In 1972, Reverend Victor Cole took over the leadership of The Apostolic Faith work in Ghana and retired on grounds of ill health in November,  1996. The then Africa Overseer, Reverend Josiah O. Soyinka, under  Divine guidance, appointed Reverend Paul O. Akazue, a Nigerian, as the  Overseer of the Churches in Ghana. He was the representative sent from  Nigeria in September, 1996, to the camp meeting in Ghana. He assumed  duty as Overseer for Ghana work in November, 1996. 

Brother Paul, being a dynamic man who knew the power of prayer,  revived prayer programmes and encouraged members of the Church to  pray. It yielded immense results. A comprehensive prayer request list was  prepared. This exercise was tagged ”Ghana Prays”. The identified  numerous needs of the Church in Ghana were taken to God in prayer. To  the glory of His name, God started answering those prayers immediately,  and in most cases, beyond the expectation of the Church. 

Brother Paul restructured the church auditorium to make it more  commodious. God provided the Church with a brand new standby  electricity generator, a computer with a colour printer and internet  facilities. A secretariat was organized for effective correspondence and  dissemination of information.  

The Church had financial challenges when he was sent there, and this did  not give Brother Paul the opportunity to go with his family. His wife,  Sister Abosede Akazue of blessed memory, and the children, remained at  Ifo, Ogun State, Nigeria (where he had pastored before going to Ghana),  supporting him with their constant prayers.  

Brother Paul realized that the Abossey Okai church did not befit a national  headquarters. Therefore, he urged the members to begin to look for land  which would give them room for expansion. God led them to twelve plots  of land situated on a hill in Aplaku. Later, Brother Paul inspected the large expanse of land and met with the landowners to discuss the modalities of  payment. The Church paid the first installment of the 12 plots from the  funds realized from pledges made by the members.  

Members gathered at the new site for the first work, which entailed  cleaning up the land and collecting stones. The people were enthusiastic  and happy to work as other branches came together to assist the  headquarters in building the tabernacle. They discovered the land  contained a lot of rocks and members were encouraged to purchase  hammers to break up the stones in groups. These stones became assets as  they were used in building the tabernacle. The newly purchased 32-seater  Asia bus (which God miraculously provided), conveyed people to the site  to dig the foundation of the tabernacle, which was erected with a  basement. 

While in Ghana sometime in 1998, he had serious pains in his head and  was feeling exhausted. He was to go to Kumasi for a revival service and to  take a teaching titled: “Face to face with Jesus”. He was healed  miraculously as he started to teach! To God's glory, the 1999 national  Camp Meeting was held in the tabernacle basement.