Opposition MPs led by North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa have called for the commissioning of the unfinished national cathedral project in a symbolic gesture aimed at underscoring the government’s perceived inability to complete the project. took a satirical stance.
Initial attempts by opposition politicians to reach the construction site where the controversial national cathedral will be built were thwarted by security guards who prevented them from making any statements at the site.
Originally scheduled to be completed on March 6, as set out in the 2021 budget statement submitted to Parliament by former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, the cathedral is expected to be completed by a minority of MPs who are particularly dissatisfied with the project’s spending. has been the focus of criticism from
Despite being barred from entering the construction site, a minority of MPs reached an agreement with security guards to stand at the entrance, where they will hold a press conference to express their dissatisfaction with the ongoing project and its associated costs. was.
The symbolic act of commissioning the construction of an unfinished national cathedral underlined their criticism of what they perceived as flaws in the government’s response to the project.
“When an Act of Parliament had to afflict him; [Ofori-Atta], he had to come and beg. Your instructions are we are not to come in, we are not to come in, we are to stand at the entrance,” said Ningo Plum MP Sam George.
Then they cut the lawn to commission the construction of a cathedral on behalf of the president.
“We commission this expensive hole on behalf of Dr. Bawumia, President Akufo-Addo and Ken Ofori-Atta.”
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