Government has taken back the National Cathedral site while it awaits legal advice on a forensic audit into spending on the project.
The Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister, Mahama Ayariga, said the contractor has been ordered to hand over the site to his ministry pending a decision on the way forward.
“Given that the National Cathedral is a property of the Government of Ghana, I’ve also directed the contractor to hand over the site to the Minister of Local Government and Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, awaiting government directive,” he said.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, October 5, 2026, Mr Ayariga disclosed that the Attorney-General was reviewing the forensic audit into expenditure on the cathedral project started under the Akufo-Addo administration.
“After the Attorney General has reviewed the audit that has been conducted, the forensic audit that has been conducted into the expenditures related to the initial plans to construct a national Cathedral by President Akufo-Addo and then based on the Attorney General’s advice, we would know what the next steps are,” he stated.
This comes after government’s decision to stop further public funding for the National Cathedral and to dissolve its Board of Trustees.
Mr Ayariga said he has officially written to members of the Board to inform them of the dissolution, on grounds that the Board was no longer needed since government will not continue financing the project.
“And so I have sent the letter to the board members informing them that they have been dissolved,” he noted.
He said the future of the site will be determined after the Attorney-General’s review. “But for now, the Board of Trustees stands dissolved, and the site reverts to the Ministry of Local Government,” he added.
