Collapsed Cantonments building was without permit — LaDMA

The La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA) has stated that the three-storey building that collapsed was being put up without a building permit.

Speaking to the Daily Graphic in a telephone interview yesterday, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Ms Rita Odoley Sowah, said the owner of the building did not pay heed to several orders to stop work on the building without permit.

She indicated that the last date a warning to stop work was issued was June 3 when the tools being used were seized.

She, however, said “we were in the process to get a permit for them but while we were doing that they were also working, which shouldn’t have been the case”.

For a building permit to be issued, Ms Sowah said before a building was put up officers from the Assembly would have to inspect the foundation to ensure it was strong and also inspect after the building had been constructed.

That, she said, was followed by a habitation permit if the inspectors sati