{"id":313170,"date":"2017-04-23T08:52:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T08:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313170"},"modified":"2017-04-23T08:52:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T08:52:49","slug":"coconut-grove-fire-mahama-commiserates-with-nduom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313170","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Grove fire: Mahama commiserates with Nduom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Mahama has commiserated with the 2016 flagbearer of the Progressive People&#8217;s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom whose <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/23\/coconut-grove-fire-was-sparked-by-air-condition-groupe-nduom\/\"><strong>Coconut Grove<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Regency Hotel was engulfed by fire on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-313225\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grove-fire-72.jpg\" alt=\"grove-fire-72\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to him, the incident is a \u201cmajor loss\u201d to the country\u2019s hospitality industry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-313204\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Grove-fire-25.jpg\" alt=\"grove-fire-25\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John Mahama, who also contested the 2016 presidential race on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) posted on Facebook on Sunday, April 23, 2017 that; \u201cYesterday&#8217;s fire at Coconut Grove Regency Hotel is a major loss to our hospitality industry. My thoughts are with Dr and Mrs Nduom and workers of Group Nduom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-313178\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Mahama-to-Nduom.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-to-nduom\" width=\"652\" height=\"186\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A part of the hotel that houses Business Television Africa (BTA), Amansan TV (ATV), GN Bank and Gold Coast Securities was ravaged by <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/22\/fire-guts-coconut-groove-regency-hotel\/\"><strong>fire<\/strong><\/a><\/span> on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>It took fire officers more than 3 hours to <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/22\/fire-at-coconut-grove-hotel-brought-under-control\/\"><strong>contain the fire<\/strong><\/a><\/span> which started at about 4.30pm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_261571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261571\" style=\"width: 592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-261571 \" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/64622889.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom\" width=\"592\" height=\"355\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-261571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The affected properties are all owned by Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, owners of the hotel have revealed that the inferno was sparked by fire from an air-conditioning facility at Amansan Television (ATV) which shares a compound with the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the hotel clarified that its restaurant, conference facilities and guest rooms were not affected by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to note that the Regency Hotel and its restaurant, guest rooms and conference facilities are intact and were not touched by the fire,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nduom stadium roof ripped off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Nduom last week suffered a similar fate when his stadium which serves as home grounds for his football club, Elmina Sharks, had its roof ripped off following a heavy storm in the capital city of the Central Region, Cape Coast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Mahama has commiserated with the 2016 flagbearer of the Progressive People&#8217;s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom whose Coconut Grove Regency Hotel was engulfed by fire on Saturday. According to him, the incident is a \u201cmajor loss\u201d to the country\u2019s hospitality industry. 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