'National Cathedral criticism a cover-up for shame' - Miracles Aboagye to President Mahama

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, has strongly defended the National Cathedral project and criticised President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for what he described as deliberate misinformation surrounding its funding and origins.

Speaking at the launch of Jefferson Sackey’s memoir in Accra on September 15, 2026, Aboagye responded to recent comments by the president that taxpayers’ money should not be used to fund the project.

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He insisted that the cathedral was never intended to be fully financed by the government.

“The cathedral was never going to be fully funded by government. It had always been a partnership between the state and the Christian community and individuals. And so even until now, a lot of people were donating. Churches, organisations, individuals were donating by short codes and what have you. And so I don’t see what is new about it,” Aboagye said.

He emphasised that the state has already made a substantial contribution through the provision of land for the project.

Aboagye further accused the President and NDC members of using the funding debate to obscure earlier criticisms of the project.

“If the state even says we are not putting in a pesewa, remember, the land belongs to the state. And that is the state’s own contribution to the national cathedral. So I really don’t know what the president means by the state is not going to contribute. The state has already contributed. The land itself is a contribution by the state,” he said.

“This whole commentary now is just something that they are putting out to cover up their shame. The misinformation, the denigration of this national edifice that the country wanted,” Aboagye added.

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He particularly criticised the characterisation of the cathedral as a personal promise by former President Nana Akufo-Addo.

“And for me, what I find very bizarre is this consistent attempt by the president and the people in the NDC to say that the national cathedral was a personal promise by the president. It’s bizarre.

“Which of the promises he made when he was campaigning to us was made after a town hall meeting with us? When he was speaking about a 24-hour economy, did he come to you to ask whether you agreed to it or not? Was that not his promise?” he quizzed.

He continued: “So I think it’s a very sad situation that we have a president and a government deliberately peddling such conversation. Because if that analogy, if that logic is to be pursued, then which of the things the government will be doing today are things that they called a market square meeting for all of us to agree before they put out? All the things that you are pursuing today are things that you promised. Those promises are promises that you got out of your bedroom and came to tell us, you and your party people.”

“So why, in the name of God, would you deliberately demonise a national cathedral to the extent of saying that it was a personal promise to God? Every president’s promise to the people is his personal promise. It is your vision, your ambition that you present to the people, based on which the people will vote for you. And then when you get the mandate, you execute,” he noted.

“A national cathedral can never be termed as a personal promise by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. It is a national edifice. It is a monument that is going to be standing in the name of the nation Ghana,” Aboagye insisted.

Aboagye expressed optimism about the project’s eventual completion, stating, “And for me, I think that ultimately, their lies are catching up with them. And that is why we are seeing all this in that way. I am very hopeful that eventually the national cathedral will be built.”

The remarks follow President Mahama’s recent statements during a tour of the Upper West Region, in which he reiterated that public funds should not finance the cathedral and suggested that Ghana’s Christian community could complete it through individual contributions of GH¢1,000 each.

The President also raised concerns about the project’s location and confirmed that a forensic audit of nearly $90 million spent on it has been completed and is with the Attorney-General.

The National Cathedral, initiated under the previous NPP administration, has remained stalled amid controversies over funding, procurement processes, and significant public expenditure with limited physical progress.

Watch his remarks below.

NPP Communications Team Member Dennis Miracle Aboagye has responded to comments by the President and members of the NDC that the government will not use taxpayers’ money to fund the National Cathedral project.

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