so-called cathedral. Ghanaians still have enormous respect for them and they need to sustain this respect by distancing themselves from slippery and unholy Nana Addo.