Tema (Greater Accra) 15 July ?99

The Tema Car Dealers Association on Wednesday urged the Tema Municipal Council to allow its members up to July 31 to move to the new car sales park at Kpone.

The new date will give the members ample time to move to the site expected to be properly conditioned by the Tema Development Corporation before being rented to the dealers.

Mr Kwame Agyepong Ntre, president of the association, made the appeal at a meeting with Nii Armah Ashietey, Tema Municipal Chief Executive after the Association had accepted demands by the TDC to move to the new site.

The meeting was organised by the TMA after a public demonstration by some of the car dealers in Accra during which a petition was presented to Mr Ohene Adjekum, the Regional Minister.

In the petition, the association claimed that Kpone had no banking facility and security, and therefore its members were at risk if they were to operate there.

Mr. Ebenezer Ayi-Bonte, Managing Director of the TDC, told the meeting that 25 members of the association had registered to acquire plots at the park.

He assured them that "we have provided private catering services, so food will not be a problem".

Mr. Ekow Hayford, a member of the association, accused Mr. Ntre of leading a demonstration without the approval of all its members.

He pointed out that since the association was not registered, individual members registered with TDC for plots at the car park.