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General News of Monday, July 15, 2019
Source: ghanacrusader.com
2019-07-15
Current state of demolished judges' apartments for the construction of the National Cathedral
The partially demolished housing for the Court of Appeal judges, demoted for the construction of a national cathedral by the government, were abandoned nearly two years after the start of the exercise.
Although the apartments have been partially demolished, there is no sign of the construction of the cathedral which, once completed, will house chapels and a baptistery, a 5,000-seat auditorium that can accommodate up to 15,000 people for events and national celebrations.
The new building will extend along Osu Cemetery and the Ridge Roundabout, Scholarship Secretariat, Judicial Training Institute, Pbadport Office and Residences lands. some judges. All these buildings would be demolished and transferred elsewhere.
Despite the government's failure to disclose the amount to be invested in the construction of the building, future MP Abura Asebu Kwamankese and former Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, would have cost about $ 100 million to the State in November 2018..
The opposition clashed with the construction of the national cathedral, including the Congress of Trade Unions (TUC) and many Ghanaians, but the government did not show any withdrawal.
President Akufo-Addo paved the way for the construction of a national cathedral, intended for the Ghanaian Christian community during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the country's independence, on March 6, 2017.
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta noted during the 2019 budget presentation to Parliament that the government would facilitate the "process by providing the groundwork, the secretariat and seed money for the preparatory phase".
Design of the National Cathedral
In addition, the president also pledged 100,000 GH ¢ of his personal resources for the construction of the future national cathedral. He made this promise when launching a fundraiser for the Cathedral on the forecourt of the main residence in Accra on Friday, December 28, 2018.
S addressing a gala dinner at the Museum of the Bible in the Southwest District of the District of Columbia on February 8, 2019 in Washington, which was also used to launch a fundraiser as part of the efforts for the Building the Cathedral, President Akufo-Addo noted that the building is to fulfill a commitment that he has made to God.
He said, "I committed myself to Almighty God, if he was kind enough to grant victory to my party in the 2016 election after two unsuccessful attempts, I would help build a cathedral to his glory and his honor. I am determined to use this promise. "
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