Board is getting ready to start building the National Cathedral again.

The board chairman, Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah, released a statement announcing the start of construction on the National Cathedral project.

Apostle Onyinah made the statement after a meeting with Deloitte auditors on September 20 and the board of directors of the National Cathedral of Ghana.

Church leaders were briefed on the statutory audit report, which covers the time frame from the project’s start to December 31, 2020, and has now been finished by Deloitte Ghana, at the meeting.

The audit was approved by the board of the National Cathedral in response to public criticism regarding purported corruption and dubious project-related expenses.

Apostle Onyinah affirmed that the audit report is now complete, allowing work to start again.

“To establish the legitimacy of the project’s implementation, the church leadership and Ghanaians in general made the need for an audit a crucial demand. Now that this first report has been completed, plans are in place to start construction again.

“We are grateful for your support thus far and hope that the conclusion of the ongoing audit will inspire you to once again support the NCG project financially and spiritually.”

Taxpayers in Ghana have spent $58 million over the past seven years on the project, which as of August 2024 has not advanced as planned.

The project is expected to require $450 million to finish, but it’s unclear if that sum will be available to finish construction.

The national cathedral was being built with contributions of GH¢2.21 million ($164,000) from different faith denominations by the middle of 2022. Even though it is a sizable quantity, it is insufficient to cover the remaining building costs on its own.