Lawyer Edudzi Tamakloe, a private legal practitioner and ardent member of the National Democratic Congress, feels payments paid to Sir David Adjaye for the architectural design of the national cathedral are suspect.
He claims that the government made these payments to Sir David Adjaye without going through the normal channels.
However, the government feels it did not make a mistake by not included the GH32 million in the budget for Sir David Adjaye and Associates' consultation on the National Cathedral.
Hon John Kumah, a Deputy Minister of Finance, told the media last week that the government has provided sufficient clarification on public funding for the cathedral.
"Even though it isn't documented as a budget item since it isn't under any specific MDA, it can be a component of it." He said that "as long as we have incorporated in the budget that we were going to offer seed cash," the government will spend less.
However, speaking on Okay Fm's Ade Akye Abia show, the legal practitioner, who is also an advisor to former President John Dramani Mahama, claimed he couldn't understand why payments to the architectural designer were made while the cathedral's construction was still ongoing.
Mr. David Ajaye was granted the contract through a sole sourcing bidding process, and lawyer Godwin Edudzie Tamakloe looked concerned.
"I observe that the Public Procurement Authority was told in a letter circulating in the media domain and signed by the chief of staff to enable a sole sourcing contract to be issued to..."
Sir David Adjaye's actions were plainly in violation of the country's procurement regulations.
He questioned, "Where did we go wrong as a society that we'll have to disobey our own laws to appease our family and friends?"
He went on to say that building a cathedral for him isn't a terrible idea, but that the government should ask Ghanaians to give at least 100 ghana cedis to the cathedral's construction.
"However, Christians, more than any other religious group in the country, are unwilling to give to the construction of the cathedral, which will serve as a more attentive purpose for them."