The Tema Development Corporation( TDC) has vehemently denied allegations that the land housing the Tema Children’s Library has been sold to a private investor.
According some concerned citizens in the Tema Metropolis, the TDC led by its managing director, Alice Ofori-Atta sold the land on which the park and library are built to a Chinese man.
But in a sharp rebuttal, the Protocol and Administrative Officer of TDC, Ian Ocquaye, in an interview with Ohene Kinnah on Plan B FM’s ‘Ebaanosen’ he indicated that claims his outfit released the land in question is palpable falsehood.
“Public lands are vested in the care of the District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assemblies per the inception of the Local Government Act and the TDC can only give a sublease to the Tema Metropolitan Assembly for the usage of such lands if a formal request comes from the Assembly” he stated
He also explained that public lands are vested in the care of the District, Municipal or Metropolitan Assemblies per the inception of the Local Government Act and the TDC can only give a sublease to the Tema Metropolitan Assembly for the usage of such lands if a formal request comes from the Assembly.
He added that the land in question was given out to the Tema Metropolitan Assembly in 2012 based on a formal request from the Assembly to undertake a development project and the TDC has had nothing to do with it since then.
He also took a swipe at the Member of Parliament for (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor to stop peddling falsehood on the matter.
The MP in a post shared on X, on Thursday, October 12, 2023, the MP further alleged that Tema Development Company (TDC), led by its managing director, Alice Ofori-Atta, sold the land on which the park and library are built to the Chinese man who is going to build a casino on it.
He said the lawmaker is using the matter to score cheap political points.
Mr. Ian Ocquaye shared correspondence between the TDC and the Tema Metropolitan Assembly which showed that the said land was released to WB IPEX Limited for the contraction of a recreational centre in 2012.
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