The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has submitted reports on the collapsed Melcom and Nii Boi Town buildings to the Ghana Police Service for investigations.
This follows the partial collapse of another building at Bubuashie in Accra on Thursday, raising concerns about the AMA’s inablity to check the integrity of buildings in the capital.
This is about the fourth time a building has collapsed in Accra in the last two years.
Speaking to Citi News, the Director of Works at the AMA, Victor Mensah said: “Within the next one and a half hour, I’m sure we will get a final report from a professional structural engineer to tell us exactly what the issue was with the building.”
Commenting on the Melcom disaster, Mr. Mensah stated that a structural assessment report on the building has been forwarded to the Police for further investigations.
“They have copies so when they are ready, that they can read this report,” he said.
According to him, the Police will later determine the form of punishment to be meted out to those found culpable after investigations.
