God is Angry; Akufo-Addo Built a Cathedral Instead of Basic Infrastructure -Blakk Rasta

Blakk Rasta has opined that God is angry at Akufo-Addo for choosing to build a Cathedral instead of providing basic amenities for the people of Ghana.

According to him, God prefers common sense over hypocritical religion.

Access to quality health care and education is more preferable than a cathedral to God, he said.

“We have a Finance Minister who fell ill and had to run all the way to America and some other places for treatment: why didn’t he run into that Cathedral for treatment? Why are students not running into the cathedral to get books and pens?”

"If manner could fall out of the roof of the cathedral, then we would understand. The long and short of it is that even God is angry with Nana [President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo]. How can you build a cathedral when people are dying?”

The ZylofonRadio presenter said this while speaking Bolgatanga-based A1 Radio.

He specifically mentioned the pitfalls involved in placing religion over common sense as he asked why the Finance Minister who is providing money for the building of a Cathedral will rush out of the country to seek medical attention.

This opinion follows a 2018 article from the Financial Times covered the backlash within Ghana coming from those who saw the 100 million dollar project as a "white elephant" and a low priority.

Yaw Nsarkoh, executive vice president of Unilever for Ghana and Nigeria, was quoted as saying:

"At a time when taxes are going up, banks have collapsed and you can’t pay for social programmes, is it really the thing to do to build a cathedral?”

Other figures disagreed, such as Edward Effah, chairman of Ghana’s largest bank, who said:

"You can’t say: ‘Until we are wealthy, we cannot afford national pride,’” to rebut these concerns.