Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has asked President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo to immediately dissolve the board of trustees of the National Cathedral.
He is also asking for a Board of Inquiry to be set up to investigate the misappropriation that has taken place since government's decision to construct a National Cathedral.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he further urged government to retrieve monies that has been spent and wrongfully paid to persons who have illegally benefitted from proceeds that are meant for the construction of the National Cathedral.
He said the Board of Trustees should equally out of respect resign to save their name from further disgrace because the construction of the National Cathedral is fraught with numerous scandals.
"I will further in the coming days reveal more scandals I have personally investigated and it is more damning than what I have revealed so far," he added.
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Background
The NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has once again taken on the Akufo-Addo government, accusing it of registering the “National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc”, as a non-profit organisation in the United States of America.
In his latest revelation, Mr Ablakwa who made a trip to the United States to gather evidence, wondered why none of the prominent ministers of the gospel who serve as trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana feature in the articles of incorporation and list of trustees as submitted to US authorities.
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Before proceeding to provide details on the latest "National" Cathedral exposé, kindly permit me to salute Comrade Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah, General Secretary of the TUC for his remarkably courageous, frank and patriotic remarks on President Akufo-Addo’s scandalous Cathedral project in the presence of the President at yesterday's Labour Day commemoration. Comrade, you have inspired millions!
President Akufo-Addo’s “National” Cathedral project remains the most sleazy, reckless, sacrilegious and scandalous mission by sheer magnitude and audacity in the entire history of Ghana.
In this latest installment of “National” Cathedral transgressions, my international partners and I shall be focusing attention on findings from our investigations into the Akufo-Addo government’s cathedral operations in the United States of America.
It is important to bear in mind that the US has been a major target for fundraising by “National” Cathedral and Government of Ghana functionaries including President Akufo-Addo.
Today’s publication is only the first in the series of troubling discoveries we have made in the United States.
Articles of Incorporation we have secured from the District of Columbia Government’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (corporation’s division) confirm that a nonprofit corporation has been registered known as the “National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc.”
This National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc. received its Certificate of Incorporation with its effective date being May 3, 2021 and signed by Josef G. Gasimov, Superintendent of Corporations, Corporations Division.
It is worthy of note that the name National Cathedral of Ghana and Museum Foundation, Inc. is unmistakably different from what was incorporated in Ghana some two years prior, specifically on the 18th of July, 2019 as the National Cathedral of Ghana.
Curiously, we have also discovered that none of the prominent Ministers of the Gospel who serve as Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana feature in the articles of incorporation and list of governors as submitted to US authorities.
The names of governors and authorized persons as contained in the Two-Year Report for Domestic & Foreign Filing Entity are: Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah, Eric Okyere Darko and Dr. Vernon Darko.
In US corporate terms “governor” typically refers to a member of the board of directors.
We know Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah as the Executive Director of the “National” Cathedral Secretariat, however, it is unclear why government preferred Mr. Eric Okyere Darko and Dr. Vernon Darko over and above the prominent clergy serving on the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana.
The Akufo-Addo government’s decision to leave out the clergy in its US operations is particularly strange considering the fact that a considerable number of these ministers have towering presence in the United States. For instance, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has long incorporated multiple branches of his Action Chapel International in US cities such as Baltimore, Dallas, New York, Tulsa, Silver Spring in Maryland and the state of Pennsylvania. Indeed his 2007 established US headquarters is the Virginia Chapel where Bishop Dr. Kibby Otoo who is married to the Archbishop’s daughter Lady Elsie serves as the Presiding Bishop for the Americas and Caribbean. Archbishop Duncan-Williams has also been an almost permanent fixture of the prestigious US National Prayer Breakfast.
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is similarly celebrated for his numerous Qodesh Family Church branches in several states in the United States. So is Rev. Eastwood Anaba’s ministry and not to mention the other internationally famous denominations such as Pentecost, Catholic, Presbyterian and Methodist who all have or once had leading priests on the Board of Trustees in Ghana.
This specific finding of the neglect of the Ghanaian clergy in favour of cronies of the regime gives credence to concerns expressed by Bishop Dag Heward-Mills in his famous resignation letter that it was obvious some outsiders were the real trustees and that inputs from people like him did not matter.
Remember that there’s no residency requirement to be registered as a governor or director in Washington DC.
Further checks conducted indicate that Mr. Eric Okyere Darko was appointed to the Board of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) by President Akufo-Addo and sworn in by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on October 12, 2021 — a few months after he was listed as one of three governors of the National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Eric Okyere Darko was also one of Hon. Kennedy Agyapong’s lawyers in the recent case against Anas.
Dr. Vernon Darko on the other hand is said to be the founder and CEO of EQUIPXP® (EXP) and a small business exporter. It is not clear what his usefulness will be to a National Cathedral project.
Even more shocking, we have discovered that the address provided on both the “National” Cathedral of Ghana website and to US authorities as the official address of the National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc. is absolutely fraudulent. The advertised address is: National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc.
