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Ghana to investigate controversial $400m cathedral project
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Contributor | Juan Croniqueur |
Last Edited | Juan Croniqueur Jan 13, 2025 12:26pm |
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Author | Komla Adom |
News Date | Monday, January 13, 2025 05:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Ghana's government will investigate controversial plans to build a $400m (£330m) national cathedral, new President John Mahama has said.
Pressure has been mounting on authorities to drop the project, which has divided opinions in a country experiencing an economic crisis.
Former President Nana Akufo-Addo, whose party was voted out during December's elections, had pledged to build the cathedral after crediting God for his party's success in 2016.
Akufo-Addo's government said the cathedral would be privately funded, but $58m of taxpayers' money has so far been spent on the project.
There is nothing to show for this sum but a huge crater in a plot of valuable land in central Accra, previously occupied by state buildings, judges' homes and financial firms. |
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