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General news for Sunday, October 25, 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-10-25
The building collapse has claimed 22 lives
The director general of the National Organization for Disaster Management (NADMO), Eric Nana Agyemang Prempeh, addressed a press conference to explain what caused the disaster of the building collapse in Akyem-Batabi in the Eastern Region.
According to a report by Daily Graphic, the head of NADMO revealed that preliminary investigations into the cause of the collapse of the Church of Prosperity building point to the use of substandard materials to construct the three-story building.
Lower quality materials used for construction include iron rods, sand, and gravel.
“He announced that the death toll at the disaster site had risen to 22, of whom 12 were women, including a two-year-old girl, and 10 were men. Eight of the 30 people recovered from the rubble by the search and rescue team are alive.
“Six of the survivors had been treated and discharged from the Oda Government Hospital, one was still admitted to the same center, while the other victim had been transferred to St Joseph Hospital in Koforidua for intensive care,” according to the report by State-owned Daily Graphic.
Meanwhile, the local assembly is tasked with finding the perpetrators of the disaster and recommending punitive action, according to the same Daily Graphic report.
“The government cannot continue to waste scarce national resources in disasters through the negligence of irresponsible people,” the head of NADMO is said to have said.
The local assembly is also tasked with paying for the medical expenses of a disaster victim who is admitted to St Joseph Hospital, according to the report.
The unidentified disaster victim is expected to pay an initial GH ¢ 3,500 before treatment for her broken legs begins.
The unfinished church building said to be owned by the prophet Isaac Ofori, also known as Akoa Isaac, collapsed on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
The building had been under construction for at least ten years.
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