The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has decided to proceed with its investigations despite preliminary objections raised by the Finance Minister and the Secretary of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng.

The objections were related to an amount of GH¢2.6 million paid to JNS Talent, a company owned by Rev. Kusi Boateng.

In its ruling, CHRAJ dismissed the objections and upheld the validity of the complaint filed by the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.

This means that the commission will continue its inquiry into the matter, seeking to shed light on the allegations and ensure a thorough examination of the financial transaction in question.

“It is therefore clear that although a company is a separate legal entity from its members and officers, there are instances under which the corporate veil will be pierced. This is to enable one to go behind the mere status of the company as a separate legal entity distinct from its shareholders/members and to allow one to consider who are the persons, shareholders or even agents, directing and controlling the activities of the company.

“It is the case of the Complainant that the National Cathedral of Ghana has by its board, indulged in procurement breaches and as such, it is only right that in the interest of public policy, the Board be made a party to this investigation so as to ensure an efficient and expeditious exercise. For the above-enunciated reasons, the preliminary objections raised by the Respondents are overruled and the Commission will thus continue with its investigations in the matter.”

In January 2023, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa lodged a petition with the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) requesting an investigation into Reverend Victor Kusi-Boateng, the Secretary of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees. The petition raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest, including allegations of possessing multiple identities and engaging in other purported criminal activities.

The petition, received by two Deputy Commissioners of CHRAJ, specifically pointed out an alleged transfer of GH¢2.6 million from the National Cathedral Secretariat to JNS Talent Centre Limited, a company owned by Rev. Kusi-Boateng under the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.

Mr. Ablakwa's objective in filing the petition was to invoke CHRAJ's mandate as provided by Article 218 of the 1992 Constitution to investigate what he termed as an "odious conflict of interest" regarding Rev. Victor Kusi-Boateng's position on the National Cathedral Board. The allegation was that he paid his own company a substantial sum of GH¢2.6 million without any corresponding work being done.

The petition highlighted that Rev. Kusi-Boateng, also the founder of Power Chapel Worldwide, was allegedly operating under the identity of Kwabena Adu Gyamfi when the GH¢2.6 million payment was made by the National Cathedral Board.

“For the avoidance of doubt, there is no distinct Kwabena Adu Gyamfi. Kwabena Adu Gyamfi is a criminal creation of Rev. Victor Kusi-Boateng. The two are, therefore, one and the same,” Mr Ablakwa alleged in a statement on his Facebook wall that preceded the petition.

Mr Ablakwa said documents revealed that two other persons, Sheila Eshun and Kwabena Adu Gyamfi were also directors of JNS Talent Centre Limited.

“From unassailable and irreproachable documents in my possession, Rev. Victor Kusi-Boateng, aka Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, uses multiple passports and multiple identification cards with different names and different dates of birth as his special modus operandi.”