The National Cathedral project's Executive Director has apologized for implying that the state aided the construction of the National Mosque.
Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah expressed apology for the hurt his remarks caused the Muslim community.
"I repudiate and apologise for using the phrase'state facilitation' in my response, and I profoundly regret any harm it may have caused the COMOG and the Muslim Umma in Ghana," he wrote in a press release signed by him on Monday, June 13.
In the meanwhile, he has begged the public not to make any comparisons between the two projects.
The National Cathedral and the National Mosque, he claims, are two separate enterprises. "The debates over the National Cathedral and the National Mosque should not be conflated because they are two independent projects."
The Coalition of Muslim Organizations in Ghana demanded that Dr. Opoku-Mensah withdraw his statement (COMOG).
The Coalition has vehemently denied charges that the Ghanaian government squandered public funds on the construction of the National Mosque in Kanda.
Dr. Paul Opoku-charges Mensah's were emphatically repudiated by the Coalition in a statement released on Monday, June 13.
'I apologize for suggesting the National Mosque was assisted by the state,' says the Executive Director of the National Cathedral.
"We, the Coalition of Muslim Organizations in Ghana (COMOG), on behalf of all Muslim organizations in Ghana, desire to announce categorically and without fear or favor that no political regime has ever taken a single pesewa from the state."
The building of the Kanda National Mosque was aided by this contribution.'
"This comment was made by the CEO of the National Cathedral in an attempt to explain the Thompson Road amount of over GHC25 million in state resources as seed money for the development of Ghana's most contentious project today, the National Cathedral."
We can't tolerate such a deliberate falsehood by a high-profile appointee of Dr. Opoku-stature Mensah's when the facts do not support his claim, as a Muslim organization with the mandate to protect the image and sanctity of Islam and the reputation of the Ummah in Ghana," parts of the statement read.
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