A post on X by Malik Basintale has caused public anger after revealing that Dr. Paul Yaw Opoku-Mensah, the Executive Secretary of the National Cathedral project, is allegedly still being paid GHC 21,000 a month.
This comes despite the project being halted in 2022, with the board of trustees claiming they were working for free—something many believe is a flat-out lie. Basintale called Dr. Opoku-Mensah a “candidate for jail,” questioning why innocent protesters are being arrested while government officials are still being paid for doing little to nothing.
Innocent protesters across the country are being arrested and remanded for demanding economic reforms and an end to illegal mining (galamsey), while government officials like Dr. Opoku-Mensah continue to receive significant salaries for overseeing what many have dubbed “the world’s most expensive hole.”
The irony is glaring, ordinary Ghanaians are being punished for standing up for their rights, while government officials tied to controversial projects such as the National Cathedral are being compensated, despite the evident lack of progress.
Watch the video below
According to @malik_basintale, The National Cathedral Project’s overseer, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah, is allegedly still paid GHC 21,000 a month.#TV3NewDay pic.twitter.com/tX3r46JIUv
— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) September 25, 2024
See the payslip below..
Malik Basintale Writes….
PaySlip of one of the leaders of the National cathedral.
He is being paid for being the CEO (Executive secretary) of the world’s most expensive hole.
His name is Dr. Paul Yaw Opoku-Mensah.
A candidate for Jail.
Yet, Innocent protestors are being… pic.twitter.com/QMOpdGkewz
— Maleek Basintale (@malik_basintale) September 25, 2024
See netizens comments..
@KingBrownChiki wrote “I am not surprised they will come and tell us the water in that hole is from river jordan , so Mr Opoku mensah is being paid every month for purification..”
@leslie_kkkay wrote “Arh so the Cathedral dey work, people dey chop pay all Herh Ghana and Ghana card”
@ MaameEsiGold wrote”The promised not to use tax payer’s money for the national cathedral. All was a lie. Why they lie and steal in the name of God , I have no idea”