TDC Ghana Ltd has pushed back on a stop-work order and enforcement notice issued by the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) over its Site 3 Housing Project, arguing that the Assembly’s action threatens to derail one of Government’s key housing initiatives and disrupts decades of institutional cooperation between the two bodies.
In a strongly worded but measured response dated August 11, 2026, TDC’s Managing Director, Courage K.M. Nunekpeku, acknowledged receipt of the TMA’s two correspondences — dated August 8 — but made clear the Company was not simply going to stand down.
“The Company notes the position taken by the Assembly with some concern,” the letter states, pointing to what it describes as “long-standing institutional arrangements and cooperation” between TDC and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across the Tema Acquisition Area — a relationship TDC says has for years been built on mutual respect for each institution’s statutory mandate.
According to TDC, it has consistently extended “considerable institutional accommodation” to MMDAs on land allocation, ground rent, and other administrative matters — cooperation the Company suggests the TMA’s sudden enforcement action now risks undermining.
Crucially, TDC frames the dispute as bigger than a single housing project. The Company argues that Site 3 sits squarely within Government’s broader housing agenda, at a time when “Government continues to place considerable emphasis on increasing housing delivery” nationwide. Halting the project, TDC suggests, would not just affect one developer — it would set back a national priority.
Rather than escalate into open confrontation, TDC has opted to elevate the matter to the appropriate authorities, copying the Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources and the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs on its response. The Company says it is confident the Assembly, as “an important partner in the implementation of Government’s development agenda,” will ultimately support an approach that facilitates rather than impedes the timely delivery of the project.
TDC has stressed throughout that it remains committed to constructive engagement with the TMA, describing the current friction as an opportunity to “preserve and strengthen” the collaborative arrangements both institutions have built over the years — rather than a breakdown in that relationship.
For now, the ball is in the Assembly’s — and Government’s — court. But TDC’s message is unambiguous: a project this important to Ghana’s housing needs deserves resolution through dialogue, not disruption.
