The National Cathedral Secretariat is under scrutiny, with Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams and Reverend Eastwood Anaba asserting that the organization’s financial records have not been audited, prompting their resignations from the project’s board of trustees.
In a counter statement, the project’s Executive Director, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah, clarified that Deloitte had been appointed to conduct the audit.
“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”, the statement said.
It noted: “The Board was constantly updated on the process through the Chairman and the Steering Committee, as well as the Executive Director’s reports to the meetings of the Board.”
“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.”
