Authorities in Accra have intensified a safety enforcement drive, demolishing a deteriorating multi-storey structure in Osu after it was declared unsafe following a partial collapse.
The operation, carried out on Monday, June 8, involved the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the Ghana National Fire Service (Ghana National Fire Service), and the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly). Excavators were deployed to bring down the weakened building in Osu, a suburb in the Greater Accra Region, after officials concluded it posed an immediate threat to nearby residents and businesses.
The building, originally designed as a seven-storey structure, had already lost three floors in an earlier failure, leaving only a compromised four-storey section that later showed further signs of instability. Its final demolition was ordered as a precaution to prevent additional casualties.
The intervention follows a series of recent structural failures in the capital, including a deadly building collapse at Avenor in North Kaneshie on June 7, which claimed several lives and left others injured. The incidents have heightened concerns over the condition of ageing and poorly maintained buildings across Accra, especially during the ongoing rainy season.
Interior Minister Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak said authorities have identified at least 16 structurally unsafe buildings across the Greater Accra Region earmarked for demolition in the coming days. He noted that inspections conducted by state agencies have revealed multiple properties unfit for habitation, prompting urgent action under the government’s public safety response.
