The National Cathedral Secretariat has refuted claims suggesting that it is illegitimate for the government to spend taxpayers' money on the national cathedral project.

Engaging the press today to update the public on the status of the project, Executive Director for the National Cathedral Secretariat, Dr. Paul Opoku Mensah, noted that the project is state-owned, hence any funds from the government to support its development are lawful.

According to him, Parliament had been briefed by the Minister of Finance on government's financial commitment to the project as far back as 2018.

"One of the current complaints is that the state was not to put in any money for the national cathedral project. This is not true, as the national cathedral project was conceived as a partnership between the state and the Ghanaian Christian community. The expected role of the state was communicated to Parliament in November 2018," he said.

Dr. Paul Opoku Mensah added, "As part of the budget statement read in Parliament on November 15, 2018, the Minister for Finance indicated that the state role in the national cathedral project will be 'providing the land, Secretariat and seed money for the preparatory phase. Subsequent budgets have used to update Parliament on the development of the project."

He stressed "the Attorney-General's opinion of January 6 to confirm the National Cathedral as a state-owned rather than a personal project, and so legitimate to receive state funds."

All these documents have been submitted to Parliament, he iterated, while announcing the Secretariat's willingness to present them to the political parties outside Parliament, "who once again are critical mediating actors for us."

In November 2022, the Finance Ministry revealed that an amount of ¢339,003,064.86 has been released for the construction of the National Cathedral so far.

The Ministry also added that a total amount of ¢113,040,654.86 has been paid to the consulting firm for the construction of the Cathedral, Messers Sir David Adjaye and Associates.

This was contained in a document from the Ministry to the parliamentary Adhoc Committee based on a request for the total amount spent by the Government on the National Cathedral.