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Communications Minister Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has taken a swipe at the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for what she describes as the latter's lack of understanding of "basic contract law".

She was responding to Joyce Bawa, Special Aide to former President John Mahama's critique of government over the decision to purchase a building for a chancery in Oslo, Norway at a cost of $12 million.

The Communications Minister does not understand why the opposition party will not let go of the issue especially as the transaction has been put on hold.

"Joyce Bawa and her kind refuse to accept is that no one has denied that government had every intention of buying that property and had made that clear till the Foreign Minister's attention was drawn to that newspaper article and she put a hold on this transaction. No consideration has passed. No money has been paid for the purchase price. None of the conditions precedent had been completed. There was no valid contract. This is basic contract law!!! What did she learn in law school?" she queried.

According to her, the NDC has no moral right to talk about issues bordering on corruption, because they saw nothing wrong in spending “14 million US dollars of the tax payers’ money building 1 house for the vice president in Ghana, where the cost of living is much less than Norway".

"These NDC people saw nothing wrong with spending 14 million US dollars of the tax payers money building 1 house for the vice president in Ghana, where the cost of living is much less than Norway, and refused to pay allowances for nursing and teacher trainees. It is very funny for them to complain about this Oslo property.

"President Akufo-Addo is fixing their mess and solving the problems they saddled all Ghanaians with! John Mahama wants to come again to continue his create loot and share agenda??? We shall see. He should learn from his friend Good Luck!!

"God is blessing our homeland Ghana under the principled, purposeful, inspired leadership of Nana Akufo-Addo, and is making Her great and strong in our time and for the future. Leadership is cause, everything else is effect. We saw how the NDC brought Ghana to its knees and destroyed everything they touched. Never again should they be allowed to ruin our country again," she added in a post on facebook.