{"id":313484,"date":"2017-04-24T10:19:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T10:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313484"},"modified":"2017-04-24T10:19:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T10:19:08","slug":"coconut-grove-fire-extensive-damage-could-have-been-avoided-nduom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/coconut-grove-fire-extensive-damage-could-have-been-avoided-nduom\/","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Grove fire: Extensive damage could have been avoided – Nduom"},"content":{"rendered":"
The President of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom believes more urgency on the part of relevant state institutions could have lessened the damage caused by the fire that ravaged parts of his Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post, he suggested the need for reforms with respect to the attitude of these state institutions in the face of similar disasters.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”OJ3s8r2jzF5W83BC3aRDpvp6rhJpfIAk”]\u201cI have a heavy heart because though accidents do happen, this fire should not have caused so much damage and destruction.\u00a0 We have a lot to do to reform our state institutions and attitude to working with urgency when we are confronted with problems.”<\/p>\n
It took the combined efforts of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service and the Fire Department of the Ghana Air Force more than three hours to\u00a0contain the fire which started around 4.30pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Although the cause of the fire is yet to be known, the company said initial information it gathered indicates a spark of fire from an\u00a0air-conditioning unit<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0led to the unfortunate incident.<\/p>\n Dr. Nduom’s Facebook post also lauded his staff for the role they played in overcoming the fire saying, \u201cwe have an amazing team of management and staff.\u00a0 The teamwork they have demonstrated to ensure that the Regency Hotel fire challenge is overcome quickly has been wonderful to observe.\u00a0 They are living the Spiritual Guidance we teach all our employees.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am grateful to government officials, friends, politicians from all political parties, religious leaders, businessmen and women and others for their encouragement and concerns,\u201d the post added.<\/p>\n