On May 2, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, revealed new details about Ghana’s National Cathedral project, which he has been criticizing for alleged waste of public funds and corporate governance breaches. Ablakwa obtained registration documents for the project from relevant US authorities during a trip to the United States. He found that only three people were listed as board members, one of whom is the Executive Secretary of the project, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah, and two others who have not been publicly connected with the project. Ablakwa questioned why none of the prominent clergy who serve as Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana were present on the documentation. Additionally, the project operated from a Washington DC address that had no prior history of operating from that location. The name of the US registered non-profit corporation, “National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc.,” is different from the name under which it was incorporated in Ghana two years prior. The Three-person list of governors and authorized persons submitted to US authorities does not include any of the prominent ministers of the Gospel who serve as Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana. Ablakwa further explained that in US corporate terms, “governor” typically refers to a member of the board of directors.
What Ablakwa said about the US address:
Even more shocking, we have discovered that the address provided on both the “National” Cathedral of Ghana website and to US authorities as the official address of the National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc. is absolutely fraudulent.
The advertised address is: National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc.
1090 Vermont AVE NW,
Washington, DC 20005.
“A personal visit to this address in Washington, DC and thorough verification from managers of the property indicate that the National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc. has never been a tenant at that address.
“Indeed, none of the offices of the 12-floor apartment building has ever been occupied by the National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc. or any agency representing this entity. The managers of the property were furious and clear that what was going on was simply criminal.”
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