The National Cathedral Secretariat has revealed that government has paid a total of GH¢339 million towards the construction of the National Cathedral.

This was contained in the status report of the National Cathedral Secretariat delivered at the Bible Reading Marathon Thanksgiving Service held at the project site on Monday.

According to the Executive Director of the secretariat, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah, the amount is duly documented.

"The indication is that we cannot account for GH¢113 million. Mr. President, I want to state emphatically that the total payment made by government as of December 15, 2022 is GH¢339 million.

Amount paid directly to the National Cathedral Secretariat is GH¢225 million, and the amount paid directly to the consultant, Adjaye Associates and Design Team is GH¢113,040,546.70. The two payments total, GH¢339,003,064.86. So, there are no funds that are not accounted for" he said.

Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah also registered the Board of Trustees' unhappiness about what he describes as misrepresentation of facts by some Members of Parliament.

He said "while a project of this nature will always have discontents, we're nonetheless concerned about the misrepresentations particularly when it comes from Members of Parliament. Rather than 34% that was bandied around as contract sum paid to the architect, the actual figure is 12.5%."

He has therefore urged Ghanaians to disregard such information, as he appealed to them to donate their little to support the project.

Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has made a fresh donation of GH¢100,000 to support the continuation of work.

Although there was no indication on when work will resume, the Secretariat is optimistic that with enough resources, the project should be completed and commissioned by President Akufo-Addo before he leaves office.