The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, says money spent on the construction of the National Cathedral could have been redirected to complete some of the hospitals under the former government’s Agenda 111 programme.

Dr Ayine questioned the government’s decision to commit significant public resources to the Cathedral project at a time when several critical healthcare infrastructure projects remained incomplete.

He made the remarks on Thursday, August 13, 2026, during the district launch of the Free Primary Health Care programme in the Bolga East Constituency in the Upper East Region.

The Attorney General said a report prepared by audit and consulting firm PwC on the National Cathedral was presented to him on Friday, August 7.

According to him, the findings contained in the report raise questions about the use of resources on the project and whether the expenditure reflected Ghana’s most pressing development priorities.

Dr Ayine argued that some of the funds committed to the Cathedral could instead have helped complete hospitals under Agenda 111, an initiative introduced by the Akufo-Addo administration to expand healthcare infrastructure across districts.

“The monies spent on the National Cathedral from that report could have been used to complete some Agenda 111 hospitals,” he said.

He also criticised the manner in which the Cathedral project was conceived and executed, questioning the decision to prioritise the project amid competing demands for public investment.

“You don’t build a house of God in the manner in which they went about it,” Dr Ayine said.

The National Cathedral was initiated under former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a major religious and national landmark.

However, the project has faced public scrutiny over its financing, expenditure, construction progress and the management of funds committed to it.

Dr Ayine’s comments come as the government pushes the Free Primary Health Care programme, with the Attorney General stressing the importance of directing public resources towards essential healthcare services.

Agenda 111, meanwhile, remains one of the major unfinished healthcare infrastructure projects inherited from the previous administration, with several facilities yet to be completed and operationalised.