Alarming financial and governance irregularities have prompted Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr.

Dominic Ayine, to initiate legal steps to terminate the National Cathedral project.

A damning audit by Deloitte and Touche revealed that total payments and commitments on the project had soared to $97 million-far exceeding previously disclosed figures.

Of that amount, $39 million remains unpaid to the main contractor, even though construction has been suspended.