{"id":950,"date":"2023-01-16T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T23:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=950"},"modified":"2023-01-16T23:24:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T23:24:00","slug":"no-criminality-in-national-cathedral-transactions-opoku-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=950","title":{"rendered":"No criminality in National Cathedral transactions &#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Opoku Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Executive Director of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Dr Paul Opoku Mensah\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"470\" is_main_img=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mensah-e1673884280679.jpeg?resize=761%2C470&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 13px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 780px;\" width=\"761\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<figure style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;\"><figcaption style=\"background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: 11.7px; left: 0px; line-height: 1.8; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 5px 10px; position: absolute;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: tiefonticon !important; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><\/span><br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 30px;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/bagbin-to-okudzeto-ablakwa-dont-call-me-daddy\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">National Cathedral secretariat<\/a>&nbsp;has said there was no wrongdoing in its transactions with JNS Talent Centre, especially when it comes to the payment of a GHC2.6 million loan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">The opposition MP for North Tongu,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/bagbin-to-okudzeto-ablakwa-dont-call-me-daddy\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa<\/a>&nbsp;had raised concerns about the payment of the money to JNS Talent Centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Appearing on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Monday (16 January), the executive director of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Dr Paul Opoku Mensah said: \u201cThe information being put out by Okudzeto Ablakwa is selective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cThere were two transfers first on August 27 to the National Cathedral account and then later to the GNS account \u2026 It is unfortunate that only one side is captured in what has been presented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cThere is not a single document from our end that has been intercepted, that perception is wrong. We have presented all our documents to Parliament; it\u2019s in the public domain,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Below is a press release providing further information about the transaction:<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-143056\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"650\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-16-at-3.13.35-PM.jpeg?resize=555%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-16-at-3.13.35-PM.jpeg?resize=555%2C650&amp;ssl=1 555w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-16-at-3.13.35-PM.jpeg?w=752&amp;ssl=1 752w\" style=\"border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;\" width=\"555\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">Source: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/\">www.asaaseradio.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The&nbsp;National Cathedral secretariat&nbsp;has said there was no wrongdoing in its transactions with JNS Talent Centre, especially when it comes to the payment of a GHC2.6 million loan. 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