National Cathedral site handed back to government pending AG’s review – Mahama Ayariga

Construction has stalled on the Ghana National Cathedral in Accra due to lack of money [File: Nipah Dennis/Al Jazeera] The site of the National Cathedral has been handed back to the government as the Mahama administration awaits the Attorney-General’s review of a forensic audit into expenditure on the project, Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister Mahama Ayariga has disclosed.

Mr Ayariga said the Attorney-General was reviewing the forensic audit into expenditure related to the initial plans for the construction of the National Cathedral under the previous administration.“After the Attorney General has reviewed the audit that has been conducted, the forensic audit that has been conducted into the expenditures related to the initial plans to construct a national Cathedral by President Akufo-Addo and then based on the Attorney General’s advice, we would know what the next steps are,” he said.