The Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has announced plans by Government to demolish some 16 buildings in the Greater Accra region as part of efforts to prevent further loss of lives to building collapses.
According to the Minister, these buildings have been identified as structurally unsafe and needs to be demolished to protect lives.
The revelation follows the recent collapse of a three-storey building at Avenor in the North Industrial Area of Accra on Sunday, June 7, 2026, claiming two lives and injuring three others.
Mohammed-Muntaka, speaking to journalists following his visit to the scene, revealed that the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has already identified a number of structures considered dangerous and unfit for habitation.
He explained that urgent measures are being taken to evacuate those occupying the buildings to get them pulled down before collapsing to take people’s lives.
“Currently, NADMO has identified about 16 buildings within the Greater Accra Region that have to come down. We are going to ensure that, coming into the week, they will go and get all those buildings down.
“We are currently doing the evacuations, and they must bring all those buildings down. I mean, some things are natural, and God will take care of the supernatural, but for the natural ones, we have to take care of them.”
The Interior Minister said the exercise forms part of a broader government strategy to reduce preventable disasters and ensure that unsafe structures do not become death traps for residents.
The Avenor collapse is the latest in a series of incidents that have renewed concerns about the dangers posed by ageing, poorly maintained, and improperly constructed buildings, highlighting the need for stricter enforcement of building safety regulations.
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