We went to the same Law School: what did you learn?
Must politics make us throw away our principles – even established legal principles and precepts?
How could she mislead Ghanaians that the Ghana Government has entered into no contractual relations with the vendor of the now infamously over-bloated Oslo Chancery property?
But the facts are clear.
Government officials had visited the property and after negotiations had agreed on the consideration which is the cost of the property at 12 Million USD.
The said officials, designated by the Hon Foreign Minister Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, had presented a report approving of the suitability of the property in question for use and in the same report recommended it for purchase.
So, in all the noisy shouting battles and the attempt to deceive the good people of Ghana, my question is this: why did Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stop the process?
Mind you, Government had accepted the offer to purchase the property at 12 Milllon Plus USD. In fact, Ghana Government was so interested, that it had requested some changes to be made to the property and permits to be sought from the Norwegian Government that would allow the property to be used as a Chancery!
It is funny that with all the bogus attempts to defend the indefensible, Government has still not provided, to the good people of Ghana, any communication indicating Government’s refusal to purchase the over-bloated property. And lest I forget, the Ministry of Finance had approved of the request and allocated resources for same!
What we all took away from the Law School, Hon. Ursula Owusu is this:
When there is a firm offer and a firm acceptance and the intention of the parties to the Contract are firmly exhibited through their interactions and communications, then you CANNOT deny that Government of Ghana was clearly committed to buying the said property! And that huge sums of Tax Payers money have already been committed to the process. Why borrow 50 million USD from SG-SSB and expend a colossal portion of it to purchasing just one property?
President Nana Akufo-Addo as Candidate promised Ghanaians that he was coming to protect the public purse. Ghanaians take words seriously. He should too.
Happy blessed Sunday and a Merry Christmas to you all!!
God bless our Homeland Ghana
And make our Nation great and strong!!
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Now we are going to go into academics, the new war. Like Mona Quartey said, she is scandalized as a FINANCE person about the amount involved - $12 million. May I ask Mona the basis of her statement? Finance people based their decisions on certain variables. If Ghana will be in Norway for about 50 years, then what finance person is Mona? Is Mona aware that rents are subject to yearly increases? Is Mona aware that land and buildings increase in value every day (especially in the developed countries?) Who told Mona it is brokers who determine the value of buildings? Please learn that there are other professionals called building assessors. Know and compute the net present value (NPV)if Ghana decides to even sell the property after 20 years taken the yearly rents and resale value into consideration, and give better finance decision. Even on our own land (we did not buy the land), the vice president's property being put up is more than $15 million, I was told Mona gave the finance decision. se
Offer and acceptance without consideration? A contract is binding? Yea!! Ghana Law. We are doomed.
Joyce Bawa is right with this reasonable piece. The Scandinavian countries including Norway, have open and credible systems. Property acquisition and sale is a matter of public knowledge and easily available upon request. It does not even make sense that such a property could cost USD 12million!. It is impossible. Norwegians themselves will expose you since they are born incorruptible. Corruption is not in the blood of Scandinavians!. Get it and stop this fraudulent embassy acquisition!.
Wow,a lawyer writing this piece. I beg go back to MAKOLA. You need a little turning on the law fire.
unnecessary
Never heard of this woman when she was in government. She now has the power of the pen to write this? Well, what did she learn at the law school when she was in government?
Blah blah blah! an empty irrelevant barrel. Since when has the legal defintion of contract been "FIRM offer, FIRM acceptance and FIRM exhibition of acceptance through interaction with parties. A first year law student can knows that Contract involves OFFER, ACCEPTANCE, CONSIDERATION AND INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONSHIP. Bawa Mogtari, you are so consumed by f1lt-y politics that you've lost your bearing. Go to court and provide your bogus definition of a contract and see where you will get your client to. It's obvious you learnt nowt when in Law school . No wonder the likes of you and so called medical doctors are not practising but engaged in politics.
The onus is on you to provide us that offer/acceptance letter. The fact that someone make an offer and the other person accepting, does not make it a binding contract. Am also trying to find out what law school you went to. In real estate, there should be signatures on the contract to make it a legal binding document.Why do you think the owner is not trying to enforce the sale from his end. Simple answer is that he has no basis. No wonder you guys kept on paying bogus judgement debts by heart.
Who signed for govt and who signed for vendor? no prove, empty noise. You talk of intentions, really? very sad. As a layman (not lawyer) my oldman thought me not to accept document that is not signed sealed and delivered period. Where is that SSD document Joyce? No prove. Propaganda. No wonder we paid Woyome GHC51 million for no work done or is it with no signed document but intentios? But Joyce Don't follow blindly the babies with sharp teeth your reputation as as stake.
the good thing is that some of us our brains are not on autopilots. As u said we all went to the same school so i have to reason. I admire u Bawa