See the state of the Accra New Town building before the collapse

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  • Max 11 hours ago

    How do we describe this as a building? It is a shed. Damn, what is wrong with us?

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  • Benji 8 hours ago

    Reading the comments, it's clear people didn't bother reading the article before posting. "According to reports, the building had previously been declared unfit for use by the assembly and was earmarked for demolition."

  • Karikakchar 8 hours ago

    Some one ought to explain this! If it was a known fact that the building was unfit for use, why allow it to stand and permit a group to use it?

  • Martin Kreisler 5 hours ago

    Yes, but it was allowed to remain standing for more than a decade, and that is why some people in authority may have to answer questions.
    Why should a building be declared unfit for use by the authorities, earmarked for demo ...
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  • Come to Jesus 4 hours ago

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  • Kalimba Mozambo 7 hours ago

    This is an uncompleted building , so why use it ? Are we so desperate in Ghana ?

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  • The 11 hours ago

    The Police shd arrest the building engineers of that metropolitan area including the contractor that's how it's done in civilised societies. They shd be prosecuted.

  • Karikakchar 8 hours ago

    Why the engineer, it's been declared not good enough and earmarked for demolition

  • kwame niger 11 hours ago

    what is the office who approves these types of structure doing was it leave that to you walaye approved

  • Sharp 10 hours ago

    With no solid pillars…How can this stand ?

  • Mike 10 hours ago

    Just look at those LENGE LENGE PILLARS....

  • Mt Everest 7 hours ago

    So so right. I don't know anything about building but the moment I saw the picture it's clear the pillars are indeed lenge lenge,lol.

  • Martin Kreisler 10 hours ago

    From the pictures, it appears the ground floor was quite sound, structurally, by the remaining (upper) floors were in very poor structural condition, by the look of the pillars. The relavively 'strong' first floor slab (roof ...
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  • We are not serious! 8 hours ago

    You’re rightly so Michael.

  • Kay 10 hours ago

    As for this country hmm. We are like animals. So the assembly watched for this thing to be built. Blacks have a problem.

  • Nye bro 9 hours ago

    You are right! Blacks really have a problem!!!

  • Ghanaian 10 hours ago

    what if it collapsed on a school day imagine the lives of children ha would had been lost,I think the appropriate authorities must act before such incidence happen

  • Northern Boy 10 hours ago

    And we have an institution called Town And Contry Planning with its staff drawing salary from the tax payer

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  • Esa 10 hours ago

    This country is led by idiots and hoodlums. No sense of planning whatsoever.

  • TonyB 10 hours ago

    The various assemblies should inspect all structures being used by various churches as worship centers or churches particularly the Pentecostal churches They don't care about safety, they only carry out their worship under an ...
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  • Oti Boateng 10 hours ago

    The problem is judgement debt oooo. Our goat meat and cassava judges rules based on Adu Lodge inducement.

  • Nana Boakye 9 hours ago

    How much have we learned from the previous disasters such as the melcom tragedy some years ago? The government waste money buying suvs for these useless mps to go to parliament and act as clowns. I hope we stop abusing fund f ...
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  • Nye bro 9 hours ago

    And who granted a building permit for this? If no permit was granted, then what were the building control team doing all this while? I can clearly see that the structural integrity of the building was highly compromised. Just ...
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  • Mr Perth 9 hours ago

    NPP-NCD FOR U.

  • Ski-doo 9 hours ago

    Heaven help those who helps themselves.. how can God help us with this nonsense standing there.. we are so stupid in this country... Useless people in leadership... What did the assembly do about it apart from earmarking this ...
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  • 7up 9 hours ago

    14 year building? Or Ghana.

  • Yakubu 9 hours ago

    Why do tge nation allow these sort of structures to be erected in the country? Gyimie nkoaa

  • GOLDEN 8 hours ago

    FOE HEAVENS SAKE,WHAT SORT OF BUILDING IS THIS,WHO APPROVED OF THIS,HOW SERIOUS ARE THE AUTHOURITIES?????????? ITS INDEED,TIME TO WAKE UP!!!!!!!!

  • COOLBLUE 8 hours ago

    The contractor who executed this job must be arrested asap for shoddy work! Why would authorities look unconcerned for a building with 6x6 or 9x9 inches pillars left for years to stand?

    If the pillars of the building were ...
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  • FTT 8 hours ago

    The proprietor must be arrested by now

  • The Devil’s Advocate 7 hours ago

    When are we going to be serious about public safety in Ghana let alone public liability. How on earth human beings were allowed to get anywhere near that miserable edifice beggars belief. In any other country the so called ow ...
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  • Bright 7 hours ago

    Disaster waiting to happen and it has happened. Very weak structure.

  • Patrice Lumumba road fault line 5 hours ago

    Hmm. I hope the new story buildings/ apartments going up so quickly are safe. One small earth tremor will be devastating if they have cut corners on quality building materials and appropriate permits and checks, correct build ...
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  • Mt Everest 7 hours ago

    The pillars are looking so so lanky like pencils. How could they be so cheap thereby putting human lives in danger. Good things last and bad things don't.

  • Holy Sinner 6 hours ago

    Woaaaa LOOK. Are there no Structural Engineers in Ghana to be inspecting the construction of such buildings for the Town and Country Planning. Look at the Pillars holding a four storey building. If there is a structural engin ...
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  • Nana Kwame 6 hours ago

    Just look at the pillers for a 3-story building,, they are as tiny as an ant's legs

  • Kofi 6 hours ago

    Eiiiiii, not the best, all the pillars was destroyed at the same time.

  • Victor Mansur 6 hours ago

    The authorities should first check it there’s a building permit and if yes, who issued it? Based on what processes?

  • TRUMP 5 hours ago

    THE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY IS NUMBER ONE CULPRIT HERE
    Why allow people to use this building?

  • Matete 5 hours ago

    THE WHOLE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN LEFT TO THE RAINS AND SUNSHINE FOR 14 GOOD YEARS. CONCRETE WORK AND IRON RODS ARE WORN OUT. STRUCTURES PILLARS LACK STRENGTH. CHECK THR PICTURES

  • STOP IT 5 hours ago

    This is Ghana, by next week we'll all forget, and all unapproved and also dilapidated structures will still be around, with MCEs, Assembly members, NADMO officials, Fire Service bigshots, MPs, Ministers of State, the IGP, and ...
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  • Nyankpala 2 hours ago

    You are absolutely CORRECT. Let's move on and wait for the next disaster, collect fat paychecks and benefits, show up at work late and leave early with NO WORK done.

  • Makaa-maka 2 hours ago

    On what grounds did the so-called pastor or prophet conduct church service under this skeletal structure? God have mercy on some latter-day pastors and prophets establishing churches every seconds and minutes. They say you (G ...
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  • OBSERVERS WITHOUT BOADERS 2 hours ago

    WHAT A SKELETON STRUCTURE!!! SAD

  • koku 1 hour ago

    Looks like a four storey rather than 3 strey lol

  • FACT 1 hour ago

    A PROBE IS WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
    This is the action to take now now:
    The CID/BNI must pounce on:
    ▪︎ The owner
    ▪︎ The builder
    ▪︎ The Building Inspectors at the City Planning
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  • Seth Y 51 minutes ago

    Building below standard. The contractor, architects and all those that approved this nonsense must be arrested and refund tax payers money back. The past government abandoned the project and rushing to offer support. Ostrich ...
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