Head of the Afrikania Mission in Ghana, His Holiness Osofo Komfo Atsu Kove
The Afrikania Mission in Ghana has expressed its dissatisfaction with the construction of a national cathedral by the Nana Addo-led government with support from the Christian community in the country.
They believe it does not make economic sense for the government to demolish official residence of some judges to make way for a national cathedral.
[ads1]According to the Head of the Afrikania Mission in Ghana, His Holiness Osofo Komfo Atsu Kove, government should rather concentrate on lands in Kasoa for such initiative instead of demolishing official residence of judges.
“Ghana needs schools, hospitals, and factories to create jobs for our youth, not a national cathedral. Building a national cathedral instead of schools for our children who are having classes under trees is just ridiculous and an insult to the intelligence of the black race,” he noted.
“Why should government even demolish judges residence to build a cathedral? It doesn’t make sense, even if they want to do something like that they should consider doing it at Kasoa or even Prampram because that’s where we have vast lands,” he urged on Accra-based Neat FM monitored by Adomonline.com.
The National Cathedral of Ghana is a planned interdenominational Christian cathedral scheduled to be built in Accra, the nation’s capital, as part of Ghana’s 60th-anniversary celebrations.
The design for the cathedral was unveiled by the President Nana Akufo-Addo in March 2018.
The cathedral will have an auditorium capable of seating 5,000 as well as the requisite chapels and a baptistery. The site will also house a music school, an art gallery and a museum dedicated to the Bible.
But His Holiness Osofo Komfo Atsu Kove has described the initiative as alien to the African culture.
He said it is important for leaders in the country to get their priorities straight so major concerns in the field of education and health can be addressed than wasting resources on a cathedral.