1090 Vermont AVE NW,
Washington, DC 20005.
A personal visit to this address in Washington, DC and thorough verification from managers of the property indicate that the National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc. has never been a tenant at that address. Indeed, none of the offices of the 12-floor apartment building has ever been occupied by the National Cathedral of Ghana and Bible Museum Foundation, Inc. or any agency representing this entity. The managers of the property were furious and clear that what was going on was simply criminal.
We also decided to embark on the long travel to Springfield in Missouri where Mr. Cary Lee Summers who has been given US$6million of our money is described on the National Cathedral of Ghana website as “Consultant for the United States.”
On the “National” Cathedral website, the website of Nehemiahgroup.io and with official documents filed with US authorities, Cary Lee Summers provides this address for his Nehemiah Group: 3119 S Scenic Ave, Suite A, Springfield, MO 65807.
When we arrived at that address, there was nothing about the Nehemiah Group. We surprisingly saw quite a ramshackle warehouse with the inscription: Churchill Coffee Company, Wholesale Division.
While I was assessing the shacky warehouse which has portions used as a gym, Mr. Cary Lee Summers stepped out of his coffee wholesale division and made it into my pictures while briskly entering his car in very casual attire
How on earth did a Nehemiah Group address with its CEO keeping our colossal US$6million under a bankrupt economy lead us to a warehouse?
It is also most revealing to note that Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah uses the same Cary Summers Churchill Coffee address of “3119 S Scenic Ave, Suite A, Springfield, MO 65807” as his personal address from the articles of incorporation to the two-year report filing.
How long has Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah and Cary Lee Summers been sharing the same personal address?
Did Cary Lee Summers deserve that dubious sweetheart US$6million?
Was it a professional engagement or it was an insider deal?
Is it mere coincidence that soon after mysterious Cary Lee Summers received Ghana’s US$6million he bought a new 4-bedroom house at 10107 E Farm Road 156, Rogersville, Missouri, 65742?
I shall return in a few days with part 2 of the American edition.
For God and Country.
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@ nennyo marte korle you see your ***barred word*** anyone criticizing this government is ndc..both sides are the same parasites sucking mother GHANA dry they have nothing better to offer the good people of Ghana, when will we have level headed citizen who can read between the lines...GHANA FIRST TO HELL with the ndc, npp and all those blinded by partisan ***barred word*** 65 years down the line what have we got to show as proud Ghanaians just mediocrity and poverty...GOD SAVE GHANA
@Nii Armah, your upbringing is not helping you to communicate properly. How on earth will you call your president a dwarf, simple because you support the NDC. People like you will let your party be in the opposition for longtime as most Ghanaians do not like insulting elderly people.
@ sena or whatever you call yourself so all the resources couldn't rake in revenue than a ***barred word*** cathedral we have been brainwashed to believe all these ***barred word*** because that dwarf made a personal pledge to build cathedral just to be the most incompetent leader on this planet, why not factories instead? how many times do they use a church in a week?...factories work 24/7 and people get employed we always put the 'cart before the horse' do you really know how the nation will benefit if we really invest wisely that money they are using for that thing? why do you think the IMF are reluctant to give us loans they know we have no better use for it, companies are laying off workers because of this bad economic situation and you sit there quoting some bible verse? energetic youth are just roaming aimless without jobs whiles these brain dead old men borrow just to squander...GOD SAVE GHANA
@True Patriot, I have seen many of your responses and they are full of insults such as moron, ***barred word***, dumb etc. You do not want to hear divergent views and dissenting opinions. The nation is looking to broaden the revenue base and investing in such infrastructure with help, the cathedral will rake in revenue in future and also boost tourism. Cuomo Di Milano( Milan cathedral in Italy) get £2.7 million annually as income from visitors.(2016) The churches who are contributing the big chunk of the money needed for the Cathedral are not going to demand it back. It is even to our benefit as a nation because the income from visitors will go into the country coffers. The cathedral will not only be a place for worship, there will be hall for hiring, conduct national events, gardens for recreational etc
Ablakwa likes too much sensationalism because he knows most Ghanaians don’t read for the details and are quick to judge. If you think someone has done something illegal, go to court with your evidence and stop calling people criminals even before the case is sent to court. He only want to look good in the eyes of Ghanaians for his personal political career and not in the interests of Ghana. That’s how he and some Ghanaians politicians do whenever they are eyeing some political position but most Ghanaians have short memories so they don’t see it.
so the MP has now become a court or what. you have done well so just go to court and make your and our case not this chop bar write up on your facebook etc. well done and hope you have nothing to hide nor done no wrong to be over druming one issue.
May the Lord forgive this baby with sharp teeth. He thinks he can bite everything. Okudzato and his people should read 2 Kings 6:16. It reads, “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them'".
Ow can Ablakwa instruct the President to dissolve the NCB? If indeed he has discovered some malfeasance, let him take the evidence to court.
@@ delali at your mothers expense we are in this mess because of empty headed imbeciles like you wake u you ***barred word***
It will not happen. The cathedral will be built.