The Minority in Parliament is disturbed that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta be hauled earlier than the House to reply to questions about how GH¢25 million changed into superior to the National Cathedral Secretariat for the development of the Cathedral.
The Minority says the National Cathedral assignment isn't a central authority assignment and wonders how the public price range might be used for it.
Speaking at the ground of the House, MP for Adaklu Governs Kwame Agboza stated the Finance Minister has a whole lot of questions to reply to.
“I will request that the very touchy difficulty approximately authorities’ expenditure at the National Cathedral of which has been in public area and price crafted from the general public coffers is discussed. I trust it'll be withinside the hobby of this united states of America for the Finance Minister to quick the residence at the situations main to the spending of that expenditure due to the fact it's miles believed that the ones costs will be out of what the general public procurement and the Public Financial Management Act requires.”
The Minority in Parliament filed 3 pressing inquiries to compel the Minister for Finance to offer info on how a great deal the country has spent on the National Cathedral Project.
It accompanied the circulation of a letter indicating the discharge of a further GH¢25 million from country-wide coffers for the assignment as extra seed cash.
Over the period, authorities have indicated that the country-wide cathedral assignment is to be financed in large part through donations from the Christian community.
But a Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah feels the Minority in Parliament is making “needless noise” over the authorities’ ¢25 million contributions in the direction of the National Cathedral assignment.
He stated the ministry has not anything to cover insisting that its miles ever-geared up to render money owed at the National Cathedral assignment.
“If you document parliamentary questions, you wait in Parliament for the solutions and now no longer rush to the media as he [Ablakwa] has done. He additionally speaks approximately a scandal. What is scandalous approximately making valid payments? We are organized to reply to any questions they'll have.”
“I do not consider him that the seed cash which we've got supplied for and knowledgeable the state approximately in the direction of the contribution of the National Cathedral is scandalous. A scandal is what we witnessed whilst his authorities determined to pay Woyome hundreds of thousands of bucks after they failed to have an agreement with authorities. We have set our priority, that's the constructing of a Cathedral for the state, and it's miles going to be a country-wide monument for the united states of America,” he added.
However, the Deputy Finance Minister changed into not being able to effectively offer info on how great a deal of cash has been raised to this point for the assignment.
“I do not have the figures now. But I need to guarantee Ghanaians that there's not anything illegitimate approximately this. When it's time for us to render money owed, we can do so.”
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