Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has dismissed objections raised by the Finance Minister and the Secretary of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees regarding an amount of GH¢2.6 million paid to JNS Talent, a company owned by the Secretary of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees, Reverend Victor Kusi Boateng.
The objection was raised in response to a complaint by the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who had petitioned the CHRAJ to investigate a conflict of interest in regards to Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng’s position on the National Cathedral Board.
Mr Ablakwa alleged that Rev. Kusi Boateng paid his own company GH¢2.6 million for no work done, using a secondary identity.
CHRAJ stated that the corporate veil will be pierced in certain situations to investigate who is directing and controlling the activities of a company.
CHRAJ will therefore continue with its investigation into the matter.
Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa in January 2023 petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the Secretary of the National Cathedral Board of Trustees, Reverend Victor Kusi-Boateng, over conflict of interest, including possession of multiple identities and other alleged criminal dealings.
The petition, which was received by the two Deputy Commissioners of CHRAJ also alleged that there was a transfer of GH¢2.6million cash from the National Cathedral Secretariat to JNS Talent Centre Limited owned by Rev. Kusi-Boateng under his secondary identity, Kwabena Adu Gyamfi.
Mr Ablakwa said the petition sought to invoke the mandate of CHRAJ under Article 218 of the 1992 Constitution to investigate the “odious conflict of interest” in regard to Rev.Victor Kusi-Boateng’s position on the national cathedral board as he “literally paid his own company a staggering GH¢2.6million for no work done”.
Rev. Kusi-Boateng, who is also the founder of Power Chapel Worldwide, according to Mr Ablakwa, was the same person as Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, who received the GH¢2.6 million from the national cathedral board.
“For the avoidance of doubt, there is no distinct Kwabena Adu Gyamfi. Kwabena Adu Gyamfi is a criminal creation of Rev. Victor Kusi-Boateng. The two are, therefore, one and the same,” Mr Ablakwa alleged in a statement on his Facebook wall that preceded the petition.
Mr Ablakwa said documents revealed that two other persons, Sheila Eshun and Kwabena Adu Gyamfi were also directors of JNS Talent Centre Limited.
“From unassailable and irreproachable documents in my possession, Rev. Victor Kusi-Boateng, aka Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, uses multiple passports and multiple identification cards with different names and different dates of birth as his special modus operandi.