Claims by Duncan-Williams, Eastwood Anaba false – National Cathedral Executive Director

The Executive Director of the National Cathedral Project, Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah, has reacted to the resignation of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and President of the Eastwood Anaba Ministries, Rev. Eastwood Anaba from the Board of Trustees overseeing the construction of the National Cathedral.

The two clergymen in their resignation letter dated October 17, 2023, claimed that they were leaving the committee because the Board has refused to conduct an audit into the project.

They also claimed they had not received any update after their call for an audit earlier in January 2023.

However, Dr. Opoku-Mensah in a press statement on Tuesday, October 17 clarified that there was an ongoing audit being conducted by Deloitte.

Dr. Opoku-Mensah added several meetings had been held during the aftermath of the call for an audit and every information made available to the revered men of God thus rendering their claims untrue.

“Following this, the engagement letter for Deloitte to officially begin the audit was drafted and signed by Deloitte on March 27, 2023, and set up on their system on May 17, 2023. The expectation was that the first part of the audit was to be completed in July 2023. The audit process, so far, can be confirmed with the auditors, Deloitte”.

“Although Archbishop Duncan Williams and Rev. Eastwood Anaba were not present at both the June 2023 and September 2023 meetings, they and all the other Board members who were not physically present at the meeting were sent copies of all the documents for the Board meeting, including the Executive Director’s report. The claim that they have received no information, whatsoever, on the audit process is therefore false”.

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