The Minority in Parliament is requesting that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta be pulled before the House to address inquiries on how GH¢25 million was progressed to the National Cathedral Secretariat for the development of the Cathedral.
The Minority says the National Cathedral undertaking isn't an administration venture and considers how public support will be utilized for it.
Talking on the floor of the House, MP for Adaklu Governs Kwame Agboza said the Finance Minister has a ton of inquiries to respond to.
"I will demand that the exceptionally touchy issue about government's consumption on the National Cathedral which has been in open space and instalment produced using the public money vaults is examined. I accept it will be in light of a legitimate concern for this country for the Finance Minister to brief the house on the conditions prompting the expenditure of that use since it is accepted that those consumptions could be out of what the public obtainment and the Public Financial Management Act requires."
The Minority in Parliament documented three pressing inquiries to propel the Minister for Finance to give subtleties on how much the state has spent on the National Cathedral Project.
It followed the flow of a letter demonstrating the arrival of an extra GH¢25 million from public cash safes for the venture as extra seed cash.
Over the period, the government has demonstrated that the public basilica project is to be funded generally by gifts from the Christian people group.
Be that as it may, a Deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah feels the Minority in Parliament is making "pointless commotion" over the public authority's ¢25 million commitment towards the National Cathedral undertaking.
He said the service doesn't have anything to conceal demanding that it is ever-prepared to deliver accounts on the National Cathedral undertaking.
"If you document parliamentary inquiries, you hang tight in Parliament for the responses and not hurry to the media as he [Ablakwa] has done. He likewise talks about embarrassment. Why is making authentic instalments shocking? We are ready to address any inquiries they might have."
"I disagree with him that the seed cash which we have accommodated and informed the country about towards the commitment of the National Cathedral is shocking. Outrage is what we saw when his administration chose to pay Woyome a huge number of dollars when they didn't have an agreement with the government. We have laid out our boundary, which is the structure of a Cathedral for the country, and it will be a public landmark for the country," he added.
Be that as it may, the Deputy Finance Minister couldn't promptly give subtleties on how much cash has been raised such long way for the venture.
"I don't have the figures now. In any case, I need to guarantee Ghanaians that there isn't anything ill-conceived about this. At the point when it is the ideal opportunity for us to deliver accounts, we will do as such."
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