The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) should not commit to rebuilding the country’s stalled National Cathedral project until allegations surrounding its financing and management have been fully investigated, the party’s Deputy General Secretary Mustapha Gbande has said.

Gbande was reacting to the Christian Council of Ghana’s decision to establish a technical committee to examine the future of the project, including questions surrounding its funding and location.

In a Facebook post he said he would welcome a monument built in Ghana “to the glory of God," but argued that the NDC must nevertheless uphold principles of accountability and avoid double standards.

“I so much believe the NDC as a party will stay completely from this conversation of a national cathedral … without a complete and proper investigation,” Gbande stated.

The project was initiated under former president Nana Akufo-Addo, who had described the cathedral as a national interdenominational place of worship and said it formed part of a personal covenant with God.

The NDC, then in opposition, repeatedly raised concerns about the project’s financing and management, including questioning how $58 million could have been spent on excavation and related works.

Gbande said the party now had a responsibility to establish whether the claims it made while in opposition were accurate.

“If we were wrong, we must first collectively apologise to the NPP and the previous government,” he said, arguing that an investigation was more important than reconstruction plans or the establishment of committees.

He also warned that individual credibility and the NDC’s reputation were at stake.

“Politics without boundaries, limits, and principles is a dangerous arena,” Gbande said.

The National Cathedral project has faced prolonged delays, funding controversies, and political disagreements since construction began under the Akufo-Addo administration.

Gbande said the concerns raised by Ghanaians about the project’s timing, location, and management of funds had been ignored and that political leaders should learn from the consequences.

He said the proposed agenda should be abandoned until the issues surrounding the project had been properly settled.

“The agenda must die just as it started,” Gbande said.