A former board member of the Tema Development Company Limited (TDC), Davis Ansah Opoku, has defended the sale of large tracts of land to individuals allegedly linked to former Minister of Finance, , during the tenure of his predecessor, Alice Abena Ofori-Atta.
Addressing the issue on Metro TV on April 11, 2025, the (NPP) lawmaker questioned whether the individual who acquired the lands, Alice Abena Ofori-Atta, should be disqualified from purchasing them simply because she shares a surname with former Minister of Finance, .
He argued that bearing the name "Ofori-Atta" should not automatically imply wrongdoing or impropriety in the transaction, adding that the said individual is a Ghanaian who bears the right to freely and legally acquire lands. "The fact that somebody is called Ofori-Atta and purchases land at Tema Community 24 does not mean it's related to and even if the person is related to him, and so what?
Is the person not a Ghanaian?
