A private attorney, Mr. Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, says that his client, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Volta region’s North Tongu constituency, has no other interest in finding out the reason behind the National Cathedral Secretariat’s odd payments to JNS Talent Limited.
On January 16, 2023, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the GH 2.6 million paid to JNS Talent, a business controlled by the Secretary of the National Cathedral Board, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng, under a different name.
According to Mr. Tamakloe, the notion that the GH 2.6 million was a refund is untrue because JNS Talent paid that sum to the National Cathedral after the Controller and Accountant General had previously given JNS Talent a GH 3.5 million payment.
“An amount of GH₵3.5 million cedis was paid to this JNS Talent by the Controller and Accountant General, we do know that the Controller disburses public funds. The question is what work did this JNS do for the republic of Ghana to merit the payment of GH¢3.5 million?
“When you look at the Bank statements, you realise curiously that it was after the GH₵3.5 million was paid that they wired GH₵2.6 million to the National Cathedral and then a subsequent payment back to them. It is this that my client, Mr. Ablakwa is saying that consistent with article 14 of 1992 and 218 of the article provides that all Ghanaian citizens prevent misuse of public funds, and article 218 requires CHRAJ to investigate,” Mr. Tamakloe explained.
