The Tema Constituency branch of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) is threatening legal action agaist the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) for preventing the party from mounting billboards in the area.
[contextly_sidebar id=”f3C1lUBygL02lScbSQCrNzzGDjyqXzTf”]According to the CPP, such efforts are hampering their visibility programme in Tema and its environs.
The CPP in Tema claim, it has followed due process and have written several letters to the TMA via its Town and Country department to allow them roll out their visibility programme in the area but has not received a reply to their letters.
“The first application letter was delivered to the Head of Town and Country Planning, Mr. Tamakloe on 2nd February 2015. The second application letter (reminder) was also safely delivered to the same Head Of Town and Country Planning, Mr. Tamakloe on 17th March 2015.”
“We have received no response to any of our letters despite several calls on his cell phone and subsequent visits to the office of Mr. Tamakloe. The few times he has picked our calls, he only assures us of getting back to us after he meets with the MCE.”
In a press release copied to citifmonline.com, the CPP says it is resorting to the court because “We are certain that we have followed legitimate methods and proper procedures to register our application to roll out our visibility programs within our constituency. We can only conclude that, the TMA is bent on frustrating our efforts to roll out our visibility programmes.”
“Our billboards have been left to the mercy of the weather whilst our banners and posters are occupying space in our office. We strongly feel that this inaction from the TMA is deliberate. We have waited patiently for two months. To date, we have received no response from them; not even a refusal letter. Mr. Tamakloe is not even taking our calls again.”
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana