No casualties were recorded after a three-storey building under construction collapsed at Klagon in the Tema West Municipality around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 5.
However, a mother and her three children sustained injuries when the impact caused the wall of their nearby house to cave in. They have since been rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Municipal Chief Executive for Tema West, Ludwig Teye Totimeh, confirmed that the Assembly has deployed excavators to clear the debris. He disclosed that the building owner failed to complete the required documentation before starting the project.
“We want to let the general public know that once you start the permit process, it doesn’t mean you have the permit to start building. Whatever permit you apply for, engineers must assess the kind of structure you would want to construct and the location.
Stakeholder consultation must take place. People complain that the permit process takes so much time but that is not true. It is just a month,” he stated.
Officials from the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and the Ghana National Fire Service have moved to site to assist with the clearing exercise and assessing the extent of damage.
