{"id":369195,"date":"2017-11-07T14:43:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=369195"},"modified":"2017-11-07T14:43:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:43:43","slug":"melcom-disaster-has-anything-changed-after-5-years-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/melcom-disaster-has-anything-changed-after-5-years-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Melcom disaster; Has anything changed after 5 years ? [Report]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five\u00a0years ago today [Tuesday], what started as a very normal day, ended as one of the tragic moments Ghanaians\u00a0have not forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>14 people died and several others were maimed when the six-storey Melcom shopping mall at Achimota in Accra\u00a0collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>This shook the nation to the core and even caught the attention of international media.<\/p>\n<p>The then President, John Mahama, described the accident as needless, and promised drastic measures would be taken to avert any such future disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, the cycle unfortunately continues. But how many more years can we go until such preventable disasters are completely avoided in Ghana?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News&#8217;<\/strong> Eugenia Tenkorang looks back at what measures were announced at the time to forestall any such disaster, and what has changed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/352380029&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five\u00a0years ago today [Tuesday], what started as a very normal day, ended as one of the tragic moments Ghanaians\u00a0have not forgotten. 14 people died and several others were maimed when the six-storey Melcom shopping mall at Achimota in Accra\u00a0collapsed. 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