Reverend Mensah Otabil Resigns? Big Questions Arrives
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed that Pastor Mensah Otabil has resigned as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral.
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Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa the Member of Parliament for the North Tongu has disclosed that the General Overseer of International Center Gospel Church, Pastor Mensah Otabil has resigned as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral.
Speaking in an interview on Joy News, the NDC MP stated that "The whole year, he has not attended any of their meetings. It is not clear what his intention was, but he has indicated that all is not well."
According to him, he asserted that Otabil was no longer a member of the body tasked with building the Cathedral, citing 'illegality happening' as the reason for his resignation.
He said "There is quite an uneasy calm among the Board of Trustees. And I can confirm that one imminent priest has walked away from the Board; the revered Dr. Mensa Otabil is no longer with them."
Work on the National Cathedral has come to a halt months after the project contractors RIBADE Company LTD, allegedly sacked over 200 of its workers over a lack of funds.
The site for the edifice, which is a 14.5-acre land next to the Parliament House of Ghana has come to a halt after the government spent about GH¢200 million on the project.
A letter dated March 14, 2022, signed by the project manager, Grant Ramsay, making rounds on social media, asked all the workers to return every property in their possession to the Human Resource office.
It stated that it was only complying with portions in the contract which enjoins them to mitigate costs since they were not receiving funds for the project.
Ablakwa speaking on the development said: "When you go through the list of Board of Trustees, this gentleman [Dr. Paul Opoku Mensah] who has been listed here as the Executive Director of the Secretariat, a Secretariat presented as a private entity, has also been listed as a Presidential staffer and his position there is, Overseer of the National Cathedral."
"Why is the Ghanaian taxpayer paying somebody who works for a private board of trustees?" he asked.
