A total of GH¢142,762,500 from the national coffers was spent on the Ghana National Cathedral project in 2021. This came to light as part of government spending contained in the 2021 Auditor-General's report submitted to the Speaker of Parliament. Aside from the GH¢142 million on the Cathedral project, spending on COVID-19 Activity & Vaccine cost GH¢1,557,846,913.38. while GH¢1,409,997,719.41 was spent on Free SHS Programme-SHS/TVET, according to the report published on the Audit Service’s website. The National Cathedral Secretariat recently confirmed that the project has stalled since early this year citing a lack of funds.

Source: GhanaWeb September 01, 2022 20:33 UTC