It has emerged that a new member has been added to the list of the National Cathedral Trustee Board.
Executive Director for Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Kingsley Ofosu Ntiamoah, has joined the Trustee Board per the data on membership provided by the National Cathedral Secretariat on October 18, 2023.
The addition of Kingsley Ofosu Ntiamoah to the Board was not publicised by the Secretariat or the many media houses or tabloids in the country.
In 2017, President Akufo-Addo inaugurated a 13-member Board which was chaired by Most Rev Dr. Samuel Asante Antwi up until his demise in 2020.
The other original members were the Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, the Most Rev. Charles Palmer Buckle, Vice-Chairperson, Founder and General Overseer of Power Chapel Worldwide, Prophet Kusi Boateng, Secretary, Chairman of the Church of Pentecost and President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, Apostle Dr Opoku Onyinah; the Founder of Salt and Light Ministries, Rev. Joyce Aryee; the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Right Rev. Prof. Cephas Omenyo; the Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa and Bishop of Accra, the Most Rev. Dr Justice Offei Akrofi; the Founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams; the Founder and President of Fountain Gate Chapel, Rev. Eastwood Anaba; the Founder and Presiding Bishop of the Lighthouse Chapel International, Bishop Dag Heward Mills; the Founder of the International Central Gospel Church, Pastor Mensa Otabil, and Rev. Dr Yaw Frimpong Manso and Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, both former Moderators of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.
Following Most Rev Dr. Samuel Asante Antwi’s demise, Most Rev T. K. Awotwi Pratt found his name on the list of Board Members, making the list 13 once again. This addition was not publicized per searches on the internet.
Most Rev T. K. Awotwi Pratt’s name was only found in the list of Board Members after MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa claimed that Dr Otabil had resigned due to illegalities.
The Executive Director of the National Cathedral project, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah, refuted this report, clarifying that prior to the registration of the members of the Board of Trustees in 2019, Dr. Otabil opted out since, “he could not give the needed attention to the project.”
This meant that the 13-member Board was now a 12-member Board.
As of June 2022, the members of the Board of Trustees were:
1. Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah, former Chairman of the Church of Pentecost – Chairperson
2. Most Rev. Charles Palmer Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra – Vice-Chairperson
3. Most Rev. Bishop Justice Ofei Akrofi, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus – Member
4. Rt. Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church – Member
5. Most Rev T. K. Awotwi Pratt, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church – Member
6. Rev Prof Cephas Omenyo, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church – Member
7. Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of Action Chapel International – Member
8. Rev Dr Joyce Aryee, Executive Director, Salt and Light Ministries – Member
9. Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, Presiding Bishop, Lighthouse Group of Churches – Member
10. Rev Eastwood Anaba, Founder and President of Eastwood Anaba Ministries – Member
11. Rev Victor Kusi-Boateng, Founder of Power Chapel Worldwide – Member/Secretary
12. Rev Dr Frimpong Manso, General Superintendent, Assemblies of God – Member
Kingsley Ofosu Ntiamoah was nowhere to be found on the list.
But in the most recent data that reflects the resignation of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills; who left in August 2022, due to his unresolved concerns about the cost of the National Cathedral and other pertinent issues, Rev Prof Cephas Omenyo, who is said to have resigned from the Board due to bad health when the news became public in August 2022, Kingsley Ofosu Ntiamoah’s name can be found on the list of members.
This list of Board members however does not reflect the resignations of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Rev Eastwood Anaba.
This suggests that the addition was made before the two men of God announced their resignation on October 12, 2023, which became public on October 17, 2023.
Following the resignation of Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Rev Eastwood Anaba, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, Rev Prof Cephas Omenyo and Dr Mensa Otabil, the Board has nine members remaining instead of eight due to the addition of Kingsley Ofosu Ntiamoah.
The current members are:
1. Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah, former Chairman of the Church of Pentecost – Chairperson
2. Most Rev. Charles Palmer Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra – Vice-Chairperson
3. Most Rev. Bishop Justice Ofei Akrofi, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus – Member
4. Rt. Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church – Member
5. Most Rev T. K. Awotwi Pratt, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church – Member
6. Rev Dr Joyce Aryee, Executive Director, Salt and Light Ministries – Member
7. Rev Victor Kusi-Boateng, Founder of Power Chapel Worldwide – Member/Secretary
8. Rev Dr Frimpong Manso, General Superintendent, Assemblies of God – Member
9. Kingsley Ofosu Ntiamoah, Executive Director, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board