Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has voiced strong skepticism over the National Cathedral project’s funding, questioning why public funds replaced the initial promise of private financing under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration.
In a recent interview on The Delay Show with Deloris Frimpong Manso, Kufuor expressed his disappointment with certain aspects of Akufo-Addo’s eight-year tenure, singling out the National Cathedral construction as a key issue.
While praising former President Akufo-Addo’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kufuor remarked, “Akuffo-Addo managed COVID-19 well. What I saw was good. But afterwards, the events that unfolded I cannot say I fully understand them. If I claim so, would be lying.”
When questioned about his support for the cathedral, he responded pointedly, “It was something I was not consulted on. I don’t go to cabinet meetings, and all I knew was that something was happening behind the scenes.”
Kufuor explained his early understanding of the project’s funding, stating, “When I heard about the National Cathedral, I believed it was going to be financed by private funds. The government was only going to provide land. But in the end, it was public resources that were being used.”
He also criticized the former government’s enforcement actions linked to the project, highlighting, “They even clamped down on bungalows belonging to judges, yet we still couldn’t complete the cathedral.”
On other contentious government issues, Kufuor referenced the Power Distribution Services Ghana (PDS) saga, stating, “When PDS unfolded, I did not see it well.”
