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TMA staff cautioned against granting
of fictitious permits
Tema, June 26, Ghanadot/GNA-- Mr David
Quaye Annang, the Chief Executive of Tema Metropolitan
Assembly (TMA), on Wednesday cautioned staff of the assembly
against the granting of fictitious permits to land
developers.
He also advised assembly members to consult planning and
development authorities before issuing permits to developers
to avoid defacing the Tema township.
Mr Annang, who was speaking at the first ordinary meeting of
the second session of the assembly in Tema, said “I wish to
sound a strong caution to staff who go beyond their bounds
to grant fictitious permits to developers. They will not be
spared when caught”.
He said TMA would introduce electronic format to generate
reliable database on building permits to facilitate the
processing of permits.
Mr Annang said total revenue mobilized by the assembly at
the end of December 31 last year, was GH¢7,009,840.11,
representing 95.22 per cent of GH¢7,361,996.10 targeted.
He said that GH¢3,732,996.60, representing 99.42 per cent of
GH¢3,754,596.10 envisaged, was internally generated at the
end of last year.
Mr Annang explained that the shortfall in revenue was as a
result of the inability of Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO)
to meet its production target, following the energy crises
that affected most industrial operations within the
metropolis, adding that VALCO was one of the assembly’s most
reliable sources of revenue.
He said the assembly would increase the house-to-house
refuse collection from once a week to twice a week and that
of communal containers from twice a week to daily disposal,
to improve sanitation in the area,
Mr Annang said TMA was taking with private waste management
companies to help in waste removal.
He appealed to individuals and organizations to assist the
assembly to provide a permanent administrative block for the
Tema Metropolitan Education Directorate because the workers
were being ejected from the building.
Mr Annang said TMA was financially weak and could not
single-handedly provide a building for the staff.
He said a request made by the assembly to the Ministry of
Water Resources, Works and Housing, to intervene on behalf
of staff of the Directorate and other government departments
and agencies being ejected by the Tema Development
Corporation did not yield any positive result.
GNA
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