[ 2021-02-08 ]

Work resumes on National Cathedral

BY: Joshua Bediako Koomson

Work has resumed at the site earmarked for the
building of the National Cathedral, several
months after it was suspended due to the outbreak
of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the
country.

Occupants of offices and houses at the site for
the edifice, a 14.5-acre land next to the
Parliament House, have all been evacuated and the
buildings readied for demolition.

The last office to be evacuated was the old
Passport Office, which has been relocated to
another building on the same street at Ridge.

Observation

Yesterday, when the Daily Graphic visited the
site, bulldozers were busy at work demolishing the
buildings that had been earmarked for demolition.

Tipper trucks had also lined up to collect the
debris from the demolition, while some workers
serving as traffic wardens were seen directing
traffic.

Background

The $100-million inter-denominational cathedral
will have an auditorium capable of seating 5,000,
as well as chapels and a baptistery.

The site will also house a music school, an art
gallery and a museum dedicated to the Bible.
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A board of trustees is supervising the
construction.

The board, which was inaugurated in March 2017, is
chaired by a former Presiding Bishop of the
Methodist Church of Ghana, the Most Rev. Samuel
Asante Antwi, with the Metropolitan Archbishop of
Cape Coast, the Most Rev. Charles Palmer-Buckle,
as Vice-Chairman.

The Founder and General Overseer of Power Chapel
Worldwide, Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng, is the
Secretary.

The National Cathedral was proposed by the
government in March 2017 as a physical embodiment
of national unity, harmony and spirituality.

The design for the cathedral was unveiled by the
President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in March
2018.

He said at the time that the construction of the
cathedral was in fulfilment of a promise he made
to God in the run-up to the general election in
2016.

Work picked up in earnest in January 2020, with a
fence wall bearing an artistic impression of the
cathedral erected around the perimeter of the
site.

A foundation stone signifying the commencement of
construction work was laid on March 5, last
year.ork was steadily picking up until the
outbreak of the COVID-19, as a result of which
work had to be put on hold.

Source - Daily Graphic

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