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The move is meant to help boost foreign exchange inflows and stabilise the local currency, said Finance Minister Cassel Ato Forson.

On Monday, new Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson suggested public money would no longer be used for the project, telling a parliamentary committee that the government "would work to cut off wasteful expenditure and the national cathedral project is one of them".

Arenas and Martinez remember that evening of loosely controlled chaos fondly, but are quick to point out that it was a different era for the band, which recently released the new album “Notebook Fantasy” via indie label ATO Records.

Minority leader in parliament Cassiel Ato Forson supported Mr Bagbin's move, saying the speaker's concern was legitimate.

The ATO has since told lawmakers tax secrecy laws made it difficult to share the information needed to pursue a case.