Haste caused Dzorwulu building collapse - NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organisation says the contractor of the collapsed building at Dzorwulu in Accra which killed two people on Saturday, September 28 is to blame for the disaster.

Six others were injured and rushed to the hospital.

The building has since been pulled down by NADMO officials who say its integrity cannot be guaranteed and that it posed a grave danger to the public.

NADMO says its preliminary investigations points to the fact that the contractor failed to observe a 21-day standard concrete slab drying period before continuing the building.

The Senior Officer for the Urban Search and Rescue Team at NADMO, Yaw Kiatchery told Citi News that the timely intervention of firefighters and police officers saved more workers from further injuries.

He confirmed that “Six people were rescued and sent to the hospital. The seventh one died on the way and the eighth one died here, so looking at the structure and the cracks that have developed into the structure there is no way we can leave the structure standing."

Also in a radio interview on Accra based Starr FM, the Public Relations Officer of NADMO, George Ayisi said the organisation is monitoring buildings to fish out those violating safety standards.

He said already the monitoring team has been to Tema, Kasoa and parts of Ablekuma, warning that NADMO has power to take measures against such people who do not abide by the building regulations.