The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has exonerated Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng, Secretary to the National Cathedral Board of Trustees, of allegations regarding dual identity and financial improprieties.
The decision follows a petition filed in January 2023 by North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, which alleged conflict of interest, possession of multiple identities, and financial misconduct involving the National Cathedral Secretariat.
CHRAJ’s findings dismissed claims that Rev. Kusi Boateng, who is also known as Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, held dual passports under separate identities. The investigation confirmed that Rev. Kusi Boateng holds a single passport issued under the name Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, contrary to Ablakwa’s assertion that he used multiple passports and identification cards with different names and dates of birth.
The petition also questioned a payment of GH¢2.6 million made by the National Cathedral Secretariat to JNS Talent Centre Limited, a company associated with Rev. Kusi Boateng under his alternative name. Ablakwa alleged that the payment constituted a conflict of interest, claiming it was made to Rev. Kusi Boateng’s own company “for no work done.”
CHRAJ’s investigation, however, revealed that the funds were a reimbursement to Rev. Kusi Boateng for payments he had advanced to contractors working on the National Cathedral project when the Secretariat faced financial constraints. The Commission found no evidence of wrongdoing in the transaction, noting that JNS Talent Centre provided no services for the payment but merely acted as a conduit for the reimbursement.
Ablakwa’s petition, submitted under Article 218 of the 1992 Constitution, alleged that Rev. Kusi Boateng had created the identity of Kwabena Adu Gyamfi as part of a “criminal creation” to facilitate financial misconduct. He also claimed that directors of JNS Talent Centre Limited included Sheila Eshun and Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, further linking Rev. Kusi Boateng to the company.
In a statement accompanying the petition, Ablakwa alleged, “There is no distinct Kwabena Adu Gyamfi. Kwabena Adu Gyamfi is a criminal creation of Rev. Victor Kusi-Boateng. The two are, therefore, the same.”
CHRAJ concluded that there was no evidence to support the allegations of dual identity, conflict of interest, or financial impropriety. The Commission’s report vindicates Rev. Kusi Boateng of any wrongdoing in his capacity as Secretary to the National Cathedral Board of Trustees.
