The newly appointed Mayor of Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Ebi Bright has made a bold statement saying “Tema is on a transformative journey to become a 24-hour sustainable city at the Centre of the World.”
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The 2024 NDC Parliamentary candidate for the Tema Central Constituency, made this declaration during the First Sessional Address of the Assembly on July 30, 2025.
The Mayor described her address as “not as a formality, but as a firm step toward renewing the soul of our city.”
“Together, we are laying the foundation for growth, order, and prosperity” – He added
In a Facebook post, Ms. Bright outlined twelve action her is leading the Assembly to commerce the ambitious Tema as a 24-hour city project including fixing TMA’s “finances and recovering every stolen asset”.
Read her full post:
Today, I delivered my First Sessional Address – not as a formality, but as a firm step toward renewing the soul of our city.
Tema is on a transformative journey to become a 24-hour sustainable city at the Centre of the World. Together, we are laying the foundation for growth, order, and prosperity.
We’re cleaning Tema – not just physically, but systemically.
- Sanitation is priority one: continuous street sweeping, waste reforms, and registration of all Aboboyaa operators.
- Our roads are being repaired – from Harbour Road to Kpone.
- 3,000 LED solar streetlights are being installed across all 21 electoral areas so Tema can move day and night.
- We’re fixing our finances and recovering every stolen asset.
- Comprehensive revenue audits and full digitization to end leakages.
- An asset recovery taskforce to reclaim TMA properties for the people.
- We’re building again – boldly and beautifully.
- Redeveloping Tema Stadium into a 12,000-seat modern arena.
- Transforming the Golden Jubilee Youth Centre into a Digital Innovation Hub.
- Upgrading public health facilities and constructing a new isolation unit at Manhean Polyclinic.
- Supporting 1,000+ youth-led MSMEs with training, registration, and access to finance.
- Reviving the Meridian Enclave into a modern civic, tourism, and business destination with a 5-star hotel and public green spaces.
And yes, Tema will lead Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy.
Jobs. Opportunity. Growth. Round the clock.
But I cannot do this alone.
Assembly Members – let service be your legacy.
Chiefs – guide us with your wisdom.
Workers – show up with excellence.
Citizens – this is your city. Rise with her.
Wɔnu, nyɛhaa wɔtsua.
We have heard. Now let us act
