Secretary to the Board of Trustees in charge of the National Cathedral, Victor Boateng says construction of the National Cathedral should be considered as compensation to Christians for the impact they have made in the country.

During an interview on The Pulse on Monday, Rev Boateng indicated that constituting about 75 percent of Ghana’s population, Christians have contributed immensely to the development of the country through employment and infrastructure, thus, deserve a cathedral.

“Christianity employs more than the private sector. And the infrastructure from churches alone in Ghana is more than the infrastructure of the government,” he said.

“And so if 71 to 75% of our population have been able to do this much, and they are being compensated with a national cathedral, which is not solely being financed by government I wonder why people should stand up against it,” he told critics.

The intention to build a National Cathedral has been characterised with several controversies since its announcement. Some citizens demonstrated to exhibit their dissatisfaction with government’s intention.

The people argued that the money which would be used for the project could be reinvested into changing the lives of people in servitude and poverty

Commenting on this, the Board of Trustees’ Secretary said every initiative has always been met with some level of protest, however, the intention and level of impact of the initiative is what must be prioritised.

“This is not the only project that is being done whereas children are learning under trees, and children are on the street begging. But many a time, you go beyond the controversies and look at the benefit of the concept and how it can impact its people.”

He highlighted that the 5,000-seater project will be rented out for Christian related programmes to raise income for the country.

“It is a Christian facility and ones you want to do a prgramme there it will be vetted if it falls within our code of acceptance, it will be rented out. [for the programme]. 

“And it is going to give us more money than any sports stadia in Ghana here,” he stated.

He then called on Ghanaians to get involved in building the Cathedral as government will be breaking grounds to commence the $100 million project on Thursday, March 5, 2020.