North Tongu Member of Parliament under the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has revealed that Reverend Eastwood Anaba and Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams did not take any allowance during their time as Board Members of the National Cathedral project.
His comment comes a month after the two popular clergymen resigned from the National Cathedral Board of Trustees.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Bola Ray on StarrChat, Okudzeto Ablakwa disclosed that Archbishop Duncan-Williams and Rev. Eastwood Anaba went into the National Cathedral Board of Trustees with a pure heart.
The North Tongu MP added that, anytime he sees or hears people criticizing and accusing the two celebrated clergymen for looting money from the national cathedral project, he wonders where such people get their information from.
According to him, he has insiders at the National Cathedral Board of Trustees and he can say for a fact that Archbishop Duncan-Williams and Rev. Eastwood Anaba are innocent of all corrupt allegations leveled against them.
Okudzeto Ablakwa revealed that he has been in contact with Rev. Eastwood Anaba, the founder and leader of Fountain Gate Chapel, and the preacher admitted to him that they should have listened to him before accepting to be part of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees.
Rev. Eastwood Anaba and Archbishop Duncan Williams went in with pure hearts and didn’t take any allowances – North Tongu MP, Sam Ablakwa
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In a joint statement, Archbishop Duncan-Williams and Reverend Anaba stated that the government’s failure to appoint an impartial accounting firm to audit all public funds contributed to the National Cathedral was the reason for the resignation.
In January 2023, the two eminent clergymen demanded that work on the National Cathedral be stopped right away while the project was audited.
The two distinguished clergymen called for the project’s suspension until Ghana’s economic situation improves in a letter to the Board of Trustees. They also noted that the project’s timely completion is impossible given the country’s current economic situation.
