It has come to light that the controversial National Cathedral which is currently under construction will have on its premises a special garden which may best be described as the ‘Garden of Israel’ upon completion.
According to the Board of Trustees for the project, the said garden will have all of its fruits and vegetables imported from Israel.
Speaking at the foundation-stone laying ceremony for the project in Accra Thursday, March 5, 2020, a member of the Board of Trustees, Rev Victor Kusi Boateng who divulged this noted the “iconic” facility will accrue lots of benefit to the state.
“If you look at how much this facility is going to bring to this nation, it is mind-blowing. It is an iconic building, there is nothing like that in the whole of Africa.
“One wonderful concept is that we are building a garden, a garden which will host all kinds of fruits and vegetables available in Israel,” he said.
“Apart from the fact that the President said he promised God to build a national cathedral, the fact the it will be used for state functions, the fact that the swearing-in of presidents will be held there, the fact that burial ceremonies for presidents will be held there, the fact that other events can be held there, it has also a serious income generational element,” he underscored.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday laid the foundation stone for works on the National Cathedral to begin.
Speaking at the ceremony, the President stood by his reason for supervising the construction of the cathedral, reechoing the fact that it was a special covenant with God ahead of the 2016 general elections.
“Firstly, since gaining our independence from the British colonial power, 63 years being tomorrow on 6th March 1957 Ghana has so far been spared civil wars, feminine and epidemics.
“We are certainly not better than other nations in our neighborhood who have been confronted by these challenges, but I believe it by the grace of God that we have been preserved and sustained,” the president held.
He was hopeful that the facility will certainly be one of the iconic structures in Africa upon completion.
The edifice upon completion is expected to have among other things chapels and baptistery, 5,000-seater main auditorium expandable to a 15,000-seater capacity for national events and celebrations, a grand central hall, a music school and Africa’s first Bible Museum and Documentations Centre.
