Youth activist Ivan Innocent Kyei has stirred the pot with a provocative question about Ghana’s spending priorities under the previous administration.
Speaking against the backdrop of the abandoned National Cathedral project, a venture that cost the state millions of dollars with little to show for it, Kyei wondered aloud why the same energy wasn’t directed toward something more practical, like acquiring a presidential jet.
“When we were spending money on senseless enterprises like the National Cathedral, couldn’t we have used it to buy a private jet?” he asked.
His comment cuts to the heart of a debate that has lingered for years: how Ghana allocates its limited resources.
The National Cathedral project, championed by the Akufo-Addo administration, became a symbol of alleged financial mismanagement, with millions sunk into a structure that remains incomplete.
Kyei’s rhetorical question suggests that if the goal was to acquire assets for the state, a presidential jet, something of tangible value, would have made more sense than a cathedral plagued by controversy and delays.
Some agree that the funds could have been better used, while others argue that comparing the two misses the point entirely.
