TDC defends statutory mandate, says its authority to develop Tema predates TMA

“TDC retained as its principal statutory object the responsibility to plan, lay out and develop the Tema area,” the statement said, arguing that municipal responsibilities assigned to the Assembly should not be interpreted as overriding or extinguishing the corporation’s development mandate.

The company emphasised that the local government authority that later evolved into the Tema Metropolitan Assembly was established years after TDC had begun its work, arguing that the Assembly neither created nor granted TDC its development mandate.

TDC Ghana Ltd has defended its legal authority to undertake development projects in Tema, insisting that its mandate to plan, lay out and develop the city predates the establishment of the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) and remains firmly grounded in law.