Executive Director/Overseer of the National Cathedral Project, Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah, has indicated that government is in urgent need of $100 million to import steel for the construction of the project.
In an interview on Okay FM last Thursday, May 25, Dr Paul Opoku-Mensah made the disclosure, explaining that the steel would be used after foundation works are completed.
“After finishing the foundation, we need money that we will use to import all the steel we need. The steel component of the cathedral will be built before it is brought into the country for us to fix.
“After fixing it, we will be left with the concrete and marble cladding and some few works. So, this is why there is a setback in the construction of the cathedral.
“We need about $100 (million) to import the steel,” he stated.
“The cathedral is not a small building. It will be a structure, we have never seen in Ghana before,” he justified as reason for the large sum of money required.
On the matter, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah noted that upon the arrival of imported steel, a total of 2,000 individuals would be employed to aid construction of the project.
“The materials have to come so work can start immediately. If they start now, they will need roughly 2000 people a day,” he said.