The ruling National Democratic Congress has been told by one of its own senior officials that it owes the New Patriotic Party a collective apology but only if an investigation shows the corruption allegations it levelled at the stalled National Cathedral project while in opposition turn out to be unfounded.
What Gbande Actually Said
In a Facebook post, NDC Deputy General Secretary Mustapha Gbande said that if the party's claims about the cathedral's financing and management were wrong, "we must first collectively apologise to the NPP and the previous government."
Crucially, the statement is conditional rather than an admission: Gbande's argument is that the NDC has a duty to establish the truth of its own past allegations before committing to any decision on rebuilding the project, not that those allegations have already been disproven.
He framed a full investigation as more urgent than any reconstruction plan or oversight committee currently being floated, and warned against the party rushing into a rebuild without first settling the accountability question.
"Politics without boundaries, limits and principles is a dangerous arena," he said, adding that he would personally welcome a completed monument built "to the glory of God" provided the accountability question is resolved first.
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