{"id":8489,"date":"2014-03-25T13:11:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T13:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=8489"},"modified":"2014-03-25T14:59:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T14:59:35","slug":"ama-to-inspect-high-rise-buildings-every-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/ama-to-inspect-high-rise-buildings-every-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA to inspect buildings every Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8490\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/okoe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8490\" alt=\"Oko Vanderpuijie, Accra Mayor\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/okoe.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/okoe.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/okoe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oko Vanderpuijie, Accra Mayor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is dedicating every Friday to inspect high rise and other buildings in the Metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>According to an official from the Assembly, the inspection has been ongoing since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly has also served notice it will demolish what it describes as unsafe buildings at Achimota, a suburb of Accra.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the recent collapse of an uncompleted six-storey hotel building at Nii Boi town about a fortnight ago which claimed one life and injured another.<\/p>\n<p>The collapse of the Melcom shopping centre in Achimota in 2012 claimed 14 lives. \u00a0The location of the buildings \u00a0and the quality of building materials used were blamed for the collapse of \u00a0the two buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Both the \u00a0AMA and government \u00a0promised policy change after the collapse of the Melcom shopping centre but have failed to release the report on the collapse.<\/p>\n<p>The Assembly says the project \u00a0which was supposed to begin on Tuesday will\u00a0be conducted with support from the security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, the AMA has demolished unauthorized containers and stores in Dansoman in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>A resident of the area, Jemima Andoh in an interview with Citi News narrated that the demolishing according to AMA officials was to ease congestion on the roads to safeguard the lives of pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the morning, some of the shops didn&#8217;t open for business and some of the store owners didn&#8217;t come to the shop so I when I asked, they said it\u2019s because of the demolishing so those with the containers near the road had their shops demolished,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is dedicating every Friday to inspect high rise and other buildings in the Metropolis. 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