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General News of Thursday, 23 December 2021

    

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Gabby 'tackles' National Cathedral Board over cash rejection claims from LGBT+

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko is a leading member of the New Patriotic Party Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko is a leading member of the New Patriotic Party

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Govt urges Ghanaians to donate GH¢100 a month to support construction of Cathedral


Leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has questioned the board of trustees for the National Cathedral Secretariat on the basis for which it

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The government’s plan to construct a national cathedral has sparked a lot of conversation on its necessity.

The project, which is expected to cost over US$100 million, will be opened to the general public on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

As part of efforts to mobilize revenue for the project, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta at the presentation of the Mid-Year Budget Review in July this year appealed to Ghanaians to donate GH¢100 a month.

“The state and church partnership envisaged by the president to develop the National Cathedral is on course. An initiative; the GH¢100 a month also dubbed “Ketoa Biaa Nsua” will be launched by the trustees of the National Cathedral on August 12, 2021, to give as many Ghanaians as possible the opportunity to be part of the history of the National Cathedral,” he said.

“A special shortcode 979 has been developed for this purpose as we look forward to Mr speaker and all the members of this august house to join in the GH¢100/a month,” he added.

Following the appeal, a number of religious groups have made donations to the National Cathedral Secretariat.