The Member of Parliamet for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, believes money could have been saved on the National Cathedral if it had just replaced the Accra International Conference Centre.
Amid plans to rebuild the conference centre, which is in the same enclave as the National Cathedral, Mr. Ablakwa felt this oversight was yet another example of why the religious project was mismanagement of Ghana’s resources.
A number of government, diplomatic and residential structures were demolished and relocated to make way for the cathedral project.
“It could have been part of this project. It is in this same enclave and would even have saved a lot of money,” he said on The Point of View on Citi TV.
“It could have been sited there [where the conference centre is] so you save money, and you don’t have to go and be demolishing judges’ buildings, demolishing the passport office and demolishing the Malian ambassador’s residence.”
