Founder and General Overseer of United Denominations of Action Chapel Churches Worldwide, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, and President of Eastwood Anaba Ministries, Rev. Eastwood Anaba, have officially resigned from their positions on the Board of Trustees responsible for overseeing the construction of the National Cathedral.

In a joint statement issued by Archbishop Duncan-Williams and Rev. Anaba, they explained that their decision to step down was prompted by the government's failure to engage an independent accounting firm to conduct a thorough audit of all public funds contributed to the National Cathedral project.

In January 2023, as Trustees of the Board of Trustees, they submitted a draft Resolution to the said Board resolving that current activities, advancing the construction of Ghana's National Cathedral, be deferred until the findings of an audit. This deferment included a cessation of activities by the Board of Trustees.

"In the spirit and cause of transparency and accountability to the Ghanaian people, the current Board of Trustees of The National Cathedral shall appoint an independent accounting firm to audit all public funds contributed to The National Cathedral. This appointment of an auditor shall take place before the deferment of the activities of the Board of Trustees," the Resolution stated.

However, according to the clergymen, the Board failed to act on its request.

"Despite our prayers, best hopes and wishes, unfortunately, a needed audit to help restore public confidence and trust in this consequential project has not been enacted to the best of our knowledge.

Since January 2023, we awaited news, to no avail, regarding the finding of the audit," the resignation letter noted.

As such, the men of God noted that as "a matter of conscience and faith," they hereby resign from the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral.

According to them, they design to resign in no way impugns the vision or intent of the National Cathedral.

However, they want the project to be "built on a foundation of integrity, efficiency and quality while gamering and maintaining public trust and support."

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This statement indicates that the project currently lacks these virtues.

"We truly owe this to God and to country. We remain confident that one day your vision of a National Cathedral of Ghana that provides a "sacred space and infrastructure" for formal religious and other activities in the nation, such as state funerals, presidential inaugural services, and global gatherings that advance faith, peace, reconciliation, stability and a better world, while supporting tourism as a promising pillar of Ghana's economy, will be realised in our lifetime.

"We believe that you will always stand as the visionary and the architect of this vision and trust that "a dream deferred is not a dream denied," the letter added.