The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has faulted the Board of Trustees overseeing the construction of the National Cathedral for failing to take minutes during some meetings on important decisions.
There were no minutes of a meeting at which a supposed agreement was reached between the board and JNS Talent Center Limited for the company to advance a loan of GH₵2.6 million which formed the basis of the conflict of interest allegations against Victor Kusi Boateng, a member of the board.
CHRA J on Monday published its findings of an investigation into the National Cathedral construction concluding that the contract was illegally awarded and raised issues of corruption.
“The informal nature surrounding the processes leading up to the transfer of the money to the National Cathedral by JNS Talent administrative lapses at such high positions should not be countenance. Good corporate governance requires that minutes of directors meetings ought to be taken and kept in minute’s book.”
However, the board chair of the National Cathedral, Board of Trustees, Professor Opoku Onyinah responded “documentation on issues involving the National Cathedral of Ghana and JNS Talent Center Limited from January 2020 was a normal administrative transaction and was therefore not recorded in the minutes of the board. It was an offer made by JNS Limited which was paid within a short period.”
Also, Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng told CHRAJ that “our modules operandi is that we agree among ourselves and not to take minutes of directors meetings.”
CHRAJ however recommended that the Members of the Board be trained on corporate governance.
“In light of the foregoing, and in light of the Commission taking note of the fact that the Board of Trustees are all clergymen who may or may not be well vested in corporate governance, the Commission recommends that additional capacity building on good governance be organized for the Board by credible professional bodies such as the Institute of Directors to sensitize them on good corporate practices.”
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