Ghana could go into the Guinness World Record (GWR) as the country with the world’s most expensive pit, valued at US$450 million, ever dug in the history of mankind.
Wondering how this happened and why this is the world’s most expensive pit?
The President of Ghana took steps to honour a promise he solely made to God. The promise was to build for God a national cathedral where Ghana would lift his name on high for his great hand that has been upon the nation.
But as faith will have it, the national cathedral, which has yet to leave itself off the ground and still remains a dug pit, has already cost the Ghanaian taxpayer a whopping US$ 450 million.
Based on the exchange rate of 12 Ghanaian cedis (GHS) per US dollar, US$450 million would be equal to 5,400,000,000 Ghanaian cedis (GHS). The project has remained one of the most controversial in the history of Ghana’s politics, relating to faith and religion.
Several men of God who were put on the committee for the project have resigned from the committee due to a lack of transparency, accountability, and other issues that go contrary to their faith, convictions, and beliefs.
New drone video footage shared on Twitter by Hon. Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa showed that the world’s most expensive pit, valued at US$450 million, was still intact.
The video footage was taken to shed light on the information-making rounds that work has begun on the national cathedral, which has become a white elephant.
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In the same tweet, Hon. Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa disclosed that “Fact-Check Recent claims by government propagandists that work has resumed on Akufo-Addo’s scandalous US$45 million cathedral are ABSOLUTELY FALSE. The latest drone footage captured a few minutes ago by SOA Oversight confirms that the world’s most expensive pit remains abandoned.”
“Recent claims by government propagandists that work has resumed on Akufo-Addo’s scandalous US$450 million cathedral are ABSOLUTELY FALSE.”
“The latest drone footage captured a few minutes ago by SOA Oversight confirms that the world’s most expensive pit remains abandoned.”
Latest Video of the National Cathedral
Fact-Check
Recent claims by government propagandists that work has resumed on Akufo-Addo’s scandalous US$450million cathedral are ABSOLUTELY FALSE.
Latest drone footage captured a few minutes ago by SOA Oversight confirms that the world’s most expensive pit remains abandoned. pic.twitter.com/ZwtXTigUXx
— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) January 31, 2024
While Ghana waits to sink more difficult to come by dollars into a project many Ghanaians have described as less important in solving the worrying problems of unemployment, high cost of living, increasing and countless taxes that are suffocating the ordinary people, mismanagement, and corruption, the Guinness World Record (GWR) can at least honour Ghana with the world’s most expensive pit record.
The member of Parliament further questioned why the government has not retrieved GHS 339 million of taxpayer funds from David Adjaye, Cary Summers, Victor Kusi Boateng, Kwabena Adu Gyamfi, and others.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the world’s most expensive pit located?
The expensive pit is located in Accra, Ghana, and was meant to be a place for the construction of the country’s first and only national cathedral.
What is the value of the world’s most expensive pit?
The pit is worth US$450 million, which would be equal to 5,400,000,000 Ghanaian cedis (GHS).
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