Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, has reaffirmed the government’s position that public funds will not be used to construct the controversial National Cathedral.

Speaking on the matter, Kwakye Ofosu stressed that President John Dramani Mahama remains firmly committed to this stance.

“The president was clear that we are not going to use public funds to continue that project,” he stated.

Sharing his personal perspective, the Minister said: “I am very clear that we don’t need a national cathedral. If religious organisations, churches are minded to put up a cathedral and they request for land from government and government offers it and they are able to generate their resources to build it, all well and good.

“But I don’t believe that we should put public funds into a national cathedral.”

Kwakye Ofosu emphasised that this position has been consistently upheld by President Mahama and made it clear that no taxpayer money would be committed to the project.

“What is certain is that President Mahama is not going to put GHS400 million of taxpayers’ money into that project,” he added.